When the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church arrives in England on September 16th, 2010, it will be the first time ever that a sitting Pope has made a Papal Visit to Great Britain. It will be an historic event when Pope Benedict XVI, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, is received by Her [...]
Archive for August, 2010
About the Power of Caritas (Reflection on Readings at Mass)
The Gospel Reading at Mass today comes from Luke 4:31-37 Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.He taught them on the sabbath,and they were astonished at his teachingbecause he spoke with authority.In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon,and he cried out in a loud voice,“What have [...]
A Short Treatment on Humility and Simplicity
I was talking to someone near and dear to me yesterday who was so angry about their present life. They went on and on about how things could have and should have and would have been so much better if just this or that decision by someone other than them had different. This person, whom [...]
The Memorial of Saint Monica
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saint Augustine’s Confessions was a difficult read for me. I found it to be much less interesting than his City of God, which I could hardly put down after I began reading it. For my part, the most interesting part of Confessions were the praises that Augustine heaped up his mother Monica. For, his [...]
The Best Reasons to Save Sex for Marriage
We begin with the premise that everything that God created has a distinct and unique purpose to itself for the benefit of all of creation. From the trees, to the elements, to the metals, to the animals; each thing of creation has its own purpose and these things are also a part of the community [...]
The Liberal Agenda Against Black-Americans: Why Obama, Jesse Jackson, Tom Joyner, Al Shaprton, the NAACP, and the rest of the ‘so-called’ Black Leaders Have Endorsed the Black American Genocide
Here are the facts: The estimated amount abortions in the United States since Roe vs. Wade are 49,551,703. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that abortion kills more black-Americans than the seven leading causes of death combined – this, according to data collected from 2005, the latest year for which the abortion [...]
On Finding Jesus in Your Life
There is a very interesting pattern that emerges from sacred Scripture where it concerns the call of the first disciples and their decision to follow Jesus. The Gospel of John narrates it the best of all the Gospel accounts. According to The Gospel of John, one day while John the Waymaker (the Baptist) was baptizing [...]
A Short Treatment on God’s Business (Reflection on Readings at Mass)
For the past two weeks, the weekday readings for Mass have come out of the book of Ezekiel, and I am still particularly drawn to the reading from Friday, August 13th from Ez. 16:1-15, 60, 63. The section opens up with the prophet Ezekiel saying, “Word of the YHWH came to me: Son of man, [...]
The Pro-Life Battle for the 21st Century: The Greatest Threat Humanity Has Ever Faced
Up until up now, the Pro-Life agenda has been centered on the protection of all human life, from the womb to the tomb. Inasmuch the attention of most ‘Pro-Lifers’ and Pro-Life organizations has been centered on the defense of the prenatal child in the womb, true Pro-Life is concerned about the rights of all human [...]
The Problem with Expectations
PREFACE Spiritually speaking, if a person were to cut off their own legs, would they then have the right to be upset if they arrived at the gates of Heaven and St. Peter told them that they were too short for admission? Of course not! Yet, this is the very thing that we do when [...]
On the Realization of Faith and Hope
As I was sitting next to the pond today, reading the second book of the Philokalia (published by Faber Faber), I came across one of St. Maximos’s last entries in his collection of spiritual teachings of the First Century – It reads: “When the intellect is absorbed in the contemplation of things invisible, it seeks [...]
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Losing and Finding it All
During the height of the ‘Financial Crisis’, we heard more and more about people choosing to commit suicide in the wake of ‘losing it all’. I’ve also been there. I know the experience well of losing everything that made me ‘feel’ like someone. I know very well the feeling of loss, of worthlessness, emptiness, and [...]