During the election of Pope Francis and during the election of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the media and various secular and “Roman Catholic” groups flooded the print media and the airwaves. Invariably, their articles were demands, … [Continue reading]
The God-blessed Septuagint
The Septuagint ... (or "LXX", or "Greek Old Testament") is an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek, dated as early as the late 2nd century BCE. It is quoted in the New Testament, particularly in the writings … [Continue reading]
Habemus Papam
The first Latin American Pope has been chosen. And he has picked a name never before used by any Pope, a name that both illuminates his background and says something about his coming Papacy. He named himself Franciscum, Francis in English, after … [Continue reading]
Desert Fathers and Lent
There were two old men who dwelt together for many years and who never quarreled. Then one said to the other: "Let us pick a quarrel with each other like other men do." "I do not know how quarrels arise," answered his companion. … [Continue reading]
Virtues gone wild
G.K. Chesterton, a Catholic, wrote in Orthodoxy, “The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered (as Christianity was shattered at the … [Continue reading]
Pride shows up in the most unexpected of places
But what great matter is this, if you who are but dust and a mere nothing, submit yourself to man for God's sake, when I the Almighty, and the Most High, Who created all things out of nothing for thy sake, humbly subjected Myself to man. I became the … [Continue reading]
I dreamed a dream
Generally I am against term limits. Even in the very few places that have them, I have not seen any evidence that they either increase the quality of legislative production or decrease the amount of cronyism and corruption that is present in the … [Continue reading]
How the American media thinks the Pope should be chosen
The media above speaks for itself. Warning, be careful not to be drinking milk while watching the video above. It might shoot out your nose. LOL. Thanks to one of the regular authors at Internetmonk.com. … [Continue reading]
Mercy, love, outreach, and evangelism
The above photograph and logo comes from a Salvation Army website. I have little to say other than to comment that the above is correct theology. As the Church, we are called to pour out God’s mercy and grace into a needy world. Sometimes it is by … [Continue reading]
Sea monster or sequester fish?
I saw the video above--from WTOP--and found myself wondering whether this was a visual representation of how the sequester would work. Yes, I admit that it is a bad pun on the day before sequestering hits. But, I could not resist. We are in for an … [Continue reading]
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