Category Archives: CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

I BELIEVE THAT THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH PICKED NAGASAKI AS THE TARGET FOR THE SECOND ATOM BOMB

Posted on August 27, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! And I believe that the same thing was true of the US General Mark Clark selecting the Abbey of Montecassino for total destruction in World War II. – Abyssum August 27, 2013 Lessons Drawn from the Japanese Martyrs by … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, INTOLERANCE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off on I BELIEVE THAT THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH PICKED NAGASAKI AS THE TARGET FOR THE SECOND ATOM BOMB

THE IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE POSES SUCH A THREAT TO ATHEISTS THAT THEY WILL GO TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO DISCREDIT IT

Posted on August 25, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! In the Spring of 1979, while I was Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida, I was approached by  Jody B. Smith, a professor of aesthetics and philosophy at the College Pensacola, speaking on behalf of himself and … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, SANCTITY, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off on THE IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE POSES SUCH A THREAT TO ATHEISTS THAT THEY WILL GO TO EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TO DISCREDIT IT

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

NO ONE REGARDS AS ACTS OF VIRTUE OUR NATURAL BIRTH AND DEATH

Posted on May 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Saint Gregory of Nyssa There is a time to be born, and a time to die There is a time to be born and a time to die. The fact that there is a natural link between birth and … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, LIFE ISSUES, LORD AND CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, MAN | 1 Comment

I HAVE A SECRET THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU

Posted on May 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Giving Up Secrets People seem to have a lot of secrets these days.  We could almost say we live in an age of secrets.   Governments have become skilled at keeping secrets; businesses are adept at the same thing. … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, Freedom of Conscience, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, MENTAL HEALTH, MIRACLE OF GRACE, PRAYER, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off on I HAVE A SECRET THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU

SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE, PRAY FOR US !

Posted on May 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) was a man of many parts: scholar, mystic, poet, traveler, diplomat, debater, cardinal and even something of a scientist, as is evident in his exchanges with Galileo. He had the fine title of Professor of Controversial Theology … Continue reading →

Posted in ATHEISM, CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, FAMILY LIFE, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE, PRAY FOR US !

A JEW IS CONVERTED BY THE EYES OF POPE BENEDICT LOOKING AT HIM ON TELEVISION

Posted on April 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!     Pope Benedict XVI’s “First Convert” April 16, 2013 The story of how a New York Jew wrestled with Christ and became Catholic Roger Dubin http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/2187/pope_benedict_xvis_first_convert.aspx#.UXqICIKYhk2 Groucho Marx once said, “I wouldn’t want to belong to any club … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, JESUS CHRIST, JEWS, POPE BENEDICT XVI | Comments Off on A JEW IS CONVERTED BY THE EYES OF POPE BENEDICT LOOKING AT HIM ON TELEVISION

THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST IS THE REALIZATION OF OUR PRESUMPTION TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY

Posted on April 11, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! THE UNPRECEDENTED ‘PRESUMPTION’ OF CHANGING THE WORLD by Sandro Magister ROME, April 11, 2013 – For Pope Francis, religious freedom means above all “having the courage to bear witness to faith in the risen Christ.” A faith that is … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, EVANGELIZATION, THE EUCHARIST | 1 Comment

LONG BEFORE DOWNTON ABBEY THERE WAS BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, AND BEFORE THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Posted on April 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! April 22, 2013, Issue Evelyn Waugh, Catholic Optimist Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family, by Michael G. Brennan (Bloomsbury, 192 pp., $34.95) By Micah Mattix Evelyn Waugh defies easy categorization. He was simultaneously a defender of social hierarchy and an … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off on LONG BEFORE DOWNTON ABBEY THERE WAS BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, AND BEFORE THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

ASH WEDNESDAY OCCURS NEXT WEEK: WE HAVE FORTY DAYS OF LENT NOT TO SEARCH FOR JESUS, BUT TO SEARCH FOR OURSELVES

Posted on February 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! sackcloth and ashes For quite a while, the Richard III Society was easily passed off as one of those eccentricities like the Flat Earth Society. It sought to salvage the reputation of the Plantagenet king who was killed at … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH | Comments Off on ASH WEDNESDAY OCCURS NEXT WEEK: WE HAVE FORTY DAYS OF LENT NOT TO SEARCH FOR JESUS, BUT TO SEARCH FOR OURSELVES