March 10, 2021 by frbillnicholas TEN COMMANDMENTS / TEN EXCEPTIONS – A Worldly Assault on the God’s Divine Law Homily – 3rd Sunday of Lent – BExodus 20:1-17(Deuteronomy 5:6-21) How does thee world cleverly draw us away from faithfully obeying the Ten Commandments and how does St. Joseph serve as a model of perfect adherence to them?Fr. Bill talks about the Ten Commandments of God’s Law, what “Commandments” are imposed upon us by the secular world, and how the world draws us away from faithfully living the Ten Commandments by cleverly weaving a series of “exceptions” to the Commandments themselves that may be more familiar, and startling than we realize.
May 8, 2020 by frbillnicholas SUICIDE: MURDERING THE SELF – The 5th Commandment, pt. 2 Video #10 – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS“You Shall Not Kill” How does Suicide violate the 5th Commandment, “Thou Shall Not Kill”? What is Christianity’s response to the act of Killing Ones-self? Fr. Bill discusses the very sensitive topic of Suicide and its relation to the Ten Commandments, as well as how the Catholic Church intervenes for the souls of those who have taken their own lives.
