2015-05-15T07:03:50-05:00

A little quote from Pope St John Paul II has changed my perspective and my life. I don’t know where or when he said it but he said, “Chastity is the work of a lifetime.” I’ve pondered much on that saying and the more I do, and the more I hear confessions (where sexual sin is confessed frequently) the more I begin to understand the mystery of our human sexuality and the marvelously delicate yet marvelously resilient sacrament of marriage.... Read more

2015-05-14T07:59:12-05:00

My article at Aleteia this week continues my meditations on the messages of Fatima, but focusses on the role Pope Francis plays in these events. The Pope’s planned visit to Fatima and his celebration this week continues his interest and involvement with Fatima. His pontificate was consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, 2013, by the cardinal of Lisbon. During the ceremony the cardinal prayed that Pope Francis be granted “the gift of discernment to know how to... Read more

2015-05-13T15:32:39-05:00

It is sobering to remember that the visions of Fatima are not just the wishful thinking of three peasant children or the fanciful imaginations of ignorant children. The visions have been approved by the Church, validated by five popes and given credence by millions. Therefore we ought to take them seriously. So on this Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima I remind myself and you about the vision the children had of hell: Our Lady showed us a great... Read more

2015-05-13T09:34:39-05:00

Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post today points out the obvious about Hillary: “Once again Democrats are reminded: The only thing Hillary Clinton stands for is getting Hillary Clinton elected.” She goes on: Obama and indeed all Democrats can never talk at length about poverty without making the discussion about inequality; it’s not enough to discover and combat the root causes of poverty — you have to take money away from the rich. (That we have spent trillions on poverty programs... Read more

2015-05-13T08:48:28-05:00

Today Catholics celebrate the anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in the Portuguese village of Fatima in 1917. These extraordinary events can be seen as ushering in the catastrophic twentieth century. By 1917 the first World War was grinding on with horrors never before imagined by the human race. The lady of Fatima predicted another war if mankind did not repent. This war would be presaged by a heavenly sign. This took place with... Read more

2015-05-12T21:19:21-05:00

You know the definition of insanity – when you repeat the same action over and over but expect different results. A good example of this is left wing economics. Every experiment in socialism and communism has been a social, economic, human and political disaster of gigantic proportions. Nevertheless, left wingers continue to believe that what is needed is not to get rid of socialism forever, but to have MORE socialism. Another example is universal sex education. The sex educators think... Read more

2015-05-12T14:15:24-05:00

Everybody’s buzzing about this new survey which charts the decline of institutionalized religion in the USA. The statement which summarizes religious trends today is this: Catholics dropped both in market share and in real numbers. Despite their high retention rate for people reared in the faith, they have a low conversion rate. Today, Cooperman said, 13% of U.S. adults are former Catholics, up from 10% in 2007. Generational shifts are also hurting Catholic numbers. Greg Smith, Pew’s associate director of... Read more

2015-05-12T08:53:28-05:00

A reader writes to ask if it is wrong to pray to God that his kid does well in his really important baseball game. “Doesn’t God have better things to worry about than me asking for my boy to do well at the baseball game?” What’s the answer? It’s complicated. One the one hand I want to say, “Geesh, you’re a grown up. Is that still your idea of prayer? That you ask God for little stuff like your kid’s... Read more

2015-05-11T09:37:12-05:00

One of the things which gets me charged up during the Easter season are all the readings from the Acts of the Apostles. We take this marvelous fifth book of the New Testament for granted, but consider how important it is that the book records the ACTS of the apostles. Notice that it is not “The Teachings of the Apostles” or “The Theology of the Apostles” or “The Philosophy of the Apostles” or “Nuggets of Daily Wisdom from the Apostles.” It... Read more

2015-05-10T13:46:21-05:00

My essay this week at Imaginative Conservative explains why “the dictatorship of relativism” is  not a catchphrase, but a reality. The most terrifying aspect to this truth is that the indifferent will cry out for the domination of the superman. Most dictatorships are welcomed for what they offer. In the lack of objective truth and objective morality what the strongman says is true and what the strongman does is good. Suddenly out of the quicksand of relativism salvation comes. A... Read more

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