CBB Interview with Father Michael Mitchell

Last updated on: March 6, 2016 at 10:47 am By Pete Socks

Father Michael Mitchell, LC received his BA in Theology and MA in Philosophy from the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum, graduating summa cum laude in 2011. Having studied in Spain, Italy, and the United States, he is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. He is chaplain to the apostolate Mission Youth and is the superior of the religious congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in Chicago. He frequently travels to Haiti and Mexico to do missionary work. He also regularly leads... Read more

Mary’s hidden life in Nazareth, Mary: Day 229

Last updated on: February 23, 2016 at 12:34 pm By Pete Socks

Mary’s hidden life in Nazareth The Gospels are silent about the life of Jesus between the ages of about twelve and thirty. St. John Paul II explores the meaning of Mary’s “hidden life” with him, as these years are called, before his public ministry began. During the years of Jesus’ hidden life in the house at Nazareth, Mary’s life too is “hid with Christ in God” (see Col 3:3) through faith. For faith is contact with the mystery of God.... Read more

Mary merited by grace to be Jesus’ mother, Mary: Day 228

Last updated on: February 23, 2016 at 12:22 pm By Pete Socks

Mary merited by grace to be Jesus’ mother What does it mean to say that Mary merited to be the Mother of God? Weren’t her privileges a gift of grace? St. Alphonsus explains. Mary was not only the mother, but the worthy mother, of our Savior. She is called such by all the holy fathers. St. Bernard says to her, “You alone were found worthy to be chosen as the one in whose virginal womb the King of kings should... Read more

Take the Child and his mother, Mary: Day 227

Last updated on: February 22, 2016 at 12:25 pm By Pete Socks

Take the Child and his mother St. Alphonsus insists that the Holy Family’s exile in Egypt should teach us that we, too, must live as pilgrims here on earth. Having fled to Egypt, the Holy Family resided there. Let’s consider the great poverty they must have suffered during the seven years which, according to some teachers, they spent there. They were foreigners unknown, without reve- nues, money, or family, barely able to support themselves by their humble efforts. “As they... Read more

CBB Giveaway: I Saw His Face

Last updated on: March 2, 2016 at 2:53 pm By Pete Socks

This week Catholic Word marketing firm for Ministry23 sponsors the CBB giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of I Saw His Face: Powerful Moments of Christ’s Mercy by Father Michael Mitchell (you can read the review here) . I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST Friday 03/11 with a winner being announced later that day. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter... Read more

Sufferings in the flight to Egypt, Mary: Day 226

Last updated on: February 22, 2016 at 12:22 pm By Pete Socks

Sufferings in the flight to Egypt In an age of fast and comfortable travel, we may forget just how difficult the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt would have been. St. Alphonsus provides details. Anyone can imagine what Mary must have suffered on the journey to Egypt. The distance was great. Most authors agree that it was three hundred miles, so that it was a journey of upwards of thirty days. The road was, according to St. Bonaventure’s description of it,... Read more

CBB Review – I Saw His Face: Powerful Moments of Christ’s Mercy

Last updated on: March 6, 2016 at 11:17 am By Pete Socks

In this Year of Mercy there are undoubtedly going to be a number of books released on the topic of mercy. One such book is I Saw His Face: Powerful Moments of Christ’s Mercy by Father Michael T. Mitchell, LC. His book serves as a faithful witness to actual works of mercy happening in today’s world. The book has at its central core the personal experiences Father had with missionary work in Mexico and Haiti. Faced with people in need... Read more

Sinners are like Herod’s men pursuing Jesus, Mary: Day 225

Last updated on: February 21, 2016 at 3:44 pm By Pete Socks

Sinners are like Herod’s men pursuing Jesus If we think Herod’s men are villains because they sought out the baby Jesus to kill him, St. Alphonsus urges us to consider how even now our sins also persecute him and afflict his mother. The most holy Virgin one day appeared to Blessed Collette, a Franciscan nun, and showed her the infant Jesus in a basin, torn to pieces. Mary then said: “This is how sinners continually treat my Son, renewing his... Read more

CBB Interview with Father James Kubicki

Last updated on: February 29, 2016 at 7:14 pm By Pete Socks

James Kubicki, S.J., is the national director of the Apostleship of Prayer, a ministry whose mission is to encourage Christians to make a daily offering of themselves to the Lord and at whose center is the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Kubicki entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. Since that time, he has served the Jesuits in numerous capacities including vocations, priestly formation, and deacon and lay ministry formation. In addition to being a... Read more

The sorrow of the flight into Egypt, Mary: Day 224

Last updated on: February 21, 2016 at 3:40 pm By Pete Socks

The sorrow of the flight into Egypt When St. Joseph received instructions in a dream for the Holy Family to flee to Egypt, Mary knew that St. Simeon’s prophecy of her sorrows was begin- ning to be fulfilled. St. Alphonsus explains. The stag, wounded by an arrow, carries the pain with him wherever he goes, because he carries with him the arrow that has wounded him. In the same way, after the sad prophecy of St. Simeon, the Mother of... Read more