May
19
Pro-Life as Caricature: Rebranding the movement
May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
The cultural Visigoths have established strongholds in our Catholic Universities and their leader of moment, President Barack Obama, has given his speeches from the podiums of Georgetown and Notre Dame undermining the public perception of American Catholic leadership and their moral authority to lead the faithful. Conversely, for the first time the Gallup poll shows [...]
May
3
Abysmal apathy, matrimony, natural law, same sex marriage, crickets chirping in the pews.
May 3, 2009 | 6 Comments
Same sex marriage is an attack on the family – the fact that it is now being legalized should be teling us that we are at the end stage of the moral decline of the nation and of the Church. Had the Church been more vigilant and less permissive we would not be seeing this [...]
Apr
15
Conscire, Conscience and its Abolition by the State
April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A recent New York Times editorial by one Stanley Fish presumes to define the conscience of the individual as subversive if not subjected to the will of the State by assent and consent. Thus Mr. Fish gives the State powers over individual conscience once reserved to God.
To justify his thesis Mr. Fish redefines the English “conscience” [...]
Mar
29
The fabulous tale, 1984 by George Orwell and the movie adaptation have a remarkable demonstration of the 2 minutes hate in which the crowd is inspired to an emotional frenzy by a projected image of the Enemy of the State, Emmanuel Goldstein, who is vilified and made the origin of all “evil” and the object [...]
Mar
21
A new term lifted from the website Catholic Culture:
“Catholic Termites“
Alleged Catholics rejoice at the criticism of the Pope and grow bolder while they continue to hollow out Catholic teaching, and vote for people like President Obama. Are we going to lose a few more generations? Why can’t we at least have it explained to us [...]
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 [...]
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
22
Pope Paul VI, Industrialism and Money
February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Textual basis: POPULORUM PROGRESSIO
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PAUL VI ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLES
MARCH 26, 1967
The Value of lndustrialization
25. The introduction of industrialization, which is necessary for economic growth and human progress, is both a sign of development and a spur to it. By dint of intelligent thought and hard work, man gradually [...]
