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The True Foundation of Marian Devotion

12/12/2021

Fr. Christopher Etheridge, IVE

Is it okay to venerate someone who is not God?
Is our devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe valid?

The first principle that St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort proposes in his Treatise on True Devotion to Mary is Jesus Christ.

St. Louis de Montfort in the Vatican

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How can I "Prepare the way of the Lord" this Advent?

11/28/2021

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Br. Peter Trinko

In the time of Advent we will often hear the refrain from Isaiah "Prepare the way of the Lord" (Is. 40:3, cf. Mark 1:1-8); this proclamation this should lead us to ask ourselves, "How can I personally prepare the way for the Lord in my heart?" As we begin this Advent season, we can begin this preparation by a tried and true and essential practice of the spiritual life called the Particular Examination of Conscience.

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What does it mean to be a member of the Catholic Church? (Part I)

10/17/2021

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Br. Peter Trinko

Our world is currently going through an intense crisis of identity and crisis of meaning. As we have continued to conquer the world through technology and effort, we are at the same time suffering untold trauma from the lack of a real foundation of our lives. In a time that demands more and more certainty, we have never experienced such doubt and uncertainty.

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone of faith. As the Second Vatican Council stated in Gaudium et Spes, “The truth is that only in the mystery of the Incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light” (GS 22), but our culture has relegated Jesus Christ...

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The Question We Cannot Live Without

9/27/2021

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Fr. Christopher Etheridge, IVE

There is one question that we cannot live without: Why.

From the earliest years of our childhood the first word we probably learned to say was “No” (because we heard our mother and father say it so much). However, the first question we usually we learn to ask is “why”.

It is the first because it is the most important. From that question we begin to learn what things are. Our minds begin to open up to the world around us.

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