According to St. Thomas Aquinas, God created the diversity of creatures because no single creature can adequately reflect the perfection of God: “We must say that the distinction and multitude of things come from the intention of the first agent, who is God.“For He brought things into being in order that His goodness might be… Read More “The Whole Universe Together” and the Diversity of Creatures
“Oh, I am a lonely painter –I live in a box of paints –I’m frightened by the devil –And I’m drawn to those that ain’t…”* “Everybody’s saying that hell’s the hippest way to go-Well I don’t think so-But I’m gonna take a look around it though…Blue, I love you” — Joni Mitchell A Case of… Read More Boomers I love (but can’t let many teach me)
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Love, Christians have always known, believes in both good fences as well as shared pastures. We do this by, as St. Thomas defined love, “willing the good of the other”. Peoples who do not think alike and who would not likely live well together can still share much to the benefit of all, the entire… Read More Good Fences, Shared Bounty
And When I Die, Blood, Sweat and Tears — Art and the passing troubadours do it again, delivering existential paradoxical honesty so often lacking in academic postmodernism.. ___ “I’m not scared of dying –And I don’t really care –If it’s peace you find in dying –Well then, let the time be near – If it’s peace… Read More “I swear there ain’t no Heaven. But I pray there ain’t no Hell”
Fr. Chad Ripperger writes, “The juridical concept of the deposit [of Faith] requires that it is not the property of the guardian. In other words, it is not the person who receives it that has ownership of it, but of the consigner who is handing it over to him to keep it in a safe… Read More The Binding Force of Tradition
Even before our current beginnings in the world of artificial intelligence we mere humans were in grave danger of drowning in seas of data, much of it directed at our minds and wayward passions. Today the risks and perils are higher by several orders of magnitude as we are manipulated by both markets and innumerable… Read More Drowning in dangerous data
A beautiful rendition of this time honoured Christian hymn. The Holy City” is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892, with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams, with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly. Its sheet music sales made it one of the most commercially successful songs in the UK and United States… Read More Jerusalem The Holy City
Biblical eschatology tells us history is going somewhere. Where is a settled matter for Christians . But how fast is an open question, be it near or still a ways off. We are told by The Lord to “Watch!” and to prepare not for utopia but for suffering, the Cross in our lives. DW: “Magical,… Read More The Dark Side of AI
A slow, soulful Gospel Blues song about brokenness, humility, and redemption. Blending emotional blues guitar with heartfelt Christian lyrics, this song tells the story of finding grace at the lowest point in life. It reminds us that sometimes God meets us not at our highest moments — but at our deepest falls. Rooted in classic… Read More At Rock Bottom
“God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we – we still have to vanquish his shadow, too. — Frederich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, 109. The Forerunners: 2015: For the Neo-modernist or Progressivist Catholic today, the traditional understanding… Read More Progressivist Theology. What it is.
“If a type of action always destroys, damages or impedes some basic element of human good, then no ranking of proportional outcomes can make that action consistent with integral human flourishing. “ By E. Christian Brugger, Zenith Dispatch. Problem Lies in Idea of Maximizing Good. WASHINGTON, D.C., 27 JULY 2011 (ZENIT) Here is a question… Read More The Ongoing Battle Over Proportionalism in Ethics
BXVI: “We have to reflect on what was insufficient in our education, in our teaching in recent decades. There was, in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, the idea of proportionalism in ethics: It held that nothing is bad in itself, but only in proportion to others. With proportionalism, it was possible to think for some… Read More Benedict XVI: The Church Links Pedophilia to the Error of Proportion-alism in Ethics.
We just published a video, and I think it’s the most important one we’ve made. It’s about the surge in Gen Z Catholics. The average American diocese saw a 38% increase in people entering the Church at Easter this year, and Los Angeles saw 139%. But it’s not really a trend piece. The argument we… Read More The Reason Gen Z Is Becoming Catholic
By Bishop Robert Barron “Three cheers for Pope Leo’s comments regarding the Christian foundations of Europe and the defense of the unborn. Echoing the sentiments of Pope Benedict XVI, Leo reminded his audience that the essential structures of European society and Europe’s commitment to human rights are unthinkable apart from Christianity. And speaking before a… Read More Pope Leo on the Christian Foundations of Europe
World Class Crisis, WWI (one) Redux? With their guest Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell nod and say we might be “steamrolling” toward it, in part due to the world configuration of nations and diffusion of power which Internationalists like he and Alastair reject. Alastair and Stewart are joined by Historian Odd Arne Westad to discuss… Read More “World Class Crisis,” WWI (one) Redux?
Will Leo become another embarrassment or will he guide the Church to reconnect with the Sacred Tradition? “Raymond Arroyo, Fr. Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine major developments shaping the Church, from Pope Leo’s decision to expand bishops’ authority over autonomous monasteries to ongoing debates over synodality, Church governance, and Catholic identity. The Posse also… Read More Arroyo and Company on Leo XIV.
Paul Kingsnorth, First Things Magazine. We must have been fifteen or sixteen when we discovered the church visitor’s book. It was an old church, maybe medieval, and I would pass it with my school friends on our way to the town center. I’m not sure what possessed us to go in; it might have been my… Read More The Cross and the Machine
“…it’s blowing my mind in its implications… Companies and countries will rise or fall on the back of it. ” Blair said. Damien McElroy is London bureau chief at The National “… the former British leader’s far-reaching summary: “Developments in artificial intelligence … will change everything. I mean everything. There is no point in debating… Read More AI, The Pope and Tony Blair
“Pope Leo XIII to the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States, and dated Jan. 6, 1895. “For the Church amongst you, unopposed by the Constitution and government of your nation, fettered by no hostile legislation(1), protected against violence by the common laws and the impartiality of the tribunals, is free to live and act… Read More Leo XIII on American Church – State Accomodation
By Daniel McCarthy, NY Post. A hoax costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and incites arson attacks against dozens of churches. This time, however, it’s not the latest headline out of Minnesota — look a little further north. In 2021, at a time when media throughout the western world were still in a state… Read More Canada’s mass-graves scam reveals the high price of media bias
Everywhere I look I see rising stacks —of hair buns. What can possibly be the meaning of it? And it seems to have spontaneously arisen here in Massachusetts. Especially in the last two years. I see these mostly on women, but not only women. Nay nay. Not even on women pushing their ridiculously pampered and… Read More The Herd of Independent Minds — and their Hair Buns
Interrupted by President Trump, Western world thinkers have hardly given up on steadily rebuilding a hegemonic New World Order piece by piece, the globalist long-dreamed of a federalist One World Government with each nation ceding most of its national sovereignty to the United Nations. First the monarchies were toppled, then the democracies. NATO appeared to… Read More “It is a big idea” –G.H.W. Bush
“Where words fail music speaks“—Hans Christian Andersen.. “You will be my music“. Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board” and “Ol’ Blue Eyes“, he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.[1] Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra… Read More Sinatra. Time Out.
“Ain’t every day been easy… but I woke up to another one. “Thank God, I’m Still Breathing” is a grateful, soul-deep Delta King’s Blues tune about surviving hard times, carrying scars, and appreciating every sunrise that still finds you here. Ain’t asking for an easy road… A warm, weathered acoustic guitar moves slow and steady… Read More Blessed Day
Devastating performance of “After I’m Gone” by the incredibly talented Michael Bennett. This 8-minute emotional journey showcases the raw power and vulnerability that made Michael Bennett a household name, delivering a performance that will stay long after the video ends. Many parents have experienced this devastating kind of heartbreak. Someone understands this. Is there a… Read More Michael Bennett’s Heartbreak and AI
Muggeridge’s perspective on the world is, as always, provocatively expressed. One sample: “The pacifism in the sense of saying that we will get rid of all our weapons-well, yes, if you are prepared to have no authority in the world, no importance in the world, no influence in the world, to wind up your role… Read More William F. Buckley and Malcolm Muggeridge Discuss Cold War Pacifism. Feb. 1984.
Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sɪˈmoʊn/ NEE-nə sim-OHN;[1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American composer concert pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Simone’s bearing and stage presence earned her the title the High Priestess of Soul. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and… Read More No One to Blame. We Cannot Outrun Time.
From the Living Well with ADHD center. Texts are far more easily referenced also. The pandemic caused the dynamics of learning to change as we had to adapt and move from classroom learning to online learning. That meant we also turned to digital texts and multimedia structures as part of that online learning. Researchers have… Read More Reading Is Far Better for Learning
“Tenderness cut off from its source ends in terror“ “In 1961, Flannery O’Connor warned that tenderness cut off from truth ends in the gas chamber. Sixty years later we call that untethered feeling ’empathy’ — and we call it a virtue. It isn’t. Drawing on Paul Bloom’s Against Empathy, Aquinas on the passions, and the… Read More Flannery O’Connor Warned That False Empathy “Ends in the Gas Chamber”
“As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society has become a classic in its field, laying the groundwork for all other studies of technology and society that have followed. Ellul offers a penetrating analysis of our technological civilization, showing how technology—which began innocuously enough as a servant of… Read More Revisiting Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society
On June 25, 2024, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to walk free following a deal with the US government. Does this surprising end to the publisher’s many years of criminal prosecution and imprisonment signal a positive outcome for press freedom? Turkish journalist Can Dündar, who was also imprisoned on similar charges in Turkey and… Read More Target Practice? Recalling WikiLeaks Collateral Murder Video and the Torture of Julian Assange
Apocalyptic cowardice taken to a new level. Affordable means say no more. War killing has just become easier. “The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield. Is the U.S. positioned to win wars in this… Read More Autonomous Warfare Madness Here and Now. Ross Douthat.
“In Nigeria, Christians suffer significant and severe persecution – to such a degree that Nigeria has been the most violent place in the world for followers of Jesus for several years. In northern Nigeria, 12 states have implemented Islamic law, creating a system where Christians live as second-class citizens, and conversion from Islam can be… Read More Encyclicals Are Good, But Surely this Pope Must Have a Plan?
Sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) CBN.com “Legendary filmmaker Mel Gibson has just unveiled new details about his upcoming two-part film project, “The Resurrection of the Christ” and “The Resurrection of the Christ: Part II.” “This film represents a major part of my life’s work, and it has demanded everything of me as… Read More Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection of the Christ
“Powerful people are using this migration to destroy Europe’s Christian roots and its whole culture.” Religious Ideology, not race. “Love, Christians have always known, believes in both good fences as well as shared pastures. We do this by, as St. Thomas defined love, “willing the good of the other”. Peoples who do not think alike… Read More Bishop Athanasius Schneider Speaks of “Mass Invasion”
I think it is critical to notice when the trees seem to be advancing against the traditional Christian Worldview, and who has been charged with leading the assault. The aim has been to tear apart the Christian world and world view and its traditional moral values from the beginning, and to substitute a “Rules Based”… Read More The Pied Pipers of the ‘Liberal World Order’. Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell.
“Pope Leo’s first encyclical takes direct aim at Artificial Intelligence, government power, war, and the future of humanity. Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal unpack the Vatican’s massive new document and debate whether the Church is offering moral clarity on AI – or embracing a technocratic vision shaped by global governance, regulation, and… Read More Constructive Criticism of Leo XIV’s Encyclical on AI
On Artificial Intelligence. “In his long-awaited first encyclical, the Holy Father insists that the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the face of Jesus Christ.” Fr. James Shea, National Catholic Register. As anticipated, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, while wide-ranging in its scope, primarily addresses the rise of artificial intelligence… Read More Magnifica Humanitas: In the Face of Christ, the Truth About Man
“Never be discouraged, and no matter what fault you happen to commit, say: Though I should fall twenty times, or a hundred times, a day, I will arise at every fall, and pursue my course. What does it amount to, after all, that you should have met with some accidents on the way, provided you… Read More St. Francis de sales’ on the Great Battle
