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Brave knights and heroic courage

5 October 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” — C.S. Lewis One of the reasons that both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics speak so highly and so frequently about saints (as do some of the Anglo-Catholics) is that we know […]

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Fairy tales need to be read

4 October 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

Scary fairy tale by NRichey on DeviantArt My dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older […]

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Courage shows when a virtue is tested

3 October 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Thought for the Day – September 17th by ebturner on DeviantArt C.S. Lewis commented, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at its testing point.” We so often describe courage in either extreme ways or nonsensical ways that it is difficult to understand something of what courage is. […]

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The devil, this election, and opposites

1 October 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs–pairs of opposites…He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other […]

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El apasionamiento del poeta

28 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Emotion:al: by eXcer on DeviantArt Poeta, poeta, «escribe para mi», se me dice. Poeta, «versifíque para mi,» se me dice. Entretenme. Estoy aburrido y no has publicado nada recién. ¿Que tipo de poeta eres que no puedes crear cuando yo esté aburrido y necesito entretenimiento? ¿Por qué me dices que estás sudando sangre? Lo único […]

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Blink, blink

28 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Weeping Angel Animation by CyberDrone on DeviantArt You know, sometimes the current political campaign reminds me a bit of that famous Dr. Who episode, “Blink.” If you have never seen it, it would take too long to explain. Suffice it to say that there were creatures that looked like an angel statue, but when you […]

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Tweet summary of the American Revolution

26 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

@LefeversJay @JeSuisDawn @John_Sevigny @mattgaetz Protesting injustice is literally what founded this country. — j0rdinho (@j0rdinho) September 25, 2016 Sometimes, we miss the obvious. This country was founded on protests that spread into a Revolution. You cannot celebrate the messy destruction of the Boston Tea Party and then be horrified because someone later engages in peaceful […]

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Portraying hell is easy; heaven is impossible

22 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

the gates of hell by theRusso on DeviantArt Yesterday, I was on an art website, a quite legitimate one, and it’s a sad commentary on the current state of our society that I have to aver that it is a legitimate art website. But, that is not my point. I did a search on the […]

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A Disney Aslan nightmare

21 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

Disney Narnia by M-Mannering on DeviantArt And … this is why we should never allow Disney to buy the rights to produce the Chronicles of Narnia. Could you imagine a Disney Narnia? The drama in the Chronicles would be reduced to a song and dance routine. Any difficulties in the plot would be glossed over. […]

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Bad ideas are sometimes appealing

16 September 2016 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

baaad idea by nebezial on DeviantArt We have all had those bad ideas. You know the ones I mean. The ones that you know will get you in trouble, but the joke is too good to pass up. As a child you knew you should not play a joke on your brother or sister because […]

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