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About abyssum

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

BETTER TO BE A BEGGAR IN FREEDOM

The Witherspoon Institute Public Discourse Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Battle Against Hitler by Samantha Schroeder within Book Reviews July 24th, 2016 Dietrich von Hildebrand’s memoir of resistance against the Nazis compels us to wonder how we would have responded in the … Continue reading →

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CREATIVE WRITING 101

Hillary Accepts Nomination, Immediately Bores Americans Into A Coma Before Startling Them Awake With Her Cackle By: Ben Shapiro THE DAILY WIRE July 28, 2016 On Thursday night, after an interminable speech by boring young Chelsea Clinton introducing her boring … Continue reading →

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PROSTITUTION ON THE STREET OR IN CONGRESS IS BAD, BUT IN CONGRESS IT IS WORSE !!!

OF PROSTITUTES, POLITICIANS AND PRIESTS !!! A prostitute on the street sells her body. Maybe, if she is simply desperate for money and has little or no other recourse, she sells her body to stay alive while she yearning for … Continue reading →

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YOUR PASTOR COULD BE NEXT; ISIS IS NOW EVERYWHERE

A Christian Duty in the Face of Terror As priest is slaughtered by ISIS at the altar, the West must wake up by Fr. George Rutler | Updated 26 Jul 2016 at 5:54 PM After another devastating ISIS attack in … Continue reading →

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THE TOXIC CULTURE WAR FOG ENVELOPES PHILADELPHIA, PUT ON YOUR GAS MASK !!!

DO THE DEMOCRATS REALIZE THEY COULD LOSE?: THE TRANSOM What the Democratic Party needed to do in Philadelphia was simple: they needed to depict themselves as being at the center of the American political scene. They could do this by … Continue reading →

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“I WANT MY MOMMY !!!” I WANT MY DADDY !!!”

Americans Want To Elect Mommy Or Daddy. That’s a Problem. By: Ben Shapiro July 27, 2016 Americans want to elect Daddy or Mommy. That’s what this election has become. It hasn’t been about competing or contrasting visions of government. It … Continue reading →

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A MOST TROUBLESOME PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

FOR ANYONE WHO TAKES THEIR FAITH SERIOUSLY….. This has been, and continues to be, a most troublesome presidential election. Obviously Hilary Clinton, and the whole of the Democratic Party is off the table for anyone who takes seriously their faith … Continue reading →

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HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

Rod Dreher THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE Trump: Tribune Of Poor White People By Rod Dreher • July 22, 2016, 10:58 AM I wrote last week about the new nonfiction book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in … Continue reading →

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A PONTIFICATE OF EXCEPTION – ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT IT IS

Francis-Ganswein-Benedict A “Pontificate of Exception.” The Mystery of Pope Benedict Against the Antichrists who are undermining the Church. The theories of the political philosopher Carl Schmitt applied to the pontificate of Joseph Ratzinger and to his resignation by Sandro Magister … Continue reading →

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WE HAVE THE JESUITS TO THANK FOR THE PRO-ABORTION STANCE OF THE DEMOCRATS STARTING WITH THE KENNEDYS

Boston Senator Edward Kennedy chats with Congressman Robert Drinan, S.J. The Curse of the Kennedy Catholics July 24, 2016 by Fr. Dwight Longenecker As Tim Kaine steps into the shoes of “devout Catholics” Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, he also … Continue reading →

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