Why is Knowing, Loving, and Serving God in this Life so Necessary for Eternal Happiness as Part of a Book Review of the First Book in the “This We Believe Series” of Discussion Club Texts

         The title of the first book of the This We Believe Series is “God, Man, and God-Man” by Rev. Leo J. Trese. It carries a 1954 Imprimatur from Edward Cardinal Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit.          The first two questions of the Roman Catholic Catechism are “1. Who made you?” the answer to which is… Continue reading Why is Knowing, Loving, and Serving God in this Life so Necessary for Eternal Happiness as Part of a Book Review of the First Book in the “This We Believe Series” of Discussion Club Texts

Books on the True Religion

A short pamphlet entitled “The True Religion” by Father E. C. Messenger, Phd., published by the Catholic Truth Society (C.T.S.) in London England, the time at which it was published, December of 1959, had His Eminence Cardinal Godfrey, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster as its president, and does not have an Imprimatur per se.… Continue reading Books on the True Religion

A Pamphlet and A Book That Can assist Christians against the Onslaught of aggressive Jehovah witnesses

       Previously I reviewed the pamphlet  “The Incredible Creed of Jehovah Witnesses,” by Rev. Dr. Rumble, M.S.C., Copyright 1974 by Tan Books and Publishing, Inc. Rockford, Illinois This is available on amazon used. and gave an overview based on quotes from it as to the most egregious dissimilarities of this supposedly “New Christianity” to actual… Continue reading A Pamphlet and A Book That Can assist Christians against the Onslaught of aggressive Jehovah witnesses

Part one of A Book Review of “Wisdom Shall Enter” and Its Argument not only for the Existence of God but a simple description of what God is.     

       This is a review of the book Wisdom shall enter by Leo Trese, Imprimatur 1957, published by the Fides Publishers Association Chicago in the USA and by Geoffrey Chapman, Ltd. In London. It is an apologetics book on the Catholic faith which I think is apropos for the start of the church year, indeed… Continue reading Part one of A Book Review of “Wisdom Shall Enter” and Its Argument not only for the Existence of God but a simple description of what God is.     

Easter

     God did not make us to torture us as some people seem to think, because of all the “rules,” otherwise he would have just created hell and put us all there.  No, unfortunately, by his nature he is not only all good but all just.  In addition, he is rational just like He created… Continue reading Easter

Books on Purgatory

Purgatory is something Martin Luther did not believe in, I gleam from his life, because he did not think he could live up to the ideal Jesus Christ created for humans to be able to meet (the catholic ideal), for a relatively nominal amount of effort on a human’s part, given that they have the… Continue reading Books on Purgatory

Movie Review of the Recent Angel Studios movie Cabrini about the first American Citizen to be Sainted

   Went to see this movie for inspiration as to what one human could do if he or she really put her or his mind to it.  She had extensive lung damage due to the fact that she had once almost drowned and evidently, according to the movie diagnosed to live only two to four… Continue reading Movie Review of the Recent Angel Studios movie Cabrini about the first American Citizen to be Sainted

Gaining Benefit from Stations of the Cross When One Cannot Attend with their Parish Fridays in Lent

The following is a quote from a book entitled “A Manual of Pastoral Theology: A practical Guide for Ecclesiastical Students and Newly Ordained Priests” by Rev. Frederick Schulze, D.D. published by B. Herder Book Co., St. Louis MO, copyright 1923, Fifth Printing 1954 with a library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 23-8326 in the section… Continue reading Gaining Benefit from Stations of the Cross When One Cannot Attend with their Parish Fridays in Lent