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About abyssum

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

THE DEEPER SOMEONE IS DRAWN TO GOD, THE MORE HE HAS TO GET BEYOND HIMSELF IN THIS SENSE, THAT IS, GO INTO THE WORLD AND CARRY DIVINE LIFE INTO IT

Posted on August 8, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Saint Edith Stein       August 8, 2013 The Hidden Life of Wisdom by Christopher O. Blum Edith Stein was an unlikely saint. A former Jewish-atheist bluestocking who died for the Faith as a Carmelite nun in the … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, Freedom of Conscience, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, JEWS, MIRACLE OF GRACE, RELIGIOUS WOMEN, SANCTITY | 2 Comments

A VERY MODEL OF A MODERN LAY EVANGELIST

Posted on August 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Comedian Jim Gaffigan Jim Gaffigan on Fatherhood for the Recovering Narcissist August 07, 2013 The comedian’s new book Dad is Fat has a delightfully subversive message on fatherhood and the family. Thomas P. Harmon http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/2489/jim_gaffigan_on_fatherhood_for_the_recovering_narcissist.aspx#.UgMla1O9zmp Jim Gaffigan is Catholic. … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, FATHERHOOD | 1 Comment

PRIEST SUFFERS EUTHANASIA AT HANDS OF DOCTOR

Posted on August 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! April 1, 2011 Catholic nurse recounts hospice horror, says doctor euthanized priest By Matt C. Abbott http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/110401 Some will recall that March 31 was the sixth anniversary of the court-ordered murder of Terri Schiavo. (Click here to read about … Continue reading →

Posted in EUTHANASIA, EVANGELIZATION, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST | Comments Off on PRIEST SUFFERS EUTHANASIA AT HANDS OF DOCTOR

IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE SCOTUS WINDSOR DECISION, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE HOSTES HUMANI GENERIS

Posted on August 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! August 7, 2013 The Darkness Gathers by James Kalb CRISIS MAGAZINE In his dissent in United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court decision invalidating the federal definition of marriage as natural marriage, Justice Scalia rightly identified as particularly outrageous … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, GAY 'MARRIAGE', HOMOSEXUALITY, JURISPRUDENCE, JUSTICE, LAWRENCE V TEXAS, LGBT, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE' | Comments Off on IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE SCOTUS WINDSOR DECISION, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE HOSTES HUMANI GENERIS

AFTER BESTIALITY BOTH THE PERPETRATOR AND THE ANIMAL ARE TO BE EXECUTED. WHY?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Rabbi Steven Pruzansky The Death of Shame by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky  July 26, 2013 Watching the implosion of Anthony Weiner for the second time stimulates a few thoughts. His attempted run for Mayor of NYC, bound to be aborted in … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, JEWS, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, RELATIVISM, SEXUALITY, UNCHASTITY | 1 Comment

POPE FRANCIS’ AIRPLANE INTERVIEW

Posted on August 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! August 5, 2013, Monday — The Pope’s press conference, Commentary A week ago, on July 28, on the airplane returning to Rome from Brazil following the week-long visit to celebrate World Youth Day, Pope Francis gave the first press … Continue reading →

Posted in POPE FRANCIS | 1 Comment

CATHOLICS MUST WITNESS TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE OF NATURAL LAW

Posted on August 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Catholics Must Face Squarely the Dire Threat to Religious Liberty by Rev. George W. Rutler http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/catholics-must-face-squarely-the-dire-threat-to-religious-liberty November, 2012   This reminded me of the line about the morally tranquilizing effects of  “intolerable music” in  Solzhenitsyn’s  1978 Harvard Class Day … Continue reading →

Posted in 'SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE', ANTI-CATHOLICISM, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, EVANGELIZATION, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, INTOLERANCE, JESUS CHRIST, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

LIKE LAVA FLOWING DOWN FROM A VOLCANO, THE ADVOCATES OF PASSIVE EUTHANASIA RELENTLESSLY ADVANCE

Posted on August 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Photograph by J.D. Griggs on March 28, 1984 Lava pours down a well-developed lava channel near a series of erupting vents on the northeast rift zone of Mauna Loa Volcano. The eruption started from fissures in the volcano’s summit … Continue reading →

Posted in BRAIN DEATH, EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, ORGAN DONATION, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | 1 Comment

GOD LOVES US FIRST, SEEKS US OUT, AWAITS US FIRST

Posted on August 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Primerea: The Spanish Slang at the Heart of Pope Francis’s Theology By Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. 8/3/2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) God, Pope Francis says, “nos primerea.”  The expression “nos primerea” is in Lunfardo Porteño, or Buenos Aires street slang.  … Continue reading →

Posted in MIRACLE OF GRACE, POPE FRANCIS | 1 Comment

FATHER ANGELO REPLIES TO JULIE GRIMSTAD

Posted on August 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!                               Revision of Critiques about Palliative Care and Approval of Hospice Care In the original post on this Blog of my article, “If I had to choose between Hospice Care and Palliative Care, I would choose Hospice … Continue reading →

Posted in EUTHANASIA, HEALTH CARE, LIFE ISSUES, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MORAL RELATIVISM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE | 2 Comments