Yearly Archives: 2009

HOLY SCRIPTURE PURIFIES OUR SOMEWHAT-BLIND REASON

Posted on June 10, 2009 by abyssum

JOHN SCOTUS: EXPRESSING THE INEFFABLE GOD DISCOVERING THE MEANING HIDDEN IN SACRED SCRIPTURE REQUIRES A PARTICULAR FORM OF INNER DISCIPLINE VATICAN CITY, 10 JUN 2009 (VIS) – At his general audience, held this morning in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope … Continue reading →

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Posted on June 9, 2009 by abyssum

TO ALL MY VISITORS/READERS Thank you for your thoughts, best wishes, congratulations and prayers for my birthday. Only God knows why he wants me to be alive and still active as I enter the 87th year of life on my … Continue reading →

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1,000 WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS DIE EVERY DAY, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL D-DAY BE REMEMBERED

Posted on June 6, 2009 by abyssum

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY I just finished watching the ceremonies at the US cemetery in Normandy commemorating D-Day. Naturally, it brought back memories of where I was and what I was doing on that fateful day. I … Continue reading →

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ONE MAN’S TORTURE IS ANOTHER MAN’S TALKING POINT

Posted on June 3, 2009 by abyssum

IT IS TORTURE TO LISTEN TO THE DEBATE ON TORTURE No doubt about it! Torture is immoral. It is a sin against human dignity! But one man’s idea of torture is just another man’s enhanced interrogation techniques. The problem is … Continue reading →

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CORRUPTIO OPTIMI PESSIMA

Posted on June 3, 2009 by abyssum

THE CORRUPTION OF THE BEST IS THE WORST OF ALL Assuming that Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States will be confirmed by the United States Senate, it will be of more than a little … Continue reading →

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ITS PENTECOST! TIME TO LET THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BURN BRIGHTLY IN YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND, YOUR BELLY!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by abyssum

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. The apostles, waiting in the Upper Room for nine days in constant prayer, were finally given the Holy Spirit promised by Jesus. The Holy Spirit came upon them with what appeared to be … Continue reading →

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THE SIDE WITH THE MOST ENERGY AND COMMITMENT WINS. THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE CULTURE OF DEATH HAD BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT LESSON.

Posted on May 31, 2009 by abyssum

Wesley J. Smith, attending a Symposium on Euthanasia, sends us this note on his blog (Second Hand Smoke which is now part of First Things. com) about the remarkable Rita Marker: Rita Marker, Historian May 29, 2009 11:00:am Wesley J. … Continue reading →

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LIFE ISSUES TRUMP ALL OTHERS, BUT ONE MUST BE CERTAIN OF THE FACTS BEFORE INVOKING THEM

Posted on May 29, 2009 by abyssum

IS SONIA SOTOMAYOR A PRACTICING PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC? I ask the question because the Obama administration has made much of the fact that she was educated at the Cardinal Spellman Catholic High School in New York and that she is “broadly … Continue reading →

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WE HAVE A DUTY TO OPPOSE OBAMA WHEN HE IS WRONG ON FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES LIKE ABORTION AND EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

Posted on May 29, 2009 by abyssum

One of my brother bishops in the American hierarchy for whom I have a great deal of admiration is Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver. His courage, his willingness to step out and tell it like it is on controversial … Continue reading →

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DOES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OPPRESS WOMEN?

Posted on May 28, 2009 by abyssum

ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE ERA You had to have lived through the 1960’-1970’s, as I did, to put in proper focus any woman’s assertion these days that the Catholic Church oppresses women. What is significant about those … Continue reading →

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