Category: Spiritual Life

Trump’s doctor reveals new details about ex-president’s bullet wound

… and just how close he came to dying. A former physician to Donald Trump revealed it’s an ‘absolute miracle he wasn’t killed’ after examining his ear post-assassination attempt.  Ronny L Jackson, 57, met Trump, 78, in Bedminster, New Jersey following his near-death experience to ‘personally check on him.’  ‘I am extremely thankful his life was spared,’ Jackson wrote… Read More Trump’s doctor reveals new details about ex-president’s bullet wound

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Bowling Alone

Loneliness in the West. “Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work — but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as “a prodigious achievement.” Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans’ changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have… Read More Bowling Alone

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Will Pope Francis kill the Latin Mass?

“He regards the liturgy as reactionary and effeminate” Damian Thompson. A month ago, 18,000 young people walked on pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres Cathedral in order to demonstrate their love of the Traditional Latin Mass — an intricate and solemn ceremony which, to the horror of Pope Francis, is attracting an unlikely following among Generation Z Catholics. Inside the… Read More Will Pope Francis kill the Latin Mass?

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The Church permits criticism of popes under certain circumstances

Edward Feser writes, “Fathers have the authority to teach and discipline their children, but this authority is not absolute.  They may not teach their children to do evil, and they may not discipline them with unjust harshness.  Everyone knows this, though everyone also knows that there are fathers who do in fact abuse their children or teach… Read More The Church permits criticism of popes under certain circumstances

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Courage and Strength Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Traditionally called St. Patrick’s Breastplate. I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through belief in the Threeness,Through confession of the Onenessof the Creator of creation. I arise todayThrough the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism,Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,Through… Read More Courage and Strength Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Never to despair

St. Bernard declared forcefully, “[You may say] I have committed a great sin. My conscience will be troubled but I will not despair because I remember the wounds of my Lord. For indeed, He was wounded for our iniquities. What sin is there so deadly that it cannot be remitted through the death of Christ?… Read More Never to despair

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Melinda Gates Now Biggest “Catholic” Donor to Pro-Abortion Causes in the World

The billionaire philanthropist pledges $200 million to ‘reproductive freedom,’ among other things. For years, Melinda French Gates, who identifies as a Catholic, said she struggled with abortion as a public-policy issue and wouldn’t give money to it from the foundation she helped run with her now-former husband, Bill. The struggle appears to be over. Gates,… Read More Melinda Gates Now Biggest “Catholic” Donor to Pro-Abortion Causes in the World

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Reparation

Galatians 2:20. “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, who died… Read More Reparation

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They appear to be Legion. Fr. Brendan Kilkoyne on Ireland’s Bambie Thug

“A perfect emblem for modern Ireland” — tho the real pagans of old [my ancestors – SH], whom she admires, would have sacrificed this one in a heartbeat “to make the crop grows”. “Bambie Ray Robinson (born 6 March 1993), known by their[a] stage name Bambie Thug, is an Irish singer-songwriter. They are known to mix numerous genres… Read More They appear to be Legion. Fr. Brendan Kilkoyne on Ireland’s Bambie Thug

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“Our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you”

“We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,    and the iniquity of our fathers,    for we have sinned against you.” Jeremiah 14: Though our iniquities testify against us,    act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;for our backslidings are many;    we have sinned against you.8 O you hope of Israel,    its savior in time of trouble,why should you be like a stranger in the land,    like a traveler… Read More “Our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you”

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Localism — or what?

What good is “progress” in the wrong direction Chesterton asked. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates… The Jetsons fantasy. After Oppenheimer? Really? But, the Progressives retort, it’s only crazy reactionaries who oppose Penicillin —or Planned Parenthood (as if these were morally equivalent) who oppose Progress. No specious rationalization can justify R&D technology for… Read More Localism — or what?

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The Marian Life

Another aspect of the Marian life is the imitation of Mary. Jesus alone is the “Way” that leads to the Father, He is the only model; but who is more like Jesus than Mary? Of whom more than of Mary can it be said that she has the same thoughts as Christ? “O Lady,” exclaims… Read More The Marian Life

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Eliminating official use of ‘mother’ isn’t inclusive — it is waging war on Family

…and an attack on the Created Order of the world. And, sadly, it makes the American “Mothers Day” an hypocritical national Joke. Tragically America is ever-evolving, via something akin to the Hegelian dialectic, farther and farther away from Christ. “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them”— Genesis 5:2 “The Biden administration’s Department… Read More Eliminating official use of ‘mother’ isn’t inclusive — it is waging war on Family

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The Beatific Vision

The Beatific Vision is the immediate and direct knowledge of God that the angels and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven. 1 It is called “beatific” because in beholding God face-to-face, the created intelligence finds perfect happiness and fulfillment. 1 The Beatific Vision is a supernatural gift, beyond the natural capacity of the human intellect. 2 While reason… Read More The Beatific Vision

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Mary the Mother of May

In his 1987 encyclical letter, Redemptoris Mater, Pope Saint John Paul II writes, “Thanks to his special bond, linking the Mother of Christ with the Church, there is further clarified the mystery of that “woman” who from the first chapters of Genesis until the Book of Revelation, accompanies the revelation of God’s salvific plan for humanity.  For Mary,… Read More Mary the Mother of May

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Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?

Will “Assisted” Suicide Do the Job? Michael Shellenberger on Does Poverty Cause Homelessness? Shellenberger talks about the homelessness crisis in America’s big cities, which the environmentalist says is actually an addiction-and-mental-health crisis enabled by progressive policies that permit open-air drug scenes on public property, prevent police from enforcing the law, and undermine the creation of… Read More Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?

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