…and contrast: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two... Read more
The man continues his emphatically NSFW work of educating a postmodern population that, having abandoned the idea of truth, has abandoned the idea of scientific truth: Me: I don’t want my grandchildren to die, so I appreciate his work in education. Read more
…than priestly and religious vocations. Indeed, there’s more than the lay vocation. Vocations are means. The end and goal is the Beatific Vision. My latest at The Catholic Weekly. Read more
…of Fruitful Discipleship by Sherry Weddell! The scenes with the killer dinosaurs, car chases, and enormous space fruitbats are brilliantly drawn. Can’t wait to find out how it ends! Read more
Perhaps it’s time to ask “Given that this plan will actually increase abortions by denying maternity care, perhaps prolife people should consider the possibility that blind support for it is ill-advised. Maybe prolife people should consider doing things that will decrease, not increase, the death toll of both unborn and born children, not to mention the aged and the poor, not to mention fleecing the middle class and the poor and lining the pockets of the ultra-hyper rich.” Read more
Here’s a nice sketch: “A pro-life movement that ignores infant mortality rates, starvation, or the degradation of the environment simply does not deserve the label ‘pro-life.’ It becomes a mere euphemism for supporting laws that restrict access to abortion. It becomes detached from the understanding of human dignity and worth that should animate the movement. Only a whole life approach can make the pro-life movement authentically pro-life.” It’s not complex. It is, at minimum, support for the dignity of human life... Read more
…and your voice still matters, especially to a Senate that is fearful of a massive popular backlash against their murderous, thieving “health care” monstrosity. A reader writes: Posted by a friend: “Just got off a healthcare coalition call with Senator Schumer. His message: 1. Grassroots pressure will determine whether this passes. 2. They’re not seeing nearly the response there was to the House bill. That needs to change. 3. It’s make or break this week. Unlikely McConnell will drag this... Read more
A reader writes: You recently posted a quote attributed to Leo XIII that “Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met the rest of your money belongs to the poor.” This is not exactly what he said. According to this, what he actually said was But when the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, it is a duty to give to the poor out of that which remains.’Give that which remains as alms.'” The words “out... Read more
Sez she: In December of 1990, Pope John Paul II issued these words of prophetic power in Redemptoris Missio: God is opening before the Church the horizons of a humanity more fully prepared for the sowing of the Gospel. I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization and to the mission ad gentes. No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ... Read more
The Courts are the only branch of government doing anything right these days. Read more
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