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29 March 2008
The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A
“Do not persist in your unbelief, but believe!”
Thomas, one of the apostles, had a natural reaction to
the report of his companions that Jesus had risen from
the dead: unbelief. It was of course difficult for anyone
to believe someone dead to rise and live again. But Thomas
persisted in his unbelief because he wanted to see the
very nail-marks and nail-prints on the wounds of Jesus.
So, when Jesus gave the gift of His presence again to the
apostles with Thomas present with them, Thomas eventually
believed in Jesus.
How often we also persist in our unbelief of certain
truths of our Christian faith. This is natural because
Catholics have a lot to “believe” in when comparing with
other Christians. But we can receive the gift of faith
by being “restored” to our “sight” of God and like Thomas
be attuned well to the “presence of Christ”. This we can
do so when we go back to the significant persons who have
been with us in our Catholic journey - like members of
our family, friends, and companions in the Catholic
university we graduated from. These people can help us
be restored to share the Christian faith we received.
And like Thomas, we can exclaim our faith in Christ more
strongly. learn more
Petitioning for a fifth Marian dogma
Zenit news came out with a news item which featured
an interview of a Cardinal who supported the movement
for the declaration of a fifth Marian dogma. In our
Catholic tradition, we have already four truths about
Mary which all Catholics are called to believe in and
assent in faith to. learn more
Witnessing our Catholic faith on the Net
It is now easier to witness one’s Catholic faith to a
global audience because of the communications reach of
the Net. We can help you set up a Catholic articles web
site if you also want to join in this movement to make
the gospel and the Catholic faith more present on the
Web. In a blog post in the past few days, we featured
a sample of the simplified and updated steps to begin
a Catholic articles web site. learn more So that
this revised, simplified and updated version will become
more systematized in its presentation, we are currently
updating our original Catholic eBook and will release
a new one in about four and half months time.
We also have short descriptions of eight books that can
help you build the content of your Catholic articles
web site. These books can add a great deal of ideas and
information to build the intellectual capital of your
site. learn more
Catholic books and items for sale
We have in our web site affiliate products from Amazon.com
and Ignatius Press to help you learn more of the Catholic
faith. You can browse through these web pages that were
featured in the last few days and gather as much info as
you wish in order to know more about the books and the
items. Ignatius Press features books on stories of
conversion while Amazon.com features a lot of other
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faith. click here
Pope Benedict XVI arriving to the USA in April
Pope Benedict XVI was reported to have walked only the
last three stations of the Cross last Holy Week to conserve
his strength for the April trip to the USA. Though there
is no reason to worry about his health, he is already taking
steps to preserve as much energy as he can so that the USA
trip will be successful.
If you want to know general information on what a pope is
and what titles he uses as head of the Roman Catholic Church,
you may wish to read the article, The Pope - Bishop of Rome
- Successor of Peter.
Pentecost Sunday will be May 11, 2008
There will be fifty days of Easter in the liturgical season
of Easter and the fiftieth day will be Pentecost Sunday.
To prepare for that glorious mystery in our Christian faith,
we will be including articles, prayers, and posts that will
help us learn more of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of
the Blessed Trinity. If you want to know a collection of
prayers to the Holy Spirit, this page has selected both
old and modern prayers to the Holy Spirit. click here
