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When partisanship is more important than unity

8 June 2025 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-justice-clarence-thomas-led-scotus-kill-dei Unfortunately, I could not embed the article. Please follow the link above to see what I am discussing. Here is a little article whose only purpose appears to be to interpret a unanimous Supreme Court decision through a distinctly partisan lens. It appears to have two purposes. One is to portray the ruling as […]

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A frustrating four days

26 May 2025 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

I believed my website had adequate protection against attacks. I had JetPack enabled, and it was supposedly monitoring my website for security issues. However, recently I noticed that Jetpack was now asking for an annual fee for previously free checking. So, I decided to accept it. I could not be more upset. This site had […]

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We are our own worst enemy

25 February 2025 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Walt Kelly had the right idea in 1971. Let us remember that in 1971, Vietnam was still a very active conflict. A year later, in December of 1972, Nixon unleashed a carpet bombing campaign on Hanoi, which did not deter what was then North Vietnam in the least. Four years earlier, in 1968, the USA […]

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Musings on our divisions and failing unity as a country

12 September 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

The USA is a country divided between two extremes. Both extremes do not hide their intention to silence or neuter their ideological opponents. Both sides accuse the other side of violence, symbolic or actual, against their side. In the middle is a moderate group that appears to be growing smaller. I doubt there is anything […]

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El Salvador and freedom from murder

12 September 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

CNN just published a story titled, “Critics denounce their government as a dictatorship. But these people say they’ve never felt so free.” I recommend following the link to read the story, as my comments are based on it. Here is a good and thoughtful story. El Salvador was dying. Its people were leaving. MS-13 had […]

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On immediate blame and post-incident analyses, or post-Trump assassination attempt blame

20 July 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

An acquaintance of mine was reasonably upset at the failed assassination attempt on ex-President Trump. He commented, “We’re seeing an absolute failure of people who should know how to do their jobs. Absolutely anybody (except, apparently, Secret Service people) could tell you that it’s a good idea to keep people off the roof if it […]

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Supreme Court’s latest on religious vaccination exemptions

26 June 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

I agree with this decision.1 Being “religious” does not give one the right to endanger the children of other parents. Being “religious” does not exempt you from any law you do not like, though it may exempt you from a very few laws. I do not believe in an absolute right of individual conscience. A […]

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St. Paul on the difficulty of becoming a Christian

4 June 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

When I say in the title that this post is on the difficulty of becoming a Christian, I am not talking about the initial acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Evangelicals are correct in stating that this initial step is not an apparently difficult step to take. No, I am talking about […]

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Memorial Day 2024

27 May 2024 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

On behalf of the President of the United States, the United States (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard), and a grateful nation, please accept this flag as a symbol of our appreciation for your loved one’s honorable and faithful service. Traditional sentence spoken at the ceremony of the presentation of the flag […]

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Eastern Orthodoxy and the KJV, part 2

14 September 2023 · by  Fr. Ernesto 16 Comments

What Does Social Justice Mean In Christianity

In part 1, I pointed out that part of the support for the KJV Bible is founded on the argument that the Textus Receptus is a special text that God protected. The English Anglicans then translated that text, thus preserving God’s true word. Behind the argument concerning the transmission of the Textus Receptus is the […]

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