The School of the Cross: Let Us Enroll Now, Well Before the Big Test
Just a brief thought here. . . If we want to suffer well at the end of our lives, assuming that we are given the opportunity by God of learning intensely from the school of suffering in the days...
View ArticleAttentive Humble Service Prevents Spiritual Blindness
If we spend our lives, for whatever reasons, only rarely doing the sort of humble yet significant everyday tasks in which we serve those with whom we live (e.g. washing dishes; laundry; grocery...
View ArticleAn Irony of Today's e-linked Culture: Retaining Our Humanity in a Tech Savvy Age
Here is a comment that a Facebook friend (Jeff Mauriello) posted on Facebook today:So I'm at this coffee shop and I continue to witness a rather disturbing trend in our tech savvy society -- people...
View ArticleThe Legionaries of Christ: How is it That Good Priests Can Come From a...
Dawn Eden, over at Headline Bistro, wrote an interesting article, "The Holy Ghost in the Machine: Amidst the Legion Crisis, A Sign of Providence."I plunged into making a comment after the article, only...
View ArticleConversion by Way of Evil
A frend of mine asked me to write about this, so here goes. . .As some reading this blog may already know, I am a convert to the Catholic faith. Although (thanks be to God) I was baptized a Christian...
View ArticleConversion by Way of Evil, Part 2
This continues part 1 . . .4. This is closely related to no. 2, but now restricted only to one's own self. Notice carefully the interior situation of your own person in regard to doing bad...
View ArticleConversion by Way of Evil, Part 3
See part 1hereand part 2 here. . .5. Given the above steps one through four, I came to hold that evil deeds, whether done by others or by myself, are not wholly explainable by natural, practical,...
View ArticleReal Man Gives Life for Wife & Baby in Split Second Decision
Men out there. This is what manhood is about. Giving of ourselves with nothing held back. Sacrificing for others. Even until death.So many things in our culture today encourage us (men and women both)...
View ArticleConversion by Way of Evil, Part 4
See part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here.So, I had come to believe that only supernatural origins are able to explain, ultimately, the reality of both good and evil acted out in human life in all...
View ArticleThe Cult of Female Sexual Power: A Boon to Women?
Today I came across a very interesting article: "Aging," by former supermodel Paulina Porizkova.It seems to me that one of the things radical feminism has done, at least in years past, is to buy into...
View ArticleMulticulturalism: An Idea Promoting Unity or Divison?
[I take my train of thought here from remarks made by talk radio host Dennis Prager while I was driving in my car earlier today] The idea known as "multiculturalism" has been very trendy for quite some...
View ArticleGoing Home: The House That Built Us Helps Point Us Back to Our Eternal Builder
Here is a beautiful country song, "The House That Built Me." [HT: Jill Stanek] It's sung by Miranda Lambert. I hadn't heard of her (I don't follow country music, though I do like it), but it seems she...
View ArticleCatholic Teaching on Concupiscence: Further Information in Consideration of...
This post, and the several that will follow this one, are intended as an expansion and further fleshing out of the topic of my original June, 2009, post, "Concupiscence, Catholic Teaching on."This...
View ArticleCatholic Teaching on Concupiscence: Further Information in Consideration of...
Following is my second comment on Dawn's blog (May 25, 2009).* * * And so by the teaching of the Church as given above, I wanted to point out that concupiscence can be present at the same time as...
View ArticleCatholic Teaching on Concupiscence: Further Information in Consideration of...
Following is my third comment on Dawn's blog (May 25, 2009).* * *. . . I would like to say additionally that the transformation that grace works in the soul enables the budding saint to better deal...
View ArticleFoodie Shows Reveal the Natural Human Reaching Toward a Standard of...
This thought came to me earlier this evening as I was eating some canned soup (If you eat canned soup, I recommend Progresso). Food shows like Top Chef (Bravo) and Iron ChefAmerica (Food Network) and...
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Merry Christmas! The Bringing of Jesus' Human Body into the Trinity is Forever!
It is truly awesome to think of the endless blessings for mankind of the Incarnation--the Word becoming flesh to dwell among us.I tend to emphasize in my thoughts, when recalling the reality of Jesus'...
View ArticleLack of Being Maximally Entertained: The Most Important Standard for Dislike?
Earlier this evening I was listening to a local talk radio show while making some dinner. The host was talking about actor Charlie Sheen's recent spate of what has become his expected strange and bad...
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Amy Winehouse's Sad, Untimely Passing: A Parallel to Western society?
I am very saddened by the death of the very talented and troubled British singer Amy Winehouse. I am praying for her soul. May she rest in peace.While she was obviously haunted by self-destructive...
View ArticleHuman Relationships, Love, Not Fully Embraceable Without Jesus' Grace
One of the tragic things about the life and death of Amy Winehouse is that in some ways she was probably closer to the deepest meaning of human life than many people who appear less troubled on the...
View ArticleIs There Any Purpose for the Male Urge to Fight? Violent Anarchy or Heroic...
I got to thinking about this topic because of a very good February, 2011 article by Dan Lord at the Crisis Magazine web site, "What Is Fight Club?" I recommend reading it.I saw the movie (it was...
View ArticleUnfailingly Soothing Presentations of Christianity: What's Missing Therein?
There is a certain approach taken by some Catholics who are engaged in the work of evangelization that is very puzzling. And this can apply to priests or laymen. I've seen it in regard to both.It's...
View ArticleGod's Authority and Human freedom. Do These Contradict Each Other?
Authority, freedom, grace, prayer.All of these are essential for a properly and fully human life.How is it that authority and freedom, especially, are both essential? They would seem at first to be...
View ArticleChaste Spousal Love: Key to Western Civilization
Chaste love between a husband and wife is truly a beautiful thing to behold! It wants to call forth from us an aspiration to become our truest, highest, noblest selves. It has a hidden radiance within...
View ArticleA Fact Made Obvious in Aurora, Colorado: Moral Goodness Not Indelibly Linked...
In the aftermath of the horrible evil committed by a single shooter in an Aurora, CO, movie theater last Friday against innocent people gathered on the film's opening night to see, Dark Knight Rises,...
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