Yearly Archives: 2017

YOU ARE THE CHURCH

Posted on June 8, 2017 by abyssum

  {Revised on Friday, June 9, 2017}   “The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God. If the revelation of God through creation already brings life to all living beings … Continue reading →

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NOT “the” WONDER WOMAN, BUT THE WONDER WOMAN

Posted on June 8, 2017 by abyssum
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LITTLE CHILDREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER

Posted on June 6, 2017 by abyssum
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YOU DEVIATE FROM THE PATH CHRIST PRESCRIBES AT YOUR OWN GREAT PERIL

Posted on June 5, 2017 by abyssum
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HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST

Posted on June 4, 2017 by abyssum

Pentecost Was Not An Occasion for “Enthusiasm” FR. GEORGE W. RUTLER, GUEST HOMILIST The amiable classicist, John Bird Sumner, was the Protestant archbishop of Canterbury from 1848 to 1862. Amid theological controversies about baptismal regeneration and the like, his opposition … Continue reading →

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AT LEAST THEY ARE NOT DECAPITATING CHRISTIANS IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN, BUT NONE THE LESS IT IS STILL PERSECUTION

Posted on May 31, 2017 by abyssum

Farmer wants to sell food to all people, but East Lansing won’t let him ADF attorneys represent Michigan family farmer in challenge to city policy that ousted him from farmers’ market for his beliefs LANSING, Mich. – Alliance Defending Freedom … Continue reading →

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THE TALLY TOTAL FOR TONTOS UTILES TRULY THREATENS OUR TRANQUILITY

Posted on May 31, 2017 by abyssum

Suppose You Were an Idiot: On the Importance of Acknowledging Incompetence by Dylan Pahman within Philosophy, Politics May 31, 2017 07:00 am http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/05/19281/ Political theory typically attributes political action to one of two main motivations: idealism or self-interest. But incompetence … Continue reading →

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A TEN-STEP PROGRAM FOR LITURGICAL HEALTH

Posted on May 30, 2017 by abyssum

Bishop Schneider: 10 Elements of Renewal in the Liturgy Steve Skojec Steve Skojec May 30, 2017 And why speak I of the world to come? Since here this mystery makes earth become to you a heaven. Open only for once … Continue reading →

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THE NUMBERS GAME

Posted on May 30, 2017 by abyssum

MAHOUD’S PARADISE TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2017 The Horrific Math of the Evolving Cardinalate The following table shows the proportion of papal electors that will have been selected by Pope Francis, beginning on June 28th, when the five new designates will … Continue reading →

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There is something demonic in the Russian soul, something that cannot be explained rationally.

Posted on May 30, 2017 by abyssum

Rod Dreher Smerdyakovism By ROD DREHER • May 30, 2017, 10:04 AM Fyodor Dostoevsky, diagnostician of the Russian soul ((Eugene Ivanov/Shutterstock) A reader posted a link to this 2014 essay by Costica Bradacan, talking about how Russia can be understood through Dostoevsky’s great novel The … Continue reading →

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