Catholic in Belfast

I was going to be aborted by my mom with the same thought that led many women to do the same thinking about their pregnancy with 100% of excuses and 0% of responsibility. My case was similar to many others: my mom was just a 24 years old "wee girl" and could not manage to raise a kid by herself. MANY WOMEN WERE TOLD THAT THE LIVING BEING INSIDE THEM IS NOT A HUMAN BEING UNTIL A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEEKS, IT´S ONLY A FOETUS. TODAY I AM GONNA PROVE TO YOU THAT THIS IS A BIG LIE, NOT WITH SCIENCE, NOT WITH LITERATURE, NOT WITH EMPTY TALKING WITH WHAT I THINK OR TEND TO BELIEVE, BUT WITH FACTS AND MY OWN LIFE. READ IT AND SHARE IT IF YOU COULD! Let´s start with a real story that a very famous brazilian priest Fr Leo (in memoriam) went through in a certain occasion of his priesthood life. A woman did seek him to get advice since she was a single mom of one kid and became pregnant. Her boyfriend told her to abort him and she as well thought that was the best option since both ha

We all know that the Confession is a wonderful sacrament of the Catholic Church which was left from the very own Jesus Christ, as one of the fruits of his resurrection. As well as the other six sacraments, the Sacrament of Confession carries the power of the blood of Christ, the wonderful blood that cleanses us from all sins (1John 1:7) It is the Sacrament of God´s mercy! It is the Sacrament of reconciliation! It is the healing Sacrament! It is the Sacrament of conversion! It is the Sacrament of penance! It is the power of love and forgiveness over sin! It is the Sacrament of salvation! It is God´s last word of grace over the condemnation the sin brings to us! Jesus died for our sins so we can live not under the power of sin, but under the power of  his grace! "We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. For by dying, he is dead to sin once and for all, and now the life that he lives is life with God. In the

We are invited in the start of every single Holy Mass we participate to make an examination of our conscience to bring up to our minds and acknowledge our sins and our sinfulness. This is a great and wonderful grace that many people lose because they are either late to the Holy Mass or they are so used to doing that they don´t realize how important it is and make it nearly in an automatic manner. For that reason I would like to bring you to the deeply meaning of what the "Acknowledgement of our Sinfulness" actually is and how it could transform the way we pray and live the mysteries that are in the front of our eyes in the renovation of the only and great sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: his Incruent Sacrifice of the Holy Mass! As good Catholics we are taught since we start to step into the Spiritual and Church life (we will meditate on that theme in another time) about the 10 commandments, about the mortal and venial sins and about how it does interfere in