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A.W. Pink's The Attributes of God remains the classic study. My poor effort here focuses on but one aspect of God's magnificence, whereas Pink came as close as any human can in rendering the whole of Him intelligible to us.line GOD’S VISION, INVENTIVENESS and CREATIVITY Disclaimer: To say that “God envisioned, invented and created,” as below, merely puts His creative process into human terms for ease of discussion and understanding. But actually attributing such a ponderous sequence to Him is inherently laughable. line GOD’S PERSONAL NATURE God originated inventiveness and creativity! God is unique, and therefore everything that exists results...

This Poisonous Pope Spreads only Desolation Pope Francis. Head of the Catholic Church. I honour the authority he wields. Or, at least, claims to yield. Should I see him, one of the first things I’d do is attempt to kiss the Ring of the Fisherman. This man’s hands are blessed, and he has the power to consecrate bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. He has the power to bless people and to drive out demons. His is the Vicar’s Seat, which is at the head of all priestly men, and his position is that of...

Posted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope We Must Hear in Order to See The Gospel for today’s Mass (Monday of the 5th Week of Easter) makes an interesting connection:Jesus said to his disciples:“Whoever has my commandments and observes themis the one who loves me.Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him,“Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to usand not to the world?”Jesus answered and said to him,“Whoever loves me will keep my word,and my Father...

The twelve apostles included "Andrew" (Matt. 10:2). Leading others to Christ should be a top priority in your life. Andrew was Peter's brother and a native of Bethsaida of Galilee. From the very start we see him leading people to Christ—beginning with his own brother. The gospel of John records his first encounter with Jesus: "John [the Baptist] was standing with two of his disciples (Andrew and John), and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God!' And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. . . . One of the...

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope Are You a Tombstone or a Living Stone? A Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter By His resurrection, Jesus has brought us from death to life. He has snatched us from this present evil age (Gal 1:4) and from the death-directed desires of our body (Rom 6:12), and made us into a new and living creation (2 Cor 5:17). As such, we have exchanged the tombstones that once indicated we were dead in our sins and have become living stones in the spiritual edifice that is the Body of...

Hope's Lullaby - A Mother's Song of ETERNAL Hope to her child and family in such days!

It is the godly God-fearing mother that is crucially needed in our land today and her absence has been greatly felt. Lawlessness, lewdness, violence, rebellious children, and narcissism are EXPONENTIAL today and its effects have EXPONENTIALLY ravished of culture, society, people, and land! Godly mothers are absolutely crucial to any society in this fallen world and Satan knows it (Prov. 31:10-31). Almighty God cannot praise the godly enough and her role is absolutely key for preserving her children, family, society, and nation from the ravishing effects of this fallen world’s lawless state (Rom. 1:18-32). The godly mother is one who...

Mother's Day Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her...

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). God knows how to get results. God makes leaders by taking people with the right raw material, putting them through the right experiences, and teaching them the right lessons. That's how he trained Peter, and the results were astonishing. In the first twelve chapters of Acts we see Peter initiating the move to replace Judas with Matthias, preaching powerfully on the Day of Pentecost, healing a lame man, standing up to the Jewish authorities, confronting Ananias and Sapphira, dealing with Simon the magician, healing Aeneas, raising Dorcas from the...

Is the Virus a Chastisement From God? “La Civiltà Cattolica” Says No ”Prophets of doom.” This is how “La Civiltà Cattolica” - the magazine of the Rome Jesuits that goes to press after having been seen and approved by the pope - defines and dismisses those among the Catholics who are claiming that the coronavirus pandemic is “a punishment from God, enraged against a sinful world.”It has done so in its latest issue, under the byline of a  Jesuit of the first rank, David M. Neuhaus, professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Jerusalem, born Jewish, a citizen of Israel...

Cardinal Celebrates Ramadan at Home England's top prelate: It would be 'scandal' to reopen churches WESTMINSTER, England (ChurchMilitant.com) - Britain's leading prelate is being slammed for "appearing to deny Christ" after celebrating "Ramadan at Home" while telling Catholics it would cause "scandal" to reopen churches at present. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW), joined in the Iftar ritual breaking of the Ramadan fast at sunset on Wednesday, for the fourth year in a row. Cdl. Nichols at Neasden Hindu temple in 2009  Because of the Wuhan virus pandemic, Nichols, who hosted a Ramadan Iftar meal at Archbishop's House in...

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope A Sunday to Remember Always This past Sunday will go down in my memory as among the most blest and surprising. Here we are in the middle of a plague but God still reigns and the love and hunger of the people of God is alive.The morning started quietly with confessions in the Church followed by a private Mass celebrated and sung solemnly with the three seminarians who are staying here. They are good men and have been a great support to me in times like these, and all of...

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). Peter learned five lessons that every believer must also learn. We have seen that God uses our experiences to mold us into more effective Christians and leaders. Using Peter as our example, let's briefly look at five lessons we can learn from our experiences: submission, restraint, humility, sacrifice, and love. Leaders tend to be confident and aggressive, so they must learn to submit to authority. Jesus illustrated that by telling Peter to go fishing and look for a coin in the mouth of the first fish he caught (Matt....

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:4-6)The...

Indeed, my dear friends, the Lord Jesus Christ stands at the threshold of this world's fallen humanity's heart; and with His ETERNAL RISEN GLORIFIED NAIL PIERCED HANDS knocks with an ETERNAL knock of ETERNAL GRACE and LOVE; on the door hearts of Adam's fallen race (Matt. 11:28-30, John 3:16-17; 6:35; 11:25-27; 14:6, Rev. 1:17-18, 3:20)! In this EXPONENTIAL TECH AGE, His knock is to be heard as LOUD as THUNDER and found in EVERY NOOK and CRANNY throughout this world; via the global Internet, YouTube, TV ministries, radio, in the abundance of Bibles and Gospel messages and studies in every...

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). Your present experiences contribute to your future leadership ability. Stan Carder is a dear brother in Christ and one of the pastors on our church staff. Before coming to Grace Church he pastored a church in Montana. While there, he was riding one night in a truck that was involved in a very serious accident. Stan suffered a broken neck and other major injuries. As a result he underwent months of arduous and painful therapy. That was one of the most difficult periods in Stan's life, yet God used...

May 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In a new biography released on May 4, Pope Benedict makes some statements that highlight his own understanding of his resignation from the papacy. He speaks in this book about the “spiritual dimension...which is alone still my mandate.” He shows an understanding of his resignation from the papacy, according to which he gave up any “concrete legal powers” and any role of governance, but at the same time maintained a “spiritual mandate.” Pope Benedict XVI answered, in the autumn of 2018, several written questions by his biographer Peter Seewald, which then were included in Seewald's...

THE GOSPEL - Be sure you are a Christian based on these four simple Bible truths! 1. Man sinned. 2. God is just, requiring a punishment for sin. 3. But out of love God sent His Son, Jesus Christ who by dying on the cross, provided forgiveness of sins in taking man’s deserved punishment. 4. Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice for our sins and belief in His resurrection, man can gain eternal life. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 3:21-26)

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). God can use your natural abilities as a basis for your spiritual service. Peter is a good illustration of how God builds a spiritual leader. He begins with a person's natural traits and works from there. Natural traits alone don't make a spiritual leader—the person must also be gifted and called by the Holy Spirit to lead in the church and be a model of spiritual virtue. But often God endows future leaders with natural abilities that constitute the raw materials from which He builds spiritual ministries. That was...

Santa Marta Mass: Francis hits out at dogmatism, moralism, elitism in Church Pope Francis presided over Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on the Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter. During his introduction he turned his thoughts to artists saying that yesterday he received a letter from a group of them thanking him for his prayers: “I would like to ask the Lord to bless them because through artists we understand beauty, and without beauty we cannot understand the Gospel”, he said. At the end of his General Audience on Wednesday on the theme of prayer, the Pope said,...