Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Today we commemorate Pope St Pius X — promoter of frequent communion and communion for children, lover of the Church, promoter of Gregorian chant, and scourge of modernists. Learn about him here. Read more
Today we commemorate Pope St Pius X — promoter of frequent communion and communion for children, lover of the Church, promoter of Gregorian chant, and scourge of modernists. Learn about him here. Read more
Another one of the devil’s tricks in the modern world is scientism. While science itself is an honest and beautiful pursuit of truth, scientism is the elevation of science and scientifically verifiable knowledge as the only and only form of truth. Scientism rules out any form of knowledge that is not attained by scientific experimentation. Furthermore, any purported form of knowledge that is not scientific is dismissed and derided by the scientist. Any spiritual or emotional or psychic phenomenon is... Read more
MSM reporter Todd Unctuous joins us as guest blogger, offering his thought on racism and the American way. Just because America has elected the first black president doesn’t mean that racial hatred has disappeared across America. Experts are increasingly worried about the increase in hatred of the president’s policies and are convinced that the opposition to federally funded health care is a racial issue. I have observed that the majority of people who are attending angry ‘town hall’ meetings on... Read more
The third of the devil’s tricks is historicism. In Fides et Ratio Pope John Paul II teaches, “the fundamental claim of historicism is that the truth of a philosophy is determined on the basis of its appropriateness to a certain period and a certain historical purpose. At least implicitly therefore, the enduring validity of truth is denied. What was true in one period, historicists claim, may not be true in another.“ Historicism is stated in popular terms as a disdain for... Read more
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I hear confessions for an hour at St Mary’s, Greenville once a week. I’m sitting there week by week, and often I’m tired and feeling dozy. I read some psalms and listen and sometimes it is pretty dull. Same voices. Same sins. Same sorrow. Then almost every week someone comes along and boom! They’re returning to the Church, to confession, to Jesus after being away for twenty years, thirty years or more. They really mean it. They make a great... Read more
Another of the devil’s tricks in our contemporary world is utilitarianism. This is the belief that if something works it is right. Now, of course there is nothing wrong with liking things to work, and efficiency and practicality are all virtues. The problem (as in all heresies) is when this virtue is elevated above all others. Utilitarianism comes in all sorts of forms. It is argued that women should be priests because they would be good at it. It is... Read more
There are many tricks the devils uses in the church to promote false teaching. Here begins a series of posts exposing them. The first trick is sentimentalism. Sentimentalism appeals to the good and natural human feelings of compassion, care and concern. The sentimentalist is driven by compassionate concern for others and does not want anyone to be hurt in any way. While compassion and concern and care for others is admirable, false sentimentalism raises this concern to be the only... Read more
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