God Uses Suffering To Perfect Your Holiness The gospel reading challenges us to truly follow God’s will, even when it’s difficult or requires sacrifice. Suffering, like that experienced by Job, Jesus, and the saints, is not a punishment but a means to grow in holiness and love. God desires our ultimate happiness and the highest place in heaven, which requires us to love Him with our whole heart and soul. Fr. Altier is a Priest at Holy Trinity Parish in South St. Paul: Home | Holy Trinity Parish You can also find Fr. Robert Altier’s homilies and talks on: catholicparents.org: Daily Homilies | Catholic Parents Online Rumble: rumble.com/user/CatholicParentsOnLine Twitter: Catholic Parents Online (@CatholicPa42753) on X For access to a library of talks by Fr. Robert Altier, go to: podia.com To order Fr. Altier's book, God's Plan for Your Marriage, go to the website: God's Plan For Your Marriage Book – God's Plan … An Exploration of Holy Matrimony from Genesis to the Wedding of the Lamb …Kara
"The Devil Hates Adoration": On the Red Carpet at the Adore Him Movie Premiere "The devil hates adoration—because when you look at Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, addiction, anxiety, and depression flee." Liv Harrison takes CatholicTV to California for the exclusive movie premiere of Adore Him. What happens when ordinary people step in front of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ? Liv Harrison checks in live from the warm, sunlit red carpet in California for the premiere of Adore Him, the docudrama sequel to the landmark Eucharistic feature Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist. Liv speaks directly with the creative team, cast, and Church leaders who brought this film to life. Hear an actress unpack her role as Greta—a character wrestling with skepticism and hesitation before opening her heart to God's presence. The Director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of Orange shares how the Eucharist inspired his diaconate vocation, while recounting St. Teresa of Calcutta's timeless …Kara
‘How the soul, after having mounted the first step…’ ~ 'The Dialogue' of Saint Catherine of Siena; 1907; A TREATISE OF DISCRETION; pp. 150-151 [Saint Catherine of Siena /Caterina di Benincasa/; XIV-XV Century AD; born: Siena, Republic of Siena/died: Rome, Papal States; aged 33; Spiritual Writer; Mystic; Virgin; Doctor of the Church] How the soul, after having mounted the first step of the Bridge, should proceed to mount the second. " Thou hast now seen how excellent is the state of him who has attained to the love of a friend ; climbing with the foot of affection, he has reached the secret of the Heart, which is the second of the three steps figured in the Body of My Son. I have told thee what was meant by the three powers of the soul, and now I will show thee how they signify the three states, through which the soul passes. Before treating of the third state, I wish to show thee how a man becomes a friend and how, from a friend, he grows into a son, attaining to filial love, and how a …Kara
"Every perfection and every virtue proceeds from charity, and charity is nourished by humility, which results from the knowledge and holy hatred of self, that is, sensuality. To arrive thereat, a man must persevere, and remain in the cellar of self-knowledge in which he will learn My mercy, in the Blood of My only-begotten Son, drawing to Himself, with this love, My divine charity, exercising himself in the extirpation of his perverse self-will, both spiritual and temporal, hiding himself in his own house, as did Peter, who, after the sin of denying My Son, began to weep."
Dutch Cardinal Wim Eijk condemned the euthanasia of a severely disabled Dutch child, nearly two years old, as a violation of human dignity. “Is it merciful to violate the fundamental dignity of the human person by ending their life?” he asked. Speaking to CruxNow.com in an interview on September 25, Eijk warned that “merciful” is often used to justify “ethically questionable actions.” He said ending the body is a “fundamental violation” of a person’s inherent dignity.
Cardinal Eijk condemns euthanasia of Dutch toddler
Trump Wants to Get His Hands on the Power of the Purse nytimes.com/2026/09/30/opinion/trump-vance-fraud-… Sept. 30, 2026, 5:09 a.m. ET By Jamelle Bouie Opinion Columnist Since March, Vice President JD Vance has been tasked with rooting out any fraud perpetrated against the federal government. “This is a very big thing that we’re doing,” President Trump said when he announced the task force. “If we found half of the fraud that’s taking place in this country — and I think you have a chance of doing that — we would have much more than a balanced budget.” The White House says that since then it has “uncovered” hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and “stopped” tens of billions in ongoing fraud. But, as my newsroom colleague Linda Qiu notes in a recent report, “It is difficult to verify those figures because there is no publicly available breakdown of the total.” And while fraud is real, there has been no independent verification of the administration’s claims. They’re asking us, in …Kara
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes nytimes.com/…6/09/30/technology/meta-ai-data-cent… Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. By Kashmir HillJesse DruckerEli Tan and Mike Isaac Sept. 30, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s A.I. push is a tremendous success. “Our investments in A.I. are accelerating every major part of our core business,” he has toldinvestors. “Every sign that we’re seeing in our own work and across the industry gives us confidence in this investment.” But when Meta files its taxes, it tells the Internal Revenue Service a different story. It claims that its A.I. data centers are a giant experiment that could fail, according to four people with knowledge of the company’s operations. It does this so it can tap into a tax credit intended for research and experimentation. It’s an aggressive interpretation of the tax break, which Meta embraced to …Kara
Conservative Dutch Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts joins the media enthusiasm surrounding Leo XIV’s reception in France. His praise of Leo XIV becomes rather grandiloquent: “The guillotine is gone. Now a man in white appears, proudly raising the Cross.” His central point is more interesting: secular Europe may have lost much of its Christian memory without losing its religious hunger. Mutsaerts sees a generation rediscovering the Cross, the rosary, Gregorian chant, Augustine and Aquinas. And he lands on a memorable image: “The world has organized Christianity’s funeral many times. The remarkable thing is that the deceased keeps showing up.”
LA GHIGLIOTTINA, IL PAPA A PARIGI E IL RITORNO INASPETTATO DELLA FEDE Un’illuminante riflessione di mons. Rob Mutsaerts su Vitamin Exp commenta il trionfale viaggio di Papa Leone XIV in Francia, mettendo a confronto il fallimento delle ideologie laiciste con la permanente attrattiva della fede. I punti salienti dell’articolo: I paradossi della Rivoluzione: Nata con la promessa di libertà, la Rivoluzione francese sfociò nel Terrore, nella ghigliottina e nella creazione del grottesco “Culto della Ragione”. Il surrogato woke: L’uomo non può fare a meno della religione. Rifiutato Dio, la cultura laico-progressista ha inventato il woke: un sistema fondato su colpa e condanna, ma privo della grazia e del perdono cristiano. La smentita delle profezie laiciste: Voltaire ipotizzava la scomparsa della Chiesa, ma le centinaia di migliaia di fedeli a Parigi e l’aumento dei battesimi di adulti dimostrano che la secolarizzazione non è un destino ineluttabile. La vera ribellione: In un mondo …Kara
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A diocesan bishop has undergone a personal “conversion” toward the traditional Latin Mass. Bishop Donald Lippert of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, has come personally to see the beauty and power of the traditional Roman rite. He told AdVaticanum.com on September 29 that he had “over the last year or so, a bit of a conversion myself into the Traditional Latin Mass.” “I am, as many of us are, an amphibian. I exist mainly in the Novus Ordo, because that is the reality in which I live, and the Church that I have been called to serve at the moment.” He has “no problems with the Novus Ordo”, but sees the power of the traditional Mass particularly in its reverence: “The Traditional Latin Mass has a mysticism about it, and a reverence about it, that can touch the hearts of people and draw them closer to God in a world where there are so many distractions pulling them away.” He is still learning to celebrate the Mass. Mass not primarily for educated Western people When someone told him that the Mass …Kara
Honduran Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera has died at 63 while traveling to Rome to meet Pope Leo XIV during an ad limina visit. The bishop of Choluteca died Monday during a stopover in Madrid. Gómez Rivera had led the diocese since 2023 and was vice president of the Honduran Bishops’ Conference. ACI Prensa, citing an unnamed Church source in Honduras, reported that he died from respiratory arrest and had diabetes. Spanish authorities are conducting an autopsy following his sudden death.
Monseñor Teodoro Gómez falleció al llegar a Madrid, España, cuando se dirigía a Roma para participar en la Visita Ad Limina Apostolorum junto a otros obispos hondureños
Ep 2.5 Immigration: How did we get here? What do we do now? Diocese of San José Join Bishop Oscar Cantú, Ruby Ramirez of PACT (People Acting in Community Together), and Father Michael Carson
Vatican Synod commission proposes “complete revision” of canon law — including marriages without a priest. A 10-member Canonical Commission established as part of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality has published today proposals to reshape canon law. The report says that in the long term there is an “obvious need for a complete revision” of the Codes. The goal is to reflect emerging “theological and ecclesiological issues.” Among the proposals: • Sensus fidei: Canon 749 would begin by stating that “the entire body of the Christian faithful… cannot err in matters of faith” when universal consent in faith and morals is manifested “from the bishops down to the last of the lay faithful.” • Duty to listen: Pastors would have a canonical “duty to listen to the opinion of the Christian faithful” through communal discernment. • Lay governance: Bishops could appoint lay “episcopal delegates” exercising delegated authority. Lay men and women could serve as diocesan judges and, in certain cases, as …Kara
The world's first parish dedicated to Blessed Fulton Sheen will be where he was baptized The Diocese of Peoria, in the United States, will have the world’s first parish dedicated to Blessed Fulton Sheen. The new community will be officially erected on December 9 and will include among its two churches the Church of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, where the celebrated preacher received Baptism. The announcement was made this Monday, September 28, by the Bishop of Peoria, Bishop Louis Tylka, during a Mass celebrated precisely at St. Mary’s. “I have the great joy of announcing another first: the creation of the world’s first parish called Blessed Fulton Sheen Parish,” the prelate stated.
Primera parroquia del mundo dedicada al beato Fulton Sheen. El 26 de septiembre, solo dos días después de la beatificación de Fulton Sheen, el obispo de la diócesis de Peoria, Mons. Louis Tylka, anunció la creación de la primera parroquia del mundo puesta bajo el patrocinio del beato Fulton Sheen. hmtv
The world’s first parish dedicated to Blessed … Two communities under the patronage of Fulton Sheen The new parish will arise from the union of St. Mary’s in El Paso and St. John’s in Benson. Both churches will retain their names, as well as their history and traditions, but will form a single parish community under the patronage of the new blessed. The date chosen for its establishment, December 9, coincides with the liturgical memorial of Fulton Sheen and the anniversary of his death in 1979. The announcement comes just days after Fulton Sheen was declared blessed before tens of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Louis. The apostolic letter of Leo XIV established precisely December 9 as the memorial of the new blessed. “This has been an extraordinary week of firsts for the Diocese of Peoria and for the universal Catholic Church,” Tylka noted. The parish is born where Sheen received Baptism The choice of St. Mary’s carries particular significance. Fulton John Sheen was born in …Kara
WHY DOES THE CHURCH DEDICATE OCTOBER TO THE HOLY ROSARY? | SG News For Catholics around the world, October is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary — a prayer that leads believers to contemplate the life of Jesus Christ through the eyes of His Mother, Mary. But why October? An important part of the story goes back to October 7, 1571, when Pope Saint Pius V called Christians to pray the Rosary as a major naval battle unfolded at Lepanto. After the Christian fleet’s victory, a feast in honour of Our Lady was established, eventually becoming the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which the Church celebrates each year on October 7. Centuries later, Pope Leo XIII gave October’s Rosary devotion even greater prominence. Beginning in 1883, he repeatedly encouraged Catholics to dedicate the month of October to praying the Rosary, especially during difficult times for the Church and the world. Yet the Rosary is far more than a repetition of prayers. Through its mysteries, Catholics meditate on …Kara
I paradossi della Rivoluzione: Nata con la promessa di libertà, la Rivoluzione francese sfociò nel Terrore, nella ghigliottina e nella creazione del grottesco “Culto della Ragione”.
Il surrogato woke: L’uomo non può fare a meno della religione. Rifiutato Dio, la cultura laico-progressista ha inventato il woke: un sistema fondato su colpa e condanna, ma privo della grazia e del perdono cristiano.
La smentita delle profezie laiciste: Voltaire ipotizzava la scomparsa della Chiesa, ma le centinaia di migliaia di fedeli a Parigi e l’aumento dei battesimi di adulti dimostrano che la secolarizzazione non è un destino ineluttabile.
La vera ribellione: In un mondo …Kara
