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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    The writer's argument is certainly sound, and as solid as Thomas Aquinas. It almost makes me dizzy to try to follow the reasoning, however. I am satisfied by a simpler logic, that shown in a dialogue in John's Gospel: We seek what we hunger for; Judgment Day separates those who sought Truth...
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    Teilhard de Chardin’s Ideas Find Resonance Inside the Vatican 70 Years After His Death

    I have found "our rationality" just as fragile and corruptible as "our faith tradition" - such is the brokenness and sinfulness of our poor and needy souls.
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    God pursues us like a lover, with all the suffering that entails

    There is much Truth pointed to in this article, so I thank the author, John S. Bergsma, for writing it, and Michie for posting it here. I'm compelled to write a comment, however, to say that much more than pointing to 'much Truth' is needed by the Church in these dangerous and dark times. One...
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    Stuck in a rut

    Your post - esp. the Litany of Humility - is excellent and true, joymercy. Please forgive me for "awarding" you - or burdening you - with a "winner" medal. Such acclaim contradicts the spirit of your post, which is a true and righteous prayer of deliverance from all praise except that known...
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    Has anyone ever known a protestant who defended the Catholic faith and later converted?

    Maybe this link to the Coming Home Network - which has several websites - could help. This ministry, begun by Marcus Grodi, a former Presbyterial minister who converted, helps others who have been trained as non-Catholics, but whose growing in Christ led them to the Catholic Truth. There are...
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    Hail Mary, Conceived Without Sin

    This is a remarkably good example of Biblical scholarship and analysis on the singular - unique - woman Mary, Mother of God. It illustrates how divine Truth (and Catholic doctrine) can be absolutely reasonable while at the same time being greater than and beyond ("mere") reason. Divine Truth...
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    Are humans all that special if we’re not the center of the universe?

    I don't know how the "center" is defined by those driven to be concerned about the matter. But I do believe that mankind is at the heart-center of the creation, being, redeemed and sanctified by Christ the Son, in His Holy image and likeness. The potential compatibility of human nature with the...
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    How the Doctrine of Creation Grounds All Reality

    I was very happy to read this excellent essay, which very powerfully points the man or woman who thinks well and seeks goodness to the right and true conclusion. And this very conclusion - God IS - is indeed the necessary knowledge that can save us as this creation heads toward final Judgment...
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    The Virgin Mary And Profane Language

    The Lord says, Mt 12:34 "You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." So the question is - what fills the heart, when so much sewage spews forth from the mouths of so many. The answer is tragic, the reality is...
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    Are demonic possessions just mental illness?

    When I was a boy, reading about the (rare in those days) belief of atheism, I first heard the argument against God as a "god of the gaps". Meaning, atheists concluded that people are inclined to attribute to a "god", an idea needed wherever there was a "gap" in human knowledge. And since...
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    ‘My first Hail Mary in 45 years’: Rosary Team brings prayer to memory care residents

    This work is one of many similar outreaches of The Legion of Mary. It is a sure sign of God that new expressions of authentic Marian devotion are ever springing up. The decrease in authentic Marian devotion among modern Catholics is a sure sign of the weakening and secularization in the...
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    If human logic could lead, or could have led, to Truth the Cross was unnecessary. If you want the Truth, look into the Cross.
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    My post on spirituality was in response to this below, from you in a former post. I don't know how the confusion originated: from NextLevel: I was trying to correct your sense that appears to not differentiate between charisms and the Seven Gifts of the Spirit. The Seven Gifts exhibit a...
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    First, there is a category of gift that includes different individual gifts that may be distributed differently among one group of people that are not at all given to another group. These are called charisms, or charismatic gifts, or graces gratis datae. A completely different category of gift...
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    The externals do not demonstrate the crucial matter at hand. The crucial matter, again, is what only God sees and what He shares with His own. Worship in Spirit and Truth is visible only to the One who can Give, and those blessed with the Gifts, of Spirit and Truth. These treasures are...
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    Pope Leo XIV notes even some baptized Christians are living ‘in a state of practical atheism’...

    Wow. Count me in. This man reminds me of the response of Jesus, seeing Nathana-el (RSVCE) approach Him: My response to these comments of the pope, Behold, a cleric indeed, but he talks straight. This could very well be exactly what we need, in these troubled times.
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    Beyond Trends: Why Catholic Beauty is Captivating a New Generation

    What if we apply this apostolic teaching by St. Peter on physical adornments chosen by Catholic wives, to the physical adornments chosen by pastors for "their" parishes - the local Church re-presenting the Holy Bride of Christ Himself? Such would be a truly glorious beauty to behold.
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    If you are led by Him to travel, go in peace. Our Lord said, "Let not your heart be troubled." But remember, Jesus was rejected and hated by many - among the Jews, the People "of God", and among the gentiles. And for one, as for one example, Jesus waited until His own little sheep was...
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    The way of Christ is the way of the cross. His teaching: No wonder "few" find HIs way - many reject or avoid it preferring the "easy". I.e. "Have a nice day!" It is a struggle to find Truth: but those who seek it, will find it.
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    Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

    St. Paul approaches this fact of "differing views on what it means to worship in spirit and truth", as he teaches an essential, highly relevant and crucially important Truth: "God wants us to worship in spirit and truth" as HE means it, as He understands it. Paul rightly understands Him...
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