Christ – Peter Darcy

Holy Saturday in the Company of the Blessed Virgin

By Peter Darcy|2020-04-09T15:16:36+00:00April 9th, 2020|

Our Lady Before the Tomb Oh, my Son! My Son! Jesus, my Son! “Why have you abandoned me?” My soul is forlorn, once widowed, twice bereaved, alone among many. The world is bereft of all comfort. The rock that covers your place of rest, Jesus, my Son! Is harder than the hardest diamond, stronger than [...]

We Need Temptation for Spiritual Growth

By Peter Darcy|2020-03-05T12:56:34+00:00March 5th, 2020|

If you’re not tempted to violate your core values from time to time, you’re not growing in the most important dimension of your being: your spirit. Actually, we need temptation for spiritual growth. That is its purpose, and that is why God allows us to be tempted. Biblical Precedent If you don’t believe me, just [...]

A Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country

By Peter Darcy|2019-12-01T01:22:05+00:00December 1st, 2019|

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her work in India, so we tend to forget that she was born in the tiny Eastern European county of Albania. What many also may do not realize is that Albania is the first country in the world to establish atheism as the official state religion. Albania’s [...]

Clerical Contraception – the Other Priestly Scandal

By Peter Darcy|2019-03-07T12:53:05+00:00March 7th, 2019|

Among the many hard teachings of Christ that is deeply “offensive” to the dominant secular culture today is the Church’s age-old prohibition of the use of all forms of artificial contraception, which is a clearly-defined doctrine of the Church. How many people have left the Church or formally rejected the Church’s teaching on artificial contraception [...]

Forgiveness is For Losers

By Peter Darcy|2018-10-02T18:54:36+00:00October 2nd, 2018|

Christian forgiveness is a revolution. By that I mean it does what revolutions always do: it overthrows the ancien régime, the old, decaying order of the world. Forgiveness vanquishes the survival-of-the-fittest mentality that often characterizes our human relationships. It frees us from emotional slavery. Most importantly, it removes the devil’s death grip on our souls. [...]

Five Infallible Ways to Keep the Devil at Bay

By Peter Darcy|2018-02-06T11:06:06+00:00February 6th, 2018|

A pronounced feature of the countryside surrounding the beautiful city of Cali, Columbia is a set of three crosses perched atop the mountains to the east. But no one can recall who put them up there, or when. The locals call them simply “Las Tres Cruces” (the Three Crosses). They believe, somewhat superstitiously, that the [...]

The Blasphemy All Around Us

By Peter Darcy|2018-01-10T11:46:59+00:00January 10th, 2018|

Casual swearing. Routine profanity. Mainstreamed irreverence. These curses of our age don’t seem to shock us like they used to. Ever since Rhett Butler first uttered the “D” word in Gone with the Wind in 1939, the entertainment industry has gone from bad to worse in its moral offensiveness. Every modern venue of entertainment, from [...]

Jesus, Sun of Justice

By Peter Darcy|2016-07-04T23:52:57+00:00July 4th, 2016|

Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR You have been told, O man, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do the right and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) You may notice the play on words in the English language which seems to enhance the meaning [...]

Jesus, Purity of Virgins

By Peter Darcy|2016-06-04T23:50:36+00:00June 4th, 2016|

Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR I am already the spouse of a Lover much more noble and powerful than you. He is a Prince whose bride keeps, as the most glorious of crowns, a spotless virginity. To this Lover, I have vowed my fidelity. (From Acts of the Martyrs, the words of St. Agnes as she [...]

Jesus, Master of the Apostles

By Peter Darcy|2016-05-05T23:46:05+00:00May 5th, 2016|

By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR For you, Eternal Shepherd, do not desert your flock, but through the blessed Apostles watch over it and protect it always, so that it may be governed by those you have appointed shepherds to lead it in the name of your Son. (Preface I of the Apostles, Roman Missal, 2011.) I [...]