Faith and Culture

How to Win the Culture War

This Homily was given by Father John Broussard C.P.M. of the Fathers of Mercy at the Chapel of Divine Mercy in Auburn, KY. on July 17, 2022. Much of the foundation of the homily comes from Dr Peter Kreeft. The battle is not between liberal and conservative - the problem emanates from sin and the work of the devil.

Fathers of Mercy

The Chosen

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Please Pray for Vocations!

The above list is the latest update from the diocese as of August of 2024 from Susan O'Neil.

PGH Priest

Info on the Diacoate

Jan 2025: Bernadette Rolewski, Marie Smetanka, Thomas Krupski, Patricia Carusone, Adolfo Marche, Barbara Linko Brown

Feb 2025: William Mason, Helen Rock, Marie Heinrichs, Frances Lewandowski

March 2025: Nancy Lee Schoedel, Rita Wapenski, Glenna Holt

April 2025: James Jordan, Peg Elsner, Sr Concetta Fabo

May 2025: Mary Moncini, Ronald Lotz, Larry Naugle, Sr Catherine O'Halloran

June 2025: Robert Koch, Patricia Buck

Jesus set you free. It’s as simple as that. You are no longer a slave to your sin, selfishness, fear, or past failures. As a free person in Jesus Christ, never allow anyone to put you back under the law of bondage.

In the United States, we revel in our freedom. We are blessed to live in a country where we can express our faith in God and Jesus without fear of retaliation. Unfortunately, even though we live in a free country, many people still live in bondage to their hearts. They live as slaves to their fear, failures, and desires. Spiritual bondage can be just as limiting as physical bondage. A person in spiritual bondage may be free to pursue their purpose, dreams, and plans, but never even try.

Christ set you free. The chains of your sin have been broken. You are no longer in bondage. Christ came into this world to give you freedom. He set you free from your past, free from your fears, and free to be all God created you to be.

The word “free” here means liberty. It is the freedom to live at a higher level. It’s the freedom to live the empowered life Christ promised.

So many Christians live by the law. They have a set of rules they follow. If they break the rules, then they feel guilty and ashamed. When they sin, they beat themselves up and promise to try harder. They live the Christian life reliant on their striving and strength. It’s all about how hard they try and how well they perform. Christ has set you free from that type of living.

Christ has empowered and freed you to live not by a set of rules but in a loving relationship with Jesus.

Look at that promise once again.

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1

Make these declarations today.

In Jesus Christ, I have freedom.
I am not under the law or any set of rules.
I live in an empowered, loving relationship with Christ.
I will not allow myself to be brought back under the bondage of religion.

From The Daily Promise

Memory Lane!

A couple of months ago we had a very well received post of images of some of the "Know Your Parish" trivia questions that were posed to St Athanasius Parish Commission members in the period from 2010 to 2019 or thereabouts. Well we have enough of an inventory of questions to supply another Memory Lane lookback this week. The answers to these questions are supplied in the below section.