Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Pope Leo the Great
Translation of the Holy Gospel According to Luke Christ and the Lepers, Gebhard Fugel, cir. 1920 At that time, as Jesus was going to Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee: and as He entered into a certain town, there met Him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off, and lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Whom when He saw, He said: Go, show yourselves [...]
The Concept of Sin: Part II — A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
The Concept of Sin: A Seven-Headed Beast and Its Hideous Daughters Part II — Concept of Sin in Antiquity and St. Thomas […]
A Message from Purgatory
Note: A soul in purgatory can do nothing to actively help her situation, and is not, by her own powers, making reparations. Instead, the soul waits upon God's activity and His timing that the soul longingly desires have done to it. It is God who, alone, is repairing their worthless lives. To use a bad analogy, akin to a mechanic restoring a rusted-out broken-down truck. The longing of the soul for the obtainment of God [...]