From the archives: written on February 22nd, 2013…. A LETTER from a reader: I totally agree with you — we each need a personal relationship with Jesus. I was born and raised Roman Catholic but find myself now attending the Episcopal (High Episcopal) church on Sunday and becoming involved with the life of […]
WE hear these words from the Gospel several times a year, and yet, do we really let them sink in?
TRUE freedom is living each moment in the fullest reality of who you are. And who are you? That is the aching, over-arching question that mostly eludes this present generation in a world where the elderly have misplaced the answer, the Church has fumbled it, and the media has ignored it. But here it […]
As we continue this five part series on Human Sexuality and Freedom, we now examine some of the moral questions on what is right and what is wrong. Please note, this is for mature readers… ANSWERS TO INTIMATE QUESTIONS SOMEONE once said, “The truth will set you free—but first it will tick you off.”
ON GOODNESS AND CHOICES THERE is something else that must be said about the creation of man and woman that was determined “in the beginning.” And if we don’t understand this, if we don’t grasp this, then any discussion of morality, of right or wrong choices, of following God’s designs, risks casting the […]
ONE moment they were cowards, the next courageous. One moment they were doubting, the next they were certain. One moment they were hesitant, the next, they rushed headlong toward their martyrdoms. What made the difference in those Apostles that turned them into fearless men?
IT’S not every day you get called a heretic.
By Mark Mallett FR. Gabriel was a few minutes late for his Saturday morning brunch with Bill and Kevin. Marg Tomey had just returned from a pilgrimage to Lourdes and Fatima with a fist full of rosaries and holy medals that she wanted blessed after Mass. She came prepared with a pre-Vatican II book […]
A comprehensive response to many questions directed my way regarding the turbulent pontificate of Pope Francis. I apologize that this is a bit lengthier than usual. But thankfully, it is answering several readers’ questions…. FROM a reader: I pray for conversion and for the intentions of Pope Francis everyday. I am one who initially […]
WHY are you sad? Is it because you have blown it again? Is it because you have many faults? Is it because you don’t meet “the standard”?
In 2008, I sensed the Lord begin to speak about “China.” That culminated in this writing from 2011. As I read the headlines today, it seems timely to republish it tonight. It also seems to me that many of the “chess” pieces that I’ve been writing about for years are now moving into place. […]
FOR two weeks after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, a warning continually rose in my heart that the Church was now entering into “dangerous days” and a time of “great confusion.” [1]Cf. How Do You Hide a Tree Those words greatly impacted how I would approach this writing apostolate, knowing that it would […]
HE would never walk into a peep show. He would never pick through the racy section of the magazine rack. He would never rent an x-rated video. But he’s addicted to internet porn…
My Joseph, by Tianna (Mallett) Williams SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AS a young father, I read a chilling account many years ago that I’ve never forgotten:
THERE are five simple steps toward full reconciliation with God, our Father. But before I examine them, we need to first address another problem: our distorted image of His fatherhood.
Mark’s testimony concludes with Part V today. To read Parts I-IV, click on My Testimony. NOT only did the Lord want me to unequivocally know the value of one soul, but also how much I was going to need to trust in Him. For my ministry was about to be called in a direction I […]
The Breezy Point Madonna, Mark Lennihan/Associated Press “NOTHING good ever happens after midnight,” my wife says. After nearly 27 years of marriage, this maxim has proven itself true: don’t try to sort out your difficulties when you should be sleeping.
Peace Be Still, by Arnold Friberg FROM time to time, I receive letters like these: Please pray for me. I am so weak and my sins of the flesh, especially alcohol, strangle me. You could simply replace alcohol with “pornography”, “lust”, “anger” or a number of other things. The fact is that many Christians today […]
Peace is not merely the absence of war… Peace is “the tranquillity of order.” —Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2304 EVEN now, even as time spins faster and faster and the pace of life demands more; even now as tensions between spouses and families increase; even now as cordial dialogue between individuals disintegrates and […]
Saul attacking David, Guercino (1591-1666) Regarding my article on The Anti-Mercy, someone felt that I was not critical enough of Pope Francis. “Confusion is not from God,” they wrote. No, confusion is not from God. But God can use confusion to sift and purify His Church. I think this is precisely what is happening at this […]
Justin Trudeau at Gay Pride Parade, Vancouver, 2016; Ben Nelms/Reuters HISTORY shows that when men or women aspire to the leadership of a country, they almost always come with an ideology—and aspire to leave with a legacy. Few are just mere managers. Whether they are Vladimir Lenin, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Adolf […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for November 22nd, 2017 Wednesday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Cecilia, Martyr Liturgical texts here TRUSTING THE first sin of Adam and Eve was not eating the “forbidden fruit.” Rather, it was that they broke trust with the Creator—trust that He had their best interests, their […]
HUMBLING First published November 20th, 2017… This week, I am doing something different—a five part series, based on this week’s Gospels, on how to begin again after having fallen. We live in a culture where we are saturated in sin and temptation, and it is claiming many victims; many are discouraged and exhausted, downtrodden […]
Sunset in the eye of a hurricane SEVERAL years ago, I sensed the Lord say that there was a Great Storm coming upon the earth, like a hurricane. But this Storm would not be one of mother nature, but one created by man himself: an economic, social, and political storm that would change the […]
The following is written by Mark Mallett, a former television journalist in Canada and award-winning documentarian. THE Ruini Commission, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to study the apparitions of Medjugorje, has ruled overwhelmingly that the first seven apparitions were “supernatural”, according to the leaked findings reported in Vatican Insider. Pope Francis called the Commission’s report […]
Medjugorje visionary, Mirjana Soldo, Photo courtesy LaPresse “WHY did you quote that unapproved private revelation?” It’s a question I get asked on occasion. Moreover, rarely do I see an adequate answer to it, even among the Church’s best apologists. The question itself betrays a serious deficit in catechesis among average Catholics when it comes […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for October 26th, 2017 Thursday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here IT seems to me that the world is moving faster and faster. Everything is like a whirlwind, spinning and whipping and tossing the soul about like a leaf in a hurricane. What is strange is […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for October 21st, 2017 Saturday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here IT can be a terrifying thing to feel your faith in Christ waning. Perhaps you are one of those people.
MANY feel that Pope Francis’ announcement declaring a “Jubilee of Mercy” from Dec. 8th, 2015 to Nov. 20th, 2016 bore greater significance than may first have appeared. The reason being is that it is one of numerous signs converging all at once. That hit home for me also as I reflected on the Jubilee […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for October 17th, 2017 Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Opt. Memorial St. Ignatius of Antioch Liturgical texts here AFTER a warm cordial greeting to the Romans, St. Paul turns on a cold shower to awaken his readers:
Mass Shooting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 2017; David Becker/Getty Images My older daughter sees many beings good and bad [angels] in battle. She has spoken many times about how its an all out war and its only getting bigger and the different kinds of beings. Our Lady appeared to her in a dream […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for September 24th, 2017 Sunday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here I am on my way back from the “Flame of Love” conference in Philadelphia. It was beautiful. Around 500 people packed a hotel room that was filled with the Holy Spirit from the first minute. […]
People were screaming “Jesus, Jesus” and running in all directions. —an Earthquake victim in Haiti after a 7.0 quake, January 12th, 2010, Reuters News Agency IN coming times, God’s mercy is going to be revealed in various ways—but not all of them easy. Again, I believe we may be on the verge of seeing […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for September 7th, 2017 Thursday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here WHEN Jesus speaks to the crowds, he does so in the shallows of the lake. There, He speaks to them at their level, in parables, in simplicity. For He knows that many are only curious, […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for September 5th, 2017 Sunday & Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here ST. Augustine once said, “Lord, make me pure, but not yet!” He betrayed a common fear among believers and unbelievers alike: that being a follower of Jesus means having to forego earthly joys; […]
THE world seems to be hanging by a thread. The threat of nuclear war, rampant moral degradation, division within the Church, the attack on the family, and the assault on human sexuality has frayed the world’s peace and stability to a dangerous point. People are coming apart. Relationships are unraveling. Families are fracturing. Nations […]
IN truth, I think most of us are very tired… tired of not only seeing the spirit of violence, impurity, and division sweeping over the world, but tired of having to hear about it—perhaps from people like me too. Yes, I know, I make some people very uncomfortable, even angry. Well, I can assure you […]
MEMORIAL OF THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Mark is coming to Philadelphia in September, 2017. Details at the end of this writing… In today’s first Mass reading on this memorial of the Queenship of Mary, we read about the call of Gideon. Our Lady is the New Gideon of our times… […]
Vandalized Statue of St. Junípero Serra, Courtesy KCAL9.com SEVERAL years ago when I wrote about a coming Global Revolution, particularly in America, one man scoffed: “There is no revolution in America, and there won’t be!” But as violence, anarchy and hatred are beginning to reach a feverish pitch in the United States and elsewhere in […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for July 6th, 2017 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Opt. Memorial of St. Maria Goretti Liturgical texts here THERE are many things in life that can cause us to despair, but none, perhaps, as much as our own faults.
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for June 29th, 2017 Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Liturgical texts here TWO years ago, I wrote The Growing Mob. I said then that ‘the zeitgeist has shifted; there is a growing boldness and intolerance sweeping through the courts, […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for June 7th, 2017 Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Liturgical texts here SOMETHING remarkable happens when we give praise to God: His ministering angels are released in our midst.
First published December, 2015 on… THE MEMORIAL OF ST. AMBROSE and VIGIL OF THE JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY I received a letter this week (June 2017) from a man who worked for decades with large corporations as an agronomist and agricultural financial analyst. And then, he writes… It was through that experience that […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for May 30th, 2017 Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Liturgical texts here HERE was a man who hated Jesus Christ… until he encountered Him. Meeting Pure Love will do that to you. St. Paul went from taking the lives of Christians, to suddenly offering his life as […]
THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS for May 16th, 2017 Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Liturgical texts here SAINT Seraphim of Sarov once said, “Acquire a peaceful spirit, and around you, thousands will be saved.” Maybe this is another reason why the world remains unmoved by Christians today: we too are restless, […]