Yearly Archives: 2012

IS IT THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THE SEXUAL PLEASURE OF THE RANK AND DEFILED?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! A modest proposal for Barack Obama By Wesley Pruden Barack Obama is in trouble. Even The Washington Post says so. The Post’s pollsters find that a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly negative” reviews of his … Continue reading →

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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD

Posted on March 12, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on LENTEN CHALLENGE: FOR THE TIME BEING, PUT ASIDE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT OBAMA, MEDITATE ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. “AND YOU, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?” Is it an exaggeration to say that we … Continue reading →

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LENTEN CHALLENGE: FOR THE TIME BEING, PUT ASIDE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT OBAMA, MEDITATE ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. “AND YOU, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! VATICAN CITY, MARCH 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is the first Lenten homily delivered by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household. He gave the sermon today. * * * In preparation for the Year of Faith proclaimed … Continue reading →

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I HAVE COME THAT THE BLIND MAY SEE AND THOSE WHO SEE BECOME BLIND

Posted on March 12, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, CAN YOU SEE IT? In an age of dissent, few people think of Catholic dogmatic theology as a source of consolation, but that is because of spiritual blindness and … Continue reading →

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A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, CAN YOU SEE IT?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Father George W. Rutler offers us some words of encouragement to see the Light. As the Plymouth Bay Colony was starting up, a scholar back in England published the philosophical reflection, Anatomy of Melancholy, analyzing his own tendency to … Continue reading →

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PURGATORY IS WHAT MAKES POSSIBLE THE MYSTERIOUS HARMONY BETWEEN GOD’S ABSOLUTE JUSTICE AND GOD’S ABSOLUTE MERCY!

Posted on March 10, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on “ANATOLI LUNACHARSKI, WHEN DID HE DIE?” I can add very little to this excellent analysis. An artist once gave me a good piece of advice about drawing a realistic portrait of a human face. He … Continue reading →

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“ANATOLI LUNACHARSKI, WHEN DID HE DIE?”

Posted on March 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! “Anatoli Lunacharski, when did he die?”  That was the question my philosophy professor, I.M. Bochenski, put to the class repeatedly at the University of Fribourg in 1950.  I only understand the importance of the question now, as I try … Continue reading →

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IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME WHO OPPOSE THE TRADITIONAL ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION NO LONGER BELIEVE IN THE OBJECTIVE REALITY OF SANCTIFYING GRACE?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on ANOTHER VICTORY IN THE WAR TO RESTORE THE CORRECT ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION It is good that children receive Confirmation before First Communion. It shows that the Church believes in the power of … Continue reading →

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FOR MOST MODERNS, ESPECIALLY LEFT LIBERALS, ACCESS TO ETERNAL TRUTH IS IMPOSSIBLE

Posted on March 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on FOR THOSE WHO HOLD FAST TO LOGIC AND REASON, MORAL RELATIVISM AND NOMINALISM, WHEREIN THE REALITY AND MEANING OF WORDS ARE COMPROMISED, ARE NOT OPTIONS Thank-you Anselmus. Your name stirs fond memories of St. Anselm’s … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER VICTORY IN THE WAR TO RESTORE THE CORRECT ORDER OF THE SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

Posted on March 9, 2012 by abyssum

!!!! A priest of the Diocese of Corpus Christi sent me an email this morning with this message: Dear Bishop, You were ahead of your time! It’s too bad we had to wait this long for your efforts to be … Continue reading →

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