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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
SNAP group: Pope Francis/Cd. O’Malley meeting with sex abuse victims just a gesture
ABUSE VICTIMS’ LEADER: POPE’S MEETING A ‘GESTURE’
Pope Francis says his plan to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is part of an effort to “go forward” with “zero tolerance” in confronting and preventing clergy abuse. But the head of a U.S. victims’ group has dismissed the upcoming session as “another gesture, another public relations coup” that could prove meaningless.
The meeting with a half-dozen victims, announced Monday, is being organized by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston. It will mark the first such encounter for the pope, who has been criticized by victims for not expressing personal solidarity with them when he has reached out to other people who suffer.
“On this issue we must go forward, forward. Zero tolerance,” Francis said, calling abuse of children an “ugly” crime that betrays God. He said the meeting and a Mass at the Vatican hotel where he lives would take place early next month.
The Archdiocese of Boston said in a statement that the details of the meeting haven’t been finalized yet, and that O’Malley “looks forward to supporting this effort by Pope Francis in whatever manner will be most helpful.” The archdiocese said the meeting was expected to take place “in the coming months.”
David Clohessy, executive director of the main U.S. victims’ group, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said the pope has shown himself to be capable of making real change in other areas such as church governance and finance but hasn’t done so in dealing with sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
“The simple truth is this is another gesture, another public relations coup, another nice bit of symbolism that will leave no child better off and bring no real reform to a continuing, scandal-ridden church hierarchy,” he said.
Clohessy said the meeting “is just utterly, utterly meaningless.”
But a U.S. attorney who represents clergy abuse victims said he hoped the meeting would be “substantive and meaningful” rather than for cosmetic purposes.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Christian colleges don’t have to comply with Obamacare contraception mandate
Federal judge rules Christian colleges don’t have to comply with Obamacare contraception mandate
- Cornerstone College and Dordt College are both Christian institutions.
- The schools maintain that Obamacare’s contraception mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and is unconstitutional.
A federal court halted enforcement of Obamacare for two Christian colleges on Wednesday, a victory for those against employers paying for contraceptives, including the controversial “morning-after pill.”
The two schools, Cornerstone College in Michigan and Dordt College in Iowa, filed a lawsuit against the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, contesting the administration’s mandate that forces employers to provide contraceptives to employees, regardless of the organization’s religious practices and beliefs. In their suit, Dordt College v. Sebelius, the schools argue that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and is unconstitutional.
“The Schools hold, as a matter of religious conviction, that it would be sinful and immoral for them intentionally to participate in, pay for, facilitate, enable, or otherwise support access to abortion, which destroys human life.”
Read more - https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5634
Military Chaplains Say Lourdes Is A ‘Field Hospital’ For Spiritual Healing
LOURDES, France (CNS) – Military chaplains are used to hitting the road and heading where the hurt is as they tour bases, camps and veterans clinics.
But on a recent pilgrimage to Lourdes with wounded soldiers, a group of Catholic chaplains also found a sacred space for healing.
But on a recent pilgrimage to Lourdes with wounded soldiers, a group of Catholic chaplains also found a sacred space for healing.
 Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services greets U.S. Army Maj. Derrick Mitchell after Mass during a military pilgrimage at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. (CNS/Paul Haring) The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes “is a special place for Catholics and for anyone who has faith. It’s a place where you can feel and experience prayer,” said Msgr. Frank Pugliese, one of the chaplains on the pilgrimage. |
“I think this is truly a field hospital” where people experience inner spiritual healing as they reconnect with God and other people of faith, said the monsignor, who is the former vicar general of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and a retired military chaplain who served the naval forces for 21 years. He is currently helping two parishes in San Diego.
In Lourdes, “The healings that happen I think are amazing, not all of them physical,” he said.
“People have a sense of peace, of being loved, of being able to leave behind some of the baggage that they come with. And I think that’s sometimes a more powerful healing than if someone throws away crutches,” he said.
“People have a sense of peace, of being loved, of being able to leave behind some of the baggage that they come with. And I think that’s sometimes a more powerful healing than if someone throws away crutches,” he said.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Is China Preparing For War? Troop Build Up, Citizen Evacuation taking Place
Is China Preparing For War? Troop Build Up, Citizen Evacuation taking Place
PLA troops spotted near China-Vietnam border - A large number of People’s Liberation Army troops have been spotted heading towards the China-Vietnam border as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate, reports Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily. Thousands of Chinese nationals living or on business in Vietnam have already fled the country amid anti-China riots, which were sparked by a tense standoff between Chinese and Vietnamese naval ships near a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters off the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on May 4. The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed Friday that at least two Chinese nationals have been killed and nearly a hundred were injured during violent protests last week that saw dozens of Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong factories set on fire. The UK’s Guardian claims as many as 21 people have died.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
An Evening with an Exorcist
what is causing possession, things that are being promoted by society, the
difference between old & new prayers.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
NO JOKE: Bikini-Clad Beach-Goers Fined $Thousands$ for Offending Muslim Sensibilities
You’re a girl out for some sunny fun in Italy. You wear a run-of-the-mill swimsuit to a popular beach. BIG MISTAKE. You get slapped with a hefty fine. Why? Because you offended Muslim beach-goers. Seriously.
Numerous web sites are reporting that a justice of the peace in Messina, Italy has ordered three girls to pay a criminal fine amounting to more than $3,500 each for having worn a bikini to a private beach. The offensive behavior occurred in the well-known tourist resort of Taormina, frequented by Saudi Muslim families on holiday.
Read more : http://www.libertynews.com/2014/05/no-joke-bikini-clad-beach-goers-fined-thousands-for-offending-muslim-sensibilities/
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Bishop’s ‘surprise’ at Vatican poll findings
Nearly 50 per cent of Maltese accept and live by the Church’s teachings on responsible birth control but find it difficult to follow, according to a survey that forms part of a worldwide Vatican initiative.
Just over a quarter disagree with the Church on its natural family planning method that considers abstinence morally correct during a woman’s fertile period.
Nearly 20 per cent ignore the Church’s stand on birth control and act according to their conscience. The Sunday Times of Malta got a preview of the local study carried out last year at Pope Francis’s request to gauge opinion on the Church’s teachings on thorny moral issues ahead of October’s Bishop’s Synod.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Is Notre Dame's Fr. Jenkins really fighting the HHS mandate?
Notre Dame Alumni: Fr. Jenkins Comments on
HHS Mandate ‘Startling’...
Notre Dame alumni group Sycamore Trust recently contrasted the University’s claim in court that the HHS mandate “would require Notre Dame to commit scandal” with President Fr. John Jenkins’ comments from a recent student Town Hall event that, “I don’t see this as a scandal because we are not giving out contraceptives.”
At the beginning of this year, the University named after Our Lady announced it would comply with the mandate which requires employees of the University to be covered for abortifacients, contraception, and sterilization procedures. The University continues to seek relief from the HHS mandate in the courts.
Fr. Jenkins said, according to The Irish Rover, “We feel this is an infringement on religious freedom, but we have a variety of factors to consider, like legitimate government authority.” He reportedly added, “I don’t see this as a scandal because we are not giving out contraceptives.”
The alumni group Sycamore Trust juxtaposed Fr. Jenkins’ comment with Notre Dame’s claims in court, specifically arguing, “[T]he mandate would require Notre Dame to commit scandal.” The alumni group, which is committed to promoting Notre Dame’s Catholic identity, called Fr. Jenkins’ comment “startling.”
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Jesus didn’t care about being nice or tolerant, and neither should you
There is no shortage of heresies these days.
If you want to adopt some blasphemous, perverted, fun house mirror reflection of Christianity, you will find a veritable buffet of options. You can sift through all the variants and build your own little pet version of the Faith. It’s Ice Cream Social Christianity: make your own sundae! (Or Sunday, as it were.)
And, of all the heretical choices, probably the most common — and possibly the most damaging — is what I’ve come to call the Nice Doctrine.
The propagators of the Nice Doctrine can be seen and heard from anytime any Christian takes any bold stance on any cultural issue, or uses harsh language of any kind, or condemns any sinful act, or fights against evil with any force or conviction at all. As soon as he or she stands and says ‘This is wrong, and I will not compromise,’ the heretics swoop in with their trusty mantras.
They insist that Jesus was a nice man, and that He never would have done anything to upset people. They say that He came down from Heaven to preach tolerance and acceptance, and He wouldn’t have used words that might lead to hurt feelings. They confidently sermonize about a meek and mild Messiah who was born into this Earthly realm on a mission to spark a constructive dialogue.
The believers in Nice Jesus are usually ignorant of Scripture, but they do know that He was ‘friends with prostitutes,’ and once said something about how, like, we shouldn’t get too ticked off about stuff, or whatever. In their minds, he’s essentially a supernatural Cheech Marin.
Read the comments under my previous post about gay rights militants, and you’ll see this heresy illustrated.
That post prompted an especially noteworthy email from someone concerned that I’m not being ‘Christlike,’ because I ‘call people names.’ He said, in part:
“You aren’t spreading Christianity when you talk like that. The whole message of Jesus was that we should be nice to people because we want them to be nice to us. That’s how we can all be happy. Period. It’s that simple.”
Be nice to me, I’ll be nice to you, and we’ll all be happy. This is the ‘whole message’ of Christianity?
Really?
Jesus Christ preached a Truth no deeper or more complex than a slogan on a poster in a Kindergarten classroom?
Really?
A provocative claim, to say the least. I decided to investigate the matter, and sure enough, I found this excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount:
“We’re best friends like friends should be. With a great big hug, and a kiss from me to you, won’t you say you love me too?”
Actually, wait, sorry, that’s from the original Barney theme song.
God help us. We’ve turned the Son of God into a purple dinosaur puppet.
There’s no way to be certain, but most theologians believe that, despite popular perception, Christ looked nothing like this.
I don’t recognize this Jesus.
This moderate. This pacifist. This nice guy.
He’s not the Jesus I read about in the Bible. I read of a strong, manly, stern, and bold Savior. Compassionate, yes. Forgiving, of course. Loving, always loving. But not particularly nice.
He condemned. He denounced. He caused trouble. He disrupted the established order.
On one occasion — or at least one recorded occasion — He used violence. This Jesus saw the money changers in the temple and how did He respond? He wasn’t polite about it. I’d even say He was downright intolerant. He fashioned a whip (this is what the lawyers would call ‘premeditation’) and physically drove the merchants away. He turned over tables and shouted. He caused a scene. [John 2:15]
Assault with a deadly weapon. Vandalism. Disturbing the peace. Worse still, intolerance.
In two words: not nice.
Not nice at all.
Can you imagine how some moderate, pious, ‘nice’ Christians of today would react to that spectacle in the Temple? Can you envision the proponents of the Nice Doctrine, with their wagging fingers and their passive aggressive sighs? I’m sure they’d send Jesus a patronizing email, perhaps leave a disapproving comment under the news article about the incident, reminding Jesus that Jesus would never do what Jesus just did.
Personally, I’ve studied the New Testament and found not a single instance of Christ calling for a ‘dialogue’ with evil or seeking the middle ground on an issue. I see an absolutist, unafraid of confrontation. I see a man who did not waver or give credence to the other side. I see someone who never once avoided a dispute by saying that He’ll just ‘agree to disagree.’
I see a Christ who calls the Scribes and Pharisees snakes and vipers. He labels them murderers and blind guides, and ridicules them publicly [Matthew 23:33]. He undermines their authority. He insults them. He castigates them. He’s not very nice to them.
Jesus rebukes and condemns. In Matthew 18, He utilizes morbid and violent imagery, saying that it would be better to drown in the sea with a stone around your neck than to harm a child. Had our modern politicians been around two thousand years ago, I’m sure they’d go on the cable news shows and shake their heads and insist that there’s ‘no place for that kind of language.’
No place for the language of God.
Jesus deliberately did and said things that He knew would upset people. He stirred up division and controversy. He provoked. He didn’t have to break from established customs, but He did. He didn’t have to heal that man’s hand on the Sabbath, knowing how it would disturb others and cause them immense irritation, but He did, and He did so with ‘anger’ [Mark 3:5]. He could have gone with the flow a little bit. He could have chilled out and let bygones be bygones, but He didn’t. He could have been diplomatic, but He wasn’t.
He could have told everyone to relax, but instead He made them uncomfortable. He could have put them at ease, but He chose to put them on edge.
He convinced the mob not to stone the adulterer [John 8], and you’ll notice that He then turned to her and told her to stop sinning. Indeed, never once did He encounter sin and corruption and say: “Hey, do your thang, homies. Just have fun. YOLO!”
The followers of Nice Jesus love to quote the ‘throw the first stone’ verse — and for good reason, it’s a beautiful and compelling story — but you rarely hear mention of the exchange that occurs just a few sentences later, in that very same chapter. In John 8:44, Jesus rebukes unbelieving Jews and calls them ‘sons of the Devil.’
Wow.
That wasn’t nice, Jesus.
Read more at http://joeforamerica.com/2014/04/jesus-didnt-care-nice-tolerant-
neither/#1yFWe78cLeukoV7P.99
Married men could be ordained priests if World's Bishops agree on it!!!
Sure, celibacy is “disciplinary”, but then, so is …
In the wake of the latest off-hand, private, ambiguous, papal comment to be trumpeted around the world as a harbinger of impending change, I note that, for the proverbial umpteenth time, solemn heads are nodding in agreement that clerical celibacy is “merely disciplinary.” Good grief, everyone knows that. The question is not whether clerical celibacy is “merely disciplinary”—unquestionably it is; rather, the question is, What does it mean to designate an institute or practice as “merely disciplinary”?
In Catholic circles the phrase “merely disciplinary” conjures up things like the Communion fast or giving up meat on Fridays. In a very well-read crowd, perhaps the directing of bishops to make ad limina visits or requiring canonical form for marriage would be recognized (and rightly) as “merely disciplinary”. Now, provided one means by the technical phrase “merely disciplinary” that the institute or practice in question could be changed, even eliminated, without the Church ceasing to be the Church, then yes, Friday abstinence, ad limina visits, and clerical celibacy are all “merely disciplinary.”
But, considered from that technical perspective, there are very few things about the Church that aren’t “merely disciplinary”, that is, there are very few things in the Church that, when push comes to shove, are essential to her existence. An episcopal hierarchy would make the short list of non-negotiables, as would the seven sacraments. Eliminate the hierarchy and the Church ceases to exist, jettison even one sacrament from the Church and whatever that institution would be, it couldn’tbe the Church founded by Christ.
So, yes, eliminate clerical celibacy and the Church would still be, in essence, the Church founded by Christ. No one can plausibly dispute that narrow claim. But those pushing for the elimination of clerical celibacy, touting the fact that it is “merely disciplinary”, should advise their audiences that, by the very same token, many other things could be eliminated in the Church as well, including:
• the Sunday obligation (not to mention all holy days)
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Come To Life In Eerie Photography Project
Take a stroll through the forests and woodlands of Middle Europe today, and it doesn't take long before you begin to imagine yourself as a character in a centuries-old Brothers Grimm story. Be it "Little Red Riding Hood" or "Hansel and Gretel," it only takes a patch of fog and a thick strip of blackened trees to transport you into the setting of a fairy tale past, elevating your pulse and reminding you why Jacob and Wilhelm reigned supreme in the world of terrifyingly gorgeous children's literature.
Cologne, Germany-based photographer Kilian Schönberger knows this better than most. He grew up with the misty landscapes in his backyard, producing memories that inspired his artistic work -- particularly his "Brothers Grimm's Homeland" series. In it, Schönberger captures the chilly horror hidden inside an abandoned farmhouse or the overwhelming mystery of a moss-covered path leading beyond the horizon. His photographic illustrations bring the Grimm tales to life, proving that the brothers' folklore can muster goosebumps in both children and adults.
Schönberger's photographs are certainly dark, conjuring the more sinister images associated with "Sleeping Beauty" and "Pied Piper of Hamelin." The effects of his photos could be heightened by the fact that the photographer is color blind.
"I think colour blindness (I can't distinguish green from red, magenta from grey, violet from blue and so on) [sic] can be an advantage especially in forest environments," the artist explained in an interview with Seamless Photo. "I don't have to separate singular colours visually and can totally concentrate on the structure for a convincing image composition. Forests are always quite chaotic places -- therefore I think the structures are more important for a pleasant result than the colours."
Scroll through a preview of "Brothers Grimm's Homeland" below and let us know your thoughts on the whimsical work in the comments.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/brothers-grimm-homeland_n_4550804.html
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Amnesty Mass: Cardinal O’Malley, US Bishops Re- create Lampedusa in Nogales
Mass at US-Mexico Border to
Highlight Plight of Migrants
(Photo) Indelible seal of the Sacrament of Baptism “reaffirmed” by a female Protestant ministerette
(ZENIT) – U.S. bishops are inviting Catholic faithful to join with them in spotlighting the need for immigration policy reform, as Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston and other prelates celebrate a Mass on Tuesday in memory of the thousands of migrants who have lost their lives trying to cross the Arizona desert.
The Mass on the Boarder and “Mission for Migrants” in Nogales, Arizona, is reminiscent of Pope Francis’ first trip outside the Vatican, to the island of Lampedusa, in memory of the many migrants who’ve died trying to cross from Africa to Europe.
The Mass on the Border will be streamed live on April 1, at 9 a.m. (PT) /12 p.m. (ET). It can be followed on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqY9GcA6lCA.
The US episcopal conference’s Committee on Migration recommends prayer and fasting for the plight of migrants and immigration policy reform, as well as some concrete actions:
• By advocating for immigration reform sending an electronic postcard to members of Congress. Or by using the toll free number: 1-855-589-5698 to “support a path to citizenship and oppose the SAFE Act.”
• By fasting in solidarity with migrants and immigrants. Fasting turns peoples’ attention away from their own needs and allows them to open their hearts to the suffering of others.
• By spreading the word via social media, using the Twitter hashtag #BorderMass and following the latest developments on Facebook and Twitter.
• More resources for prayers and Masses, a link to the electronic postcards and the Mass on the Border live stream can be found at: www.justiceforimmigrants.org. More information on the event can be found at: www.usccb.org/about/migration-policy/mass-on-the-border.cfm
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
The Few Who Are Saved?
The notion that most people are going to be saved and go to heaven because they are simply good people, is a false one. As we know, man must have supernatural grace in order to be saved, which comes through Jesus Christ, and His Church. Those who do not have this supernatural grace will not be saved. There are many ways to go to hell, the gate to it is wide, and the gate to heaven is narrow and few find it. Many Catholics today lead people to believe that there may not be any people in hell, and that we can reasonably hope that every man will be saved. In fact, the modernist theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar championed this idea which definitively contradicts Sacred Scripture, and the testimony of the Saints. Christ answers the question clearly when He is asked, ‘Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them: Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.’ (Luke 13:23-24)
Other modernists such as Fr. Robert Barron continue to promote this false idea that few are in hell. Notice in the video how he casually insults St. Augustine’s and St. Thomas Aquinas’ view of hell, and champions von Balthasar’s, who by the way got his false ideas from a Protestant heretic Karl Barth. It is amazing that Fr. Barron holds himself and Balthasar’s theological conclusions over the great Doctors of the Church! Can we as Catholics reasonably hope that all people will be saved? The answer is clearly no. We know absolutely from Sacred Scripture and the testimony of the Church and her Saints, that not all people will be saved. That is a fact, so to hope for an opposite outcome from that which Jesus and His Saints have told us is simply insane. Fr. Barron says that we do not know if humans are in hell, when in fact we do know they are there, just not whois there. There is a big difference between the two! There are many reasons why the Church has failed to evangelize in our modern age and one of them is that Catholics simply do not believe anyone will go to hell. Read below what Jesus and His Saints have to say about the matter and compare it to the modernists in the Church today. Who are you going to believe?
‘Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.’
Saint Paul (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
‘Behold how many there are who are called, and how few who are chosen! And behold, if you have no care for yourself, your perdition is more certain than your amendment, especially since the way that leads to eternal life is so narrow.’
St. John of the Cross
‘The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are: yet amongst those few I wish to be!’
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
‘The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.’
Pope St. Gregory the Great
‘Not all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.’ …’Beyond a doubt the elect are few.’
St. Augustine
‘The number of the elect is so small – so small – that were we to know how small it is, we should faint away with grief. The number of the elect is so small that were God to assemble them together, He would cry to them, as He did of old, by the mouth of His prophet, “Gather yourselves together, one by one” – one from this province, one from that kingdom.’
St. Louis Marie de Montfort
‘That those who walk in the way of salvation are the smaller number is due to the vice and depraved habits imbibed in youth and nourished in childhood. By these means Lucifer has hurled into Hell so great a number of souls, and continues thus to hurl them into Hell every day, casting so many nations from abyss to abyss of darkness and errors, such as are contained in the heresies and false sects of the infidels.’
Venerable Mary of Agreda
‘What do you think? How many of the inhabitants of this city may perhaps be saved? What I am about to tell you is very terrible, yet I will not conceal it from you. Out of this thickly populated city with its thousands of inhabitants not one hundred people will be saved. I even doubt whether there will be as many as that!’ …’I do not speak rashly, but as I feel and think. I do not think that many bishops are saved, but that those who perish are far more numerous.’
St. John Chrysostom, Doctor and Father of the Church
‘Shall we all be saved? Shall we go to Heaven? Alas, my children, we do not know at all! But I tremble when I see so many souls lost these days. See, they fall into Hell as leaves fall from the trees at the approach of winter.’
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars
‘Ah, how many souls lose Heaven and are cast into Hell!’
St. Francis Xavier
‘So many people are going to die, and almost all of them are going to Hell! So many people falling into hell!’
Blessed Jacinta of Fatima
‘Since their eternal happiness, consisting in the vision of God, exceeds the common state of nature, and especially in so far as this is deprived of grace through the corruption of original sin, those who are saved are in the minority. In this especially, however, appears the mercy of God, that He has chosen some for that salvation, from which very many in accordance with the common course and tendency of nature fall short.’
St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
‘Get out of the filth of the horrible torrent of this world, the torrent of thorns that is whirling you into the abyss of eternal perdition. . . This torrent is the world, which resembles an impetuous torrent, full of garbage and evil odours, making a lot of noise but flowing swiftly passed, dragging the majority of men into the pit of perdition.’
St. John Eudes
Sunday, March 23, 2014
The Eponymous Flower: Mel Gibson Forms Alliance With Leftist, Pro-Abort,...
The Eponymous Flower: Mel Gibson Forms Alliance With Leftist, Pro-Abort,...: [Los Angeles] This comes from Hollywood gossip rag, TheWrap, which has uncovered some unsavory connections. It's about Mel Gibson who ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Lent, but not as we know it
LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Lent, but not as we know it: Forty days and forty nights - a Christ like diet One hundred years ago my parents were in their teens. Both in the same class at sch...
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Pope Francis Hit for Not Confronting Critics
Pope Francis may have delighted leftists with his depiction of the inequalities of capitalism, but there is also some unhappiness with his reluctance to engage those who openly oppose the Catholic Church. What has been difficult to understand is that Francis has not responded to attacks on the Church when they happen.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Cardinal Maradiaga: "One May Also Criticize This ...
The Eponymous Flower: Cardinal Maradiaga: "One May Also Criticize This ...: (Rome) since Monday morning the C8 Cardinal Council will be meeting for the third time. Cardinal Maradiaga, the coordinator of the Counc...
“The Flesh”
There are many references to “the flesh” in New Testament Scripture, especially in the letters of St. Paul. The phrase confuses some who think it synonymous with the physical body, or sometimes with sexual sin.
It is true that there are many times when Scripture uses the word “flesh” to refer to the physical body. Howeverwhen the definite article “the” is placed before the word “flesh” we are dealing with something else. Only very rarely does the Biblical phrase “the flesh” (ἡ σὰρξ (he sarx), in Greek) refer only to the physical body (eg. John 6:53; Phil 3:2; 1 John 4:2), but almost always the phrase refers to something quite distinct from the physical body.
What then is meant by the term “the flesh” (ἡ σὰρξ)? Perhaps most plainly it refers to that part of us that is alienated from God. It is the rebellious, unruly and obstinate part of our inner self that is operative all the time. It is that part of us that does not want to be told what to do. It is stubborn, refuses correction, and does not want to have a thing to do with God. It bristles at limits and rules. It recoils at anything that might cause me to be diminished or something less than the center of the universe. The flesh hates to be under authority or to have to yield to anything other than its own wishes and desires. The flesh often desires something simply because it is forbidden.
Read full article here:http://blog.adw.org/2014/02/21549/
Sunday, February 16, 2014
VATICAN NEWSPAPER PROMOTES HINDU IDOL!!
PROGRESSIVIST DOCUMENT OF THE WEEK
Vatican promotes Hindu divinity
On February 15, 2014, the Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published on page 4 a picture of Hindu divinity Ganesha. Should one inquire under what pretext the Catholic Church's main press organ is promoting this idol, he learns that it illustrates an exposition that took place in Rome the day before.
Indeed, on February 14 - the news report tells us - the Vatican Ethnological Museum opened its door to the public for an exposition titled "Indonesia, Land of Harmony." It was a cultural-religious display of objects of art coming from Jakarta in collaboration with the Vatican to promote a stronger inter-cultural dialogue, affirms Fr. Nicola Mapeli, Museum director.
Stefania Pandozy, head of the Ethnological Materials Laboratory, is more explicit. According to her, the goal of the Museum is "to conciliate diverse culture and religions by means of mutual respect."
Indeed, on February 14 - the news report tells us - the Vatican Ethnological Museum opened its door to the public for an exposition titled "Indonesia, Land of Harmony." It was a cultural-religious display of objects of art coming from Jakarta in collaboration with the Vatican to promote a stronger inter-cultural dialogue, affirms Fr. Nicola Mapeli, Museum director.
Stefania Pandozy, head of the Ethnological Materials Laboratory, is more explicit. According to her, the goal of the Museum is "to conciliate diverse culture and religions by means of mutual respect."
Thus, under this pretext, the newspaper offers for admiration to its Catholic readers around the world a devilish-looking Hindu idol. It is very difficult not to see in this initiative an implicit adhesion to idolatry.
Below first row, outlined in green, the news report; second row, the enlarged photo published in L'Osservatore Romano.
More
http://traditioninaction.org/ProgressivistDoc/A_170_Ganesha.html
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Shamed Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien urged to tell life story by former Irish leader
Shamed Cardinal urged to tell life story by former Irish leader
CARDINAL Keith O'Brien has been urged to tell his life story to help gay people in all walks of life who have felt the need to pretend to be heterosexual.
CALL: Mary McAleese.
The call came from former Irish President Mary McAleese, who said the Catholic Church had been in denial over homosexuality for decades and that it was "not so much the elephant in the room but a herd of elephants".
Speaking during a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Mrs McAleese said: "I would have thought Cardinal Keith O'Brien, in telling the story of his life - if he was willing to do that - could have been of great assistance to gay people, not just in the Church but elsewhere, who felt over many, many years constrained to pretend to be heterosexual while at the same time acting a different life."
Mrs McAleese said that, like so many closet homosexuals, Keith O'Brien hoped to divert attention from himself by raising his voice "in the most homophobic way".
However this, she said, was a reflection of the Vatican's attitude to gay people in general.
She said: "Things written by Benedict, for example, were completely contradictory to modern science and to modern understanding, and to the understanding of most Catholics nowadays in relation to homosexuality.
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