2 Corinthians 11:3 “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received,… Read More Judas, The Third Temptation, and the Social Gospel — Fulton J. Sheen
In Evelyn Waugh’s stunning classic, Brideshead Revisited, there is a scene which presses on my mind these days as I ponder so many forces gathering against a Church weakened greatly by the sins of her own children, both clerical and lay. All of us. It is the time when Sebastian, Lord Alex Marchmain’s idiosyncratic, drunkard, but… Read More Lord Marchmain’s Long Hate
Fr. Brendan Kilcoyne (The Brendan Option podcast) shakes everything up by reminding us again what is the heart of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (*) If the traditional Faith and liturgy do not make us fit as Jesus would make us fit, what are we doing? The Sacred Heart “God, look at me, I am… Read More Our Shrinking Church Influence and God’s Mercy
2020. Mary’s Dowry Productions +++ Gifts UnexpectedBy Stephen Hand Stephen Hand’s novella, Gifts Unexpected, is a story about a broken young girl and the hermit-priest who saved her and others; it is a story which shows how even suffering and tragedy birth hope and redemption in those open to the gift of Being. Gifts Unexpected… Read More Saint John Kemble, Martyr for the Faith and for England. Full Film.
St. Pius X: It is of great importance that the priest should combine his daily divine meditation with the constant reading of pious books, especially the inspired books. That was the command that Paul gave to Timothy: Attend unto reading. The same lesson was taught by St. Jerome when instructing Nepotianus on the priestly life:… Read More St. Pius X on Spiritual Reading & Pope Pius XII on Media
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for‘ (Apropos of the hymn to Obama, ironically, Cornell West insisted Obama was no political Progressive at all. He served corporate interests only, West says, the status quo, especially the Military Techo-Industrial-Banking Complex with gusto. He only subscribed to Progressive values relative to moral issues) “I feel confident… Read More Revolutionary Con Man Saul Alinsky. Inciting “Power Responses”
…an empathetic informed dialogue. See also James Lindsay’s New Discourses site.
“In this absorbing interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a candid, incisive examination of controversies raging in the Church and the most pressing issues of our times, providing clarity and hope for beleaguered Catholics. He addresses such topics as widespread doctrinal confusion, the limits of papal authority, the documents of Vatican II, the Society of St.… Read More An Important Book by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Is there evidence of Intelligent life on other planets? None that we can observe. Anywhere, whatsoever: See here… But what about Microbial life of some sort? What if we find water is or was on other planets, and also found evidence of microbes, now or at one time? The universe is the ‘House’ or neighborhood that… Read More The Splendor of Life on Other Planets?
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