Male and Female, Adam and Eve – A Brief Meditation
As Scripture affirms, God created male and female, and within this creation He imbued male and female not only with a fundamental equality rooted in the equal sharing of His image but also with real and true distinctions and beautiful differences. In God’s pristine creation before the Fall there was no confusion in the fundamental…
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Launching a New Work on Twitter: Sunday in a TweetShell: Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less
I’m starting a new thing on my Twitter but I will always screenshot for here as well: capturing a brief message from each Sunday’s gospel reading at Mass as it relates to us all in nutshell to fit in a single tweet for each Sunday. I call it: “Sunday in a TweetShell [Get it?] Sunday’s…
Reflection: Love As The Basis For All Church Teaching
May I suggest the following lens to look at the teachings of the Church especially to those who struggle with them sometimes. All of the Church’s teachings – from the main dogmatic theological points regarding revelation to the hot-button topics – are really all about one core thing: love. Love for God who is Love…
Goodbye Benedict XVI, good grandfather of the Church in our time.
Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen. Image (Fair Use)
Merry Christmas, y’all from BLACKCATHOLIC and the Birthday Boy Himself!
And remember. Today is only the beginning of Christmas!
God Bought Us on A Black Friday
For the world, today is Black Friday. But have you ever thought about how God bought US on another “Black Friday”? Unlike the deals we might have found today (and ain’t nothing wrong with a little deal, now) we did not come cheap. The price of His only Son was a hefty debt to pay.…
Thankful for YOU
Before Thanksgiving Day is out I just wanted to say that I am thankful for all you for following my work here at BLACKCATHOLIC and my own personal journeys like my journey to the priesthood! I’m most thankful and grateful if any of the small work I do expressing myself as a Black Catholic and…
Jesus Is A King!
This is the type of King that Jesus is! The gospel for the year’s Solemnity of Christ the King (Luke 23:35-43) shows us exactly the type of King Jesus is. Jesus is a King who strips Himself of His regal shine in order to wrap the lowly in the glowing royal robes of the blood…
All Saints of Every Race and Tongue
Today the Church celebrates all Saints known and unknown who fought the well fought fight and entered into heavenly glory. Now they intercede for us before Christ so that we can join them in the same glory they all share together. My apostolate especially celebrates all the Black Catholic saints in heaven both known and…