CROWNING WITH THORNS

"...and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger" (Esther 4:16). "...but as it is they seek after a better, that is, a heavenly country" (Hebrews 11:16). "And He Himself was in the stern of the boat, on the cushion asleep. And they woke Him and said to Him, "Master, does it not concern thee that we are perishing?" Then rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind fell and

"...if God is for you, who can be against you?" (Pope Leo XIII, 1892) On Freemasonry, Pope Leo XIII Can Catholics be Masons? Sensus Fidelium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Loving through Illness: Mental Illness and the Beauty of Suffering - Homiletic & Pastoral Review (October 2025) Suffering Through Mental Illness with God's Love - Catholic Stand - (November 2025) Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses of the body, one questions why there is a negative stigma connected to illnesses of the mind. One's brain is simply another part of the hum

"Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty " (2 Corinthians 3:17, RHE).