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About abyssum

I am a retired Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF JESUS CHRIST

Posted on June 28, 2009 by abyssum

SURE, AND HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING A PRIEST? In 1977 I was privileged to lead a pilgrimage of Legion of Mary members from Southeast United States to Dublin where we attended a workshop of the Legion. There I … Continue reading →

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HERE IS A SURE PATH TO HELL: HAVE AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR, GET PREGNANT, KILL THE BABY TO KEEP YOUR HUSBAND FROM KNOWING

Posted on June 28, 2009 by abyssum

UNFAITHFUL WIVES OPT FOR PRENATAL PATERNITY TESTS PATERNITY tests are being carried out by DNA laboratories on children while they are still in the womb, enabling their mothers to abort them if they are the result of an extramarital affair. … Continue reading →

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DO NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH ABSTRACTIONS, THEY CAN BRING DEATH TO YOU AND TO MANY OTHERS

Posted on June 28, 2009 by abyssum

I LOVE MY COUNTRY I do truly love my Country. I always have, and I hope that I always will. I have not been blind to its blemishes, to the dark pages in its history.  I have read everything I … Continue reading →

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POLITICS IS SHOW BUSINESS FOR UGLY PEOPLE, OR AS MARK TWAIN SAID: “CONGRESS IS THE ONLY PERMANENT CRIMINAL CLASS IN AMERICA”

Posted on June 27, 2009 by abyssum

IT IS SO DEPRESSING I am referring to the continuous revelation of sexual scandals involving members of Congress.  Granted that living and working in Washington, D.C. is more than living in a Beltway, it is living in a Hothouse, or … Continue reading →

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DO TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO GET MARRIED?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by abyssum

OLSON AND BOIES SHOULD DIVORCE THEMSELVES FROM THIS ISSUE Former Bush administration Solicitor General Theodore Olson and attorney David Boies have filed suit in the California District Court to overturn Proposition 8, which was passed by voters last year and … Continue reading →

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HIS RHETORIC IS NOTHING MORE THAN WORDS, JUST WORDS, DEVOID OF MEANING

Posted on June 25, 2009 by abyssum

WORDS, JUST WORDS I have said it before and I will keep saying it as long as The One remains in the White House.  His rhetoric adds up to “words, just words” to quote him against himself. It was just … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS MAN?

Posted on June 25, 2009 by abyssum

GOD CREATED MAN “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.” (Gen. 1/27) Man occupies a unique place in creation: 1. he is ‘in the image of … Continue reading →

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A DISCUSSION ABOUT ABORTION

Posted on June 24, 2009 by abyssum

THE ABORTION ISSUE REVISITED On “The Corner” (an internet blog of The National Review on its internet website: TheNationalReview.com] an interesting discussion has been going on yesterday and today between several of the National Review’s writers. It all started when … Continue reading →

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY: GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by abyssum

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY For every Christian Father’s Day begins with thoughts about one’s natural father, but before the day is over, since it is Sunday, one’s thoughts ought to turn to the Father from whom all fatherhood takes its origin. … Continue reading →

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YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED IF YOU SAY SOMETHING UNKIND, BUT TRUE, ABOUT PEDOPHILES

Posted on June 19, 2009 by abyssum

A PEDOPHILE PROTECTION ACT? Mark Steyn, who was prosecuted in Canada by that Country’s Human Rights Commission because, they said, an article written by him (it was an excerpt from his book, America Alone) that was published in the Canadian … Continue reading →

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