Articles

Silence! During the Mass

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / February 9, 2013

See Fathers Marks article here.

Father Mark wrote a wonderful article above “Silentium tibi laus” about silence in the Church that you can view above.

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The Four Christian Pillars

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / February 7, 2013

https://blog.adw.org/2013/01/the-four-pillars-of-the-christian-life/

Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington writes a elequoant article (above) on the importance of the these important aspects of the Catholic Faith.

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Media Used For Thought Control

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 31, 2013

The prevailing message of mass media is much more controlled in Western democracies than most people realize.

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25th Anniversary of Morgentaler Decision (Today)

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 29, 2013

Today – January 28th, 2013 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Morgentaler Decision. This day in 1988 the supreme court removed the remaining protections against babies in the womb, making abortion completely legal for any reason in Canada.

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Don’t Give Up On God

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 26, 2013

If you are anything like me, you’ve committed the same sins over and over. You’ve gone to Confession many times, and later committed the same sins again. You’ve probably even said to yourself, “What’s the use? I’m a lost cause! I’ll never change!” – and you may have been tempted to give up on God.

This attitude shows a lack of faith. Jesus taught that we should forgive those who sin against us “seventy times seven,” in other words, an infinite of times. If He is asking us to do so for others, would He not be willing to do so for us?

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I Have to Remember to Forget

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 19, 2013

Don’t you sometimes wish that you could completely erase all the negative stuff in your memory and keep only the good stuff?

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Did Jesus tell the Apostles to buy weapons? Yes. To use them?

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 15, 2013

The title may seem a little suprising at first…

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No Sin Should Be Taken Lightly

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 12, 2013

I remember a discussion I had last year during Lent with a parishioner at my church. I asked him if he had gone to confession yet. “No,” he said.

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The Godfather Stole My Innocence

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / January 5, 2013

I was only 10 years old the first time I watched The Godfather in 1972.

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Original Sin and Sadomasochism

By Saint Gabriels Newsroom / December 29, 2012

When I was 21, full of “p*ss and vinegar” as they say, I drove to New York City from my home in Toronto. I was with my friend, Steve, who was only 19. We wanted to see the sights – Times Square, the Empire State Building, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty – and we stayed at the Edison Hotel in Manhattan.

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