May
20
But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting. Mt. 17:21
All too often we assume that by our efforts we can secure the salvation of ourselves and others, this is the Pelagian infection which persists in the post-modern world and the idea that by asserting our rights and our wills we can [...]
Apr
29
El Gripe Porcina – swine flu and other pestilence
April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Wake up Catholics – take discipline lest God be angry and you perish (Psalm 2)!
The same Psalm asks why the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing – today’s imaginal phantom being precisely a plague the news media is determined to be the death of us all – Pig fever, aka Swine Flu, [...]
Mar
19
Condom Mania
March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Pope is now being lambasted for his statements to Africans regarding condoms: “tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems”.
The comment made by Pope Benedict XVI is taken out of context and mistranslated by the usual Anglophones who in their [...]
Mar
15
Godless Culture Infecting the Church
March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Lent is not a happy time of fasting from bubblegum and sodapop, it is one in which we examine our consciences and expose our selves to those things which we hide from, in this case how our silence in the Church has allowed for our shepherds to lead us astray. Giving up things like chocolate [...]
Mar
8
Is there no treacle in Gilead?
March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Is there no treacle in Gilead? If not then point me the way, show me that I may go there, away from the treacley Novus Ordo lenten niceness and bubblegum fasts of “oh, fasting in lent really means abstaining from sinfulness” as if the rest of the year sin were a legitimate pursuit!
Abstaining from sin [...]
Feb
26
Back to Penance
February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
Penance is important for increasing the dispositions of the soul towards God and driving away its affections from its desires.
Attachment to things, to creatures for themselves only increases the indolence of the soul, fosters acedia and pride of life, lust of the eyes and quickens the passions. Penance disciplines the soul to feed on the [...]
Feb
25
The Worst Crime in History and Crucifixion Denial
February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This from the Archbishop of Boston:
“O’Malley on Monday called the Holocaust “the worst crime in human history” and pledged to move a Holocaust memorial to the Boston Archdiocese’s new headquarters”
Funny, I would think that a Catholic Prelate would consider the crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as the worst crime in history. It is a [...]
Feb
7
Traps of the Devil
February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Being a poor layman I can hardly speak authoritatively on such matters as Satanic snares, however given the propensity for the Catholic ordained to pronounce on matters outside their areas of competence – science and medicine and politics and law – I suppose in the greater scheme of things a lay person speaking on satanic [...]
Jan
27
Contraception is the great cause of the loss of vocations
January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sor Lucia: “Tell them Father that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not [...]
Jan
11
Purity
January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
The offenses against Chastity in our culture run much deeper than most will admit, or perhaps are even aware. I have written on the topic previously but find it necessary to revisit, ruminate and expand on.
Purity is so much more than the avoidance of sexually sinful material. Purity is active, a positive outlook on life [...]
