Malcolm Muggeridge. “The coming of Jesus into the world is the most stupendous event in human history. . . . As it is, belonging to a civilization which began with the birth of Jesus some two thousand years ago, and reaching the conclusion—to me inescapable—that whatever is truly admirable in the achievements of the succeeding… Read More Fiat Lux. Into History Comes the Light
Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’. If you can keep your head /While all about you /People are losing theirs and blaming you / If you can trust yourself /When everybody doubts you /And make allowance for their doubting too. If you can waitAnd not get tired of waitingAnd when lied aboutStand tallDon’t deal in liesAnd… Read More Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’
2007: In the preface to the book John Allen wrote on the Popes ascendance, “The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church” by John L. Allen. “Because the new pope [Benedict XVI] has been a highly public figure generating diverse reactions,… Read More Benedict XVI, John Allen and Myself
A little of this and a little of that. There’s nothing new here. Everyone knows that most theological Progressivists do not really accept all that the Second Vatican Council teaches regarding the Mass, the Eucharist; (instead they said “they shared their bread” when feeding the five thousand and said, “that was the actual miracle!,” I heard… Read More Progressivist Cafeteria Theology
In JMT’s first Christian album, in the very first song after the Gloria and through many, many other albums, he uses a very small closing musical phrase to tie up a stanza, heard in this instance after the second chorus and the words “… Let us come with thanksgivingAnd sing songs of joy to the… Read More I have a request
Site Summation – updated – Chat Gpt Catholic Critique presents itself as “Christian World View & Analysis,” edited by Stephen Hand. Its stated purpose is not formal teaching but the sharing of opinions, interpretive principles, excerpts, reflections, and outside resources judged helpful in spiritually challenging times. The site repeatedly frames itself as Catholic, Christ-centered, culturally… Read More Catholic Critique — Alphabetical & Topic Index
12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other… “What crime has this man committed? Pilate demanded?The I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.” But with loud… Read More Common Cause and A Democratic Vote. Updated.
“The Saint is a medicine because he is an antidote. Indeed that is why the saint is often a martyr; he is mistaken for a poison because he is an antidote. He will generally be found restoring the world to sanity by exaggerating whatever the world neglects, which is by no means always the same… Read More Saints of Flesh and Blood
From the Introduction: “… my critiques of his significant departures from the perennial teaching and practice of the Church… … “The twelve-year reign of Pope Francis was a time of tremendous upheaval and doctrinal confusion. This book chronicles the troubles caused by Pope Francis’s teachings on various matters, such as the authorization of giving Holy… Read More A Papacy of Confusion by Fr. Gerald E. Murray
…the love of many will grow cold. When did it become fun to hurt others by lies and detraction, and when only winning matters? Satan laughs. “Jesus predicted that the love of many would grow cold as part of His answer to the disciples’ question, “What will be the sign of your coming, and of… Read More The Olivet Discourse on the Omega of Time.
By Ronny Reyes Published Sep. 8, 2026 Updated Sep. 8, 2026, 12:26 p.m. ETMake New York Post a Preferred Source Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected new claims that he was directly warned that Hamas was planning a major operation before the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, according to a new book. UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed allegedly spoke… Read More Benjamin Netanyahu furiously disputes new claim he was warned about Oct. 7 attacks 10 days before
Jesus said, “Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” — Luke 17:3-4 70×7. Justice acknowledges that a wrong has been… Read More Forgiveness: Justice and Mercy.
George Eldon Ladd. “The uniqueness and the scandal of the Christian religion rest in the mediation of revelation through historical events. The Hebrew-Christian faith stands apart from the religions of its environment because it is a historical faith whereas they were religions rooted in mythology or the cycle of nature. The God of Israel was… Read More The Saving Acts of God
The National Catholic Register Staff wrote in May of 2007, SÃO PAULO — When Pope Benedict XVI comes to Brazil this month, he’ll be visiting the country where liberation theology has had its greatest impact. But he’s already well acquainted with liberation theology. While serving as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the… Read More Benedict XVI And Liberation Theology. A Retrospective. 2007.
“How do we define “the classics”? Who controls that definition? Who decides what books are classics and why? What if everything we’ve come to believe about classic literature is a lie? ‘The truth is like a lion, you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.’-St. Augustine
Take a few minutes, recapture a little joy which the crazed ideologues only find in acts of destruction. Watch this scruffy guitar/music teacher break down one famous Motown song (Yes, That’s right. Time Out) His enthusiasm is matched by his competence. £¢€¥ Composer Lyricist, Producer: Brian HollandComposer Lyricist, Producer: Lamont DozierVocalist: Levi StubbsBackground Vocalist: Abdul… Read More Time Out: Fiddling to Preserve Sanity In A World Gone Mad.
Update: Protest Fury Engulfs France As 800,000 Take To Streets, Violent Clashes And Arson Spread | CRUX Al Jazeera. Paris, France – After nationwide protests turned violent, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday night tried to strike a balance between acknowledging the concerns of students demanding changes to the education system and criticising rioters. “Those who… Read More French protests: Is it game over for Macron’s centrists before elections?
Note: some important thinkers who I admire, and whose writings can be found even at this website, find the idea of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity” objectionable for various reasons. I have made room for their thinking on the matter. And I understand the objections. I can only say I believe Lewis was doing a valuable… Read More The Reality of the Moral Law
Someone said, “A little philosophy and science will take a man away from God. But a great deal of it will bring him back”. See the documentary here. C.S. Lewis on materialism; Consequences for Our Thought-Processes and Philosophies of Truth… ‘If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of… Read More C.S. Lewis on the Dystopian Face of Scientism
In this video, economists Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau discuss France’s massive debt problem amounting to 3.6 trillion euros. They argue that this issue is not due to the French government’s fiscal mismanagement, but rather stems from structural flaws embedded in the currency system of the euro itself. + $ Key discussion points: Structural problems of the… Read More France: Eurozone, Federalization? Dissolution of the Euro? How to Prevent Capital Flight?
While almost everybody’s shorter and shorter attention spans are being pointed in other directions, the human person and race is undergoing complete and total transhumanist reconstruction. Though radically fewer and fewer, there will always be worker “bees” and “scientific” elites to direct them to their work stations and pods. How did all of these plans… Read More The Faustian Face of Modern Science
“Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers… for many, of whom I have often told you and tell you now in tears, walk as enemies of the Cross of Christ. Their end is destruction.—Phil. 3: 2, 17-19. The fact is that discussions about biohacking is happening everywhere. Sometimes it is to innocently… Read More Biohacking. Transhumanism Made Flesh.
The New Criterion. “Progressives do seem especially concerned for their own virtue. But I think the concern is more oftenfor being seen as virtuous. Being good is a great deal harder than appearing to be good, if only because the course of real goodness is diabolically difficult to chart. Real goodness is often private and unacknowledged, because… Read More What do progressives really want? By Lionel Shriver
By Malcolm Muggeridge. Some eight decades ago I came into the world, full of cries and wind and hiccups; now I prepare to leave it, also full of cries and wind and hiccups. Whence I came I cannot know, least of all in the light of contemporary myths like Darwinian evolution, Freudian psychology, situational ethics,… Read More As daylight hours draw to a close
Thomas Hobbs writes. “In the introductory voice-over to Woody Allen’s film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), the narrator quotes Macbeth’s lines: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” In an interview with Commonweal just after the release of the film Whatever Works (2009) and… Read More Nihilism and Guilt American Style Revisited
I wander across the border into Oz using the secret map the Tin Man gave me earlier. Tin Man ? 🔭 Tin Man: SCARECROW!!! IS THAT THEE?! Aye! And you are looking well! Your faithful Tin Man is HERE! Still standing, still reasonably well-oiled, and still keeping one wary eye on those infernal Flying Monkeys!… Read More The Tin Man on Thomas Merton
Jack Ruby was an American nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, while Oswald was in police custody. That’s what’s taught in history class, but …. (Click above).
Aldous Huxley stated plainly, “I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption [SH: note that desire preceded investigation]. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with… Read More Huxley’s Faith and Confession
The Devolution of Alastair Campbell’s and RoryStewart’s Mental Health. Alastair Campbell’s confessions about his own ongoing mental health instability are famous (his role in instigating the bloody Iraq war could doubtless explain some of that) but not everyone is familiar with Rory Stewart’s mental health battles and near suicide attempt after political disappointments and Boris… Read More Rory Stewart’s Mental Health
… and the defacing of Logos.. The man directly or indirectly behind Tucker, Candace, Nick, Darryl … Provocateur extraordinaire. And the defacing of Logos [see End notes on Logos]. By Stephen Hand, editor, Catholic Critique. The 1566 Catechism of the Council of Trent states: “This guilt [for the death of Christ] seems more enormous in us… Read More The Elephant in the Room: E. Michael Jones.
Why do even some Catholics, Trads, and Evangelicals, to say nothing of the politically ever-changing, CIA-connected, Tucker Carlson, and the pretty little know-it-alls, like the newly-minted “Catholic” Candace Owens, succumb to Scapegoat Targeting to tarnish us all by Jew hatred rooted in envy? E. Michael Jones skimmed off the antisemite Michael Hoffman for years and… Read More The White Man & The Jew
📖 By Alistair Chalmers There’s a quiet crisis happening in our world today. It’s not new, but it’s growing—and it’s changing how we think, how we feel, and how we follow Jesus. It’s the slow decline of reading. Fewer and fewer people are reading books, especially people in the younger generations. Attention spans are shrinking.… Read More Losing Our Words: The Decline of Reading and the Rise of Reels
I asked DuckDuckgo AI, When you’re hungry at night is it generally better to eat the equivalent in bread or potatoes? Reply: It’s generally better to choose potatoes over bread at night, as they are often more filling and have a lower glycemic index, which can help maintain stable blood sugar levels. However, portion control… Read More Bread or Potatoes?
Update 10/19/26: “President Macron to address public grievances, however slammed the radical far-left for undermining the Republic and vowed legal action”. — Source. “French PM calls for partial curfews as he condemns ‘thieves’ and ‘thugs’ behind riots”— Source. Lecornu saying “we will not be dictated and ruled by the breakers, by the thieves, by the… Read More “Far Left Socialists” Blamed for Rioting Across Europe.
Lorica of Saint Patrick in song Attributed to Saint Patrick / EWTN. I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial, Through the… Read More St. Patrick Breastplate
Catholic Culture.org. / To the Episcopate to the Clergy and to the Faithful of the Whole Catholic Church, INTRODUCTION 1. The family in the modern world, as much as and perhaps more than any other institution, has been beset by the many profound and rapid changes that have affected society and culture. Many families are… Read More St. John Paul II On the Family (Familiaris Consortio).
Truth does not change with the changes in political parties, current philosophies or trends. Nor are we gnostics taking flight from this law. ” a thing cannot be and not be at the same time”— St. Thomas (Summa Contra Gentiles, Book 1, chap. 84) “…reason’s first principle is the principle of contradiction. He who denies this… Read More Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange on Reason and The Law of Non-Contradiction.
if you only add a strong, steady and tight backbeat of drums, rhythm guitars, bass and maybe some horns to it all. Consider that in my lifetime I was allowed by successive regimes to hear Jim Morrison “sing” “Father! I want to Kill you!” And the killer “walked down the hall. … And he said,… Read More There is no element of decadence that cannot invigorate your being…
“The first time I saw Brother Lawrence, was upon the 3d of August, 1666. He told me that GOD had done him a singular favor, in his conversion at the age of eighteen. That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time the leaves would be… Read More Brother Lawrence and the Presence of God
“It should be noted … that Sartre’s attempt to eliminate God is seriously flawed. First of all, he constructs a straw God by defining him as “self-caused.” Most theists do not believe God is a self-caused being; they hold God to be an uncaused being. A self-caused being is impossible, as Sartre points out. But… Read More Sartre’s Humanism took to the streets where it still thrives.
The question is blunt and entirely justified in our time: and Bishop Barron is entirely in agreement. Barron goes directly to the modern roots with its distorted definition of “reason” owing to Kant and his Enlightenment presuppositions. Whose definition of “reason” then are we talking about? Bad and evil ideas have been far more virulent in history… Read More Tucker to Bishop Barron: Why Go to Church If the Supernatural is Being Suppressed?
