Today’s Topics:

1) Gospel – Mk 2:1-12 – Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Rise, pick up your mat and walk”? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” – He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) The Catholic Church must free itself from this toxic nightmare
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-catholic-church-must-free-itself-from-this-toxic-nightmare/

3) How children’s use of smartphones represents a revolution that is destroying society
https://www.tfp.org/how-childrens-use-of-smartphones-represents-a-revolution-destroying-society/?PKG=TFPE22344

4) Catholic 101: What does it mean to take the Lord’s name in vain? Is the Third Commandment just a warning against swearing? Randall Smith offers an important reminder that this teaching is about so much more than crude language… It tells us something about the nature of God Himself
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2022/12/13/take-not-the-name-of-the-church-in-vain/