Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Read the Anchoress here on a new Catholicism in America that is up to date, with it, ready to cleanse the church of ‘corruption’ and totally in line with the ideological aims of the new world order… It links up with what I’ve written here. Read more
Read the Anchoress here on a new Catholicism in America that is up to date, with it, ready to cleanse the church of ‘corruption’ and totally in line with the ideological aims of the new world order… It links up with what I’ve written here. Read more
Understanding the Sins of Sodom in a post some time ago made for some pretty grim reading from the Old Testament. If you have the stomach for some even harsher language and more shocking imagery–but which reads like yesterday’s newspaper from our society take a look at Ezekiel chapter 16. You thought Sodom was bad, the prophet says the sins of the Israelites were worse than those of Sodom. Last week, in this post, I spoke of my increased attraction... Read more
Calling Mary the “Queen of Heaven” seems to most non-Catholics a title too far. How can the simple girl from Nazareth be “Queen of Heaven”? Isn’t that a pagan term? In fact, isn’t the “Queen of Heaven” actually condemned in the Bible? In Jeremiah 44 the Hebrews are blamed for turning back to false gods and they admit that they were making cakes and burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. That’s what Catholic do right? They burn incense and... Read more
I am no moral theologian, but I understand some basics, and if more people understood the basics of Catholic moral theology they would understand (even if they did not agree with) the Catholic teaching on certain moral actions much debated in our society. The basic principle is this: every action is always either objectively right or wrong. Unless the action is involuntary (like sneezing) it has a moral dimension. Some actions are always right. Other actions are always–objectively wrong. There... Read more
Having a sandwich with my buddy–a former Baptist–when we were discussing the Mother of God. “Mary is the defender of Christian orthodoxy” I explained. “If you have the wrong view of Mary you will almost certainly have the wrong view of Christ. If you have the right view of Mary you will almost certainly have the right view of Christ.” He asked what I meant. I went on, “I was at the pool the other summer when a local Presbyterian... Read more
Where does the word “Sodomy” come from and what does it mean? The word refers to the city of Sodom–a city in the Book of Genesis which, along with Gomorrah, was known for the wickedness of its inhabitants. In Catholic moral theology sodomy is one of the sins that “cry out to heaven”. These four grave sins are referenced in Old Testament passages, and in the present discussion about homosexuality it is worth taking time to read the passage from... Read more
Recently I have been increasingly drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion. At the Catholic leadership conference in Philadelphia I met Fr Michael Gaitley–who is the director of the Divine Mercy shrine in Massachusetts and listened to his powerful talk on the Divine Mercy. I have begun praying the Divine Mercy chaplet every day, and have experienced a new awareness that is both deeply disturbing and deeply wonderful. Read more. Read more
Is now posted at the Why I’m Catholic website. Go here. You can also read other versions of my conversion story at the Archived Articles section of this blog here, and you can download audio versions of My Journey to the Catholic Church and the story of how I ended up as a Catholic priest at Priesthood Providence and Promise. Read more
It is often said that the longest journey is from the head to the heart. In other words, we can sometimes understand something intellectually, but until it gets into the heart–the seat of emotion and the seat of our will–it will only ever be a good idea. This is what happened to me with the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I was brought up as an Evangelical fundamentalist, so not only did I assume that... Read more
Jesus’ parables connect with the Old Testament and transform them from the inside out. So the prophet Isaiah says that the people of Israel are “God’s vineyard.” Jesus comes along and uses the same imagery saying that his father is the vinedresser and furthermore–he (Jesus) is the vine. In other words, Jesus is the source of life and love in the midst of the vineyard. His idea that he is the vine and we are the branches is a revolution... Read more
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