Six Critiques of the Mentality of the Church since the Second Vatican...
1) Since the Council, there has been a profound lack of awareness on the part of the Church that the devil is, indeed, real, coupled with an over-emphasis that all men, in a shadowy and incomplete way,...
View ArticleSix Critiques of the Mentality of the Church since the Second Vatican...
As some of you may know, I am continuing my series on six critiques of the mentality and actions of the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council. My apologies for the long wait between the...
View ArticleThe Latin Vulgate and its English Translations
One thing that I've been thinking about a lot lately is the Latin Vulgate edition of the Holy Bible. What's puzzling to me is why more Catholics don't use a translation of it as their main Bible, the...
View ArticleOh Bishops, Shepherds, Laymen, This IS Your Faith and Heritage- Speak Boldly
'In order to free the world, prostrate in darkness and bound by numerous pagan errors, from the power of the devil who held it a wretched prisoner after the fall of our first parent, the heavenly...
View ArticleSuffering and Sacramentalism
I've been thinking a lot about suffering lately. I think that it's difficult for humanity to see the good in suffering precisely because it does not understand the nature of material things and their...
View ArticleGood Friday Meditations
Passages to foster a contemplative and meditative spirit on this hallowed day when Christ broke the curtain of His Body to reconcile us to His Father, and to poor out upon us poor children of wrath the...
View ArticleHoly Saturday Meditations
Today, all is silent. The God of the universe has died in the flesh, He has been laid in the tomb. All around the world, the Mass has been silenced; the Pure Sacrifice is laid aside; the Eucharist,...
View ArticleEaster Sunday Meditations - Alleluia!
Rejoice, O Heavens; shout to the King, O Earth; bend the knee, specters of Hell! Let none entertain a single doubt, your King has risen, He is risen, He has proven Himself God before the face of men...
View ArticleWhen Israel Shall Turn to the Lord: Christ Mystically Present in the Orient
One thing that has really been turning over in my head lately is the concept of the Divine Liturgies of the Church of God being celebrated toward the people or toward the East, toward God. Something...
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