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…
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.…
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…
¿Por Qué No Los Dos? Roman Liturgies For ALL Roman Catholics
TLM and NO. ¿Por Qué No Los Dos? Why not both? The following was originally a thread a tweets inspired by this particular tweet: I have attended both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo since 2016 and have always been super down with both. I encourage all Latin Catholics to expose themselves to…
Our Lady of Sorrows
Let us join by the side of Our Lady of Sorrows below the cross on this day. Great quote from today’s Office of Readings: “The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the infant…
St. Peter Claver Made Himself An African Slave
“Although I am free in regard to all,I have made myself a slave to allso as to win over as many as possible.I have become all things to all, to save at least some.All this I do for the sake of the Gospel,so that I too may have a share in it.” – 1 Cor…
The Nativity of Mary: A “Joyful Prelude” to Our Salvation. Happy Birthday Mama Mary!
“This is the highest, all-embracing benefit that Christ has bestowed on us. This is the revelation of the mystery, this is the emptying out of the divine nature, the union of God and man, and the deification of the manhood that was assumed. This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed…
A Brief Comment on the Church in Africa
In light of the recent consistory and election of new cardinals, of which two were from Africa, the page below has some good figures of the number of cardinals from Africa and, in particular, Nigeria. 27 African cardinals in total, the 3rd largest bloc of cardinals of all the regions of the world. One of…