Many of you are aware that J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a faithful Catholic.
I’ve often seen quotes on Facebook attributed to him without knowing if they were genuine. Turns out they were.
Here are three quotes from Tolkien on the Pope and the Church, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and The Eucharist.
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In the period leading up to a conclave, the cardinals of the Church gather in a series of meetings that are known as the “general congregations.”
In these meetings, they are allowed to make brief statements—known as “interventions”—about the problems they feel need to be addressed in the Church and what kind of man the next pope should be.
Before the recent conclave, Cardinal Bergoglio gave an intervention, which didn't even last four minutes but which got the attention of his...
At this moment the dominant theme of “Boston Bomber” headlines is motive. The secular mainstream media, having failed to get their wish for redneck extremist Christians protesting tax increases or...
Televangelist and Founder and President of Charis Bible College, Andrew Wommack, has said:
This idea of man as essentially “tripartite” verses the Catholic and biblical notion of man as a body/soul composite is a rather common...
A few weeks ago I experienced what all expectant fathers dread.
My wife Uki had woken me up before dawn to inform me that it was time. She was in the initial stages of labor with our fifth child and her contractions were intensifying, so we quickly set out for the short ride to the hospital. I felt the familiar rush of excitement and anticipation, knowing that soon we would be welcoming another precious child into the world. But as my wife’s contractions become stronger and...
"I must esteem nothing save the service of the Redeemer, everything else is beside my mission. To do the will of my Divine Master must be my life, my light, my love, my all."
