By Fr. Ernest Daly, LC on July 20, 2010
Bottom line: It’s totally cool how so many people unite to defend the heroine, Bella. Positive value: Risking your life to protect the person you love. Romantic and scary, the Twightlight series continues. I like the fact that Edward and Jacob sacrifice so much to try to protect Bella and make her happy. Bella’s desire [...]
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By Our Faith In Action® on February 16, 2010
This February 12th Taylor Swift was featured in a movie about love and relationships, called “Valentine’s Day”. One thing that is undeniable about Taylor Swift is that she loves her music. She also loves the experience of love. Her love for music and her love for romance comes through in every song she sings.
Posted in All Lessons, Movies, Music | Tagged chastity, courage, featured, Featured Stories, hope, jobros, jonas, marriage, modesty, Movie, Movies, passion, purity, taylor swift |
By David Pearson on July 10, 2009
It was an exciting moment. Carrie Prejean’s turn had arrived to answer a question from a judge during the final round of the Miss USA pageant. When the question came, Carrie’s stomach turned…
Posted in All Lessons, Fashion, Issues, Politics | Tagged beauty pageant, carrie prejean, chastity, college, courage, Fashion, featured, Featured Stories, gay marriage, love, marriage, miss california, miss usa, modesty, pageant, passion, Politics, traditional marriage |
By Alex Kubik on April 10, 2009
Fr Jason Smith gave us this awesome Podcast on the Passion of Christ… Check it out…
Posted in Podcasts | Tagged christ, cross, good friday, passion, seven last words |
By Fr. Rory O'Toole, LC on February 12, 2004
We like to think that we are really grown up when we can do our own thing. Jesus Christ challenges that assumption. Obedience to God is where the real power lies. It is a different kind of power: the power to set men free.
Posted in All Lessons, Movies | Tagged christ, courage, cross, Featured Stories, good friday, Movie, Movies, obedience, passion, suffering |
By Alex Kubik on February 11, 2004
Everyone knows Jesus is all about love, but all he does in “The Passion” is suffer. In the Garden of Gethsemane, his anxiety and fear press him so intensely that he sweats blood. Is that loving?
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By Alex Kubik on February 10, 2004
Let’s take a look at some of the manifestations of evil in “The Passion of the Christ” and what the characters’ interaction with evil shows us about temptation, sin, death, and salvation.
Posted in All Lessons, Horror, Movies | Tagged christ, cross, Featured Stories, Movie, Movies, passion |
By Alex Kubik on February 9, 2004
The Pontius Pilate of “The Passion of the Christ” is a more multi-dimensional man than traditionally portrayed in film. Not just a mean-spirited bureaucrat, he is an all-too-human proxy for modern man. Sadly, we may see a little of Pilate in ourselves.
Posted in All Lessons, Movies | Tagged christ, cross, Movie, Movies, passion |
By Alex Kubik on February 8, 2004
In Mel Gibson’s “The Passion” of the Christ”, we see Mary in a way that is very different from Hollywood’s traditional depiction…
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