I have completed my first Sabbath-honoring Sunday, and I have to admit that I think I needed it. I did it because I decided that I was blithely ignoring the real demands of one of the Commandments. It turns out that Sabbath-keeping is not for sissies. The Catechism says that we not only should cease from our own labors on Sunday, but that we should also not do things that require other people to labor. Yikes. Does that mean no... Read more
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath... Read more
Pope Francis tells us that following the world leads to rejecting Christ. Read more
I love the commenters here on Public Catholic. You are an intelligent and thoughtful group of people. It touches, educates and amazes me to read the things you say and the honesty with which you say them. However, every so often you get into a hairball of an argument and all I can see from the outside is a giant wroth of confusion with waving arms and a few feet sticking out. The question in the title of this... Read more
I’ve received permission to reprint Ryan Anderson’s testimony concerning gay marriage in full. The video of his testimony is below the printed version of it. I think Mr Anderson makes excellent points in this testimony. Several commenters who responded to links to it in an earlier post made claims that gay marriage doesn’t change anything. In truth, wherever gay marriage has been legalized, there has been a concomitant attack on the conscience rights of small business people and individuals. We’ll... Read more
This is one test I wanted to fail. In fact, this is one test that I have expended considerable political, social and emotional capital in an effort to fail. NARAL’s so-called Women’s Reproductive Report Card is out, and Oklahoma got an F. Unfortunately, we’re not the best state in the Union in which to be an unborn child. North Dakota won that one. But still … Oklahoma did “fail” the pro-abortion test, and I am proud to tell you that... Read more
My personal religious leader, Archbishop Paul Coakley issued a statement this afternoon concerning yesterday’s decision by a federal judge to overturn Oklahoma’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Here, without any dissembling from me, is Archbishop Coakley’s Statement. Text of the message: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Archbishop Coakley on ruling on Oklahoma marriage amendment: “Neither church nor state can alter the basic meaning of marriage” OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 15, 2014) – U.S. District Judge Terence Kern yesterday... Read more
Let me repeat myself: I try to be cynical, but I just can’t keep up. A New York judge has ruled, by way of a “new interpretation of intimate,” that close friends may now adopt a child together. From the National Catholic Register: NEW YORK — A New York state judge has delivered an unprecedented ruling that says close friends who live in separate households can legally adopt children together. “KAL and LEL are two loving adults who are... Read more
The link to this article comes Kate O’Hare, who is a contributor at Catholic Vote. Ryan Anderson gave testimony concerning the socio-political issues surrounding how we define marriage. The owners of the video ask that it not be shared, so I’m going to link to the Catholic Vote article that contains it here. Scroll down to the bottom of the article to view the testimony, which is a tour de force of marriage arguments. I think it is well worth watching.... Read more
The presidency has been lurching toward elected dictator-ism ever since Harry Truman took us down the path of our first undeclared war in the guise of a “police action.” Lyndon Johnson put the cherry on top with the not only undeclared war of Vietnam, but by lying to both Congress and the American people about the cause of that war. Since then, presidents very rarely consult Congress before they take this nation to war. They just more or less get... Read more
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