Category Archives: JESUS CHRIST

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

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

A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL PARISH PRIESTS

Posted on July 21, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen preaching from a parish pulpit “Teaching in a university is like fishing in an aquarium, and teaching in a parish is like fishing in the ocean.”    –  Father George W. Rutler

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FIRST, CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NOW, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, WHAT NEXT?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! U.S. Bishops’ relief agency caught giving $2.7 million to top abortion-marketing firm by Patrick B. Craine Thu Jul 18, 2013 14:58 EST BALTIMORE, July 18, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Relief Services is in the midst of distributing a projected … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, BIRTH CONTROL, BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CHURCH/STATE RELATIONS, INFANTICIDE, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERALISM, LIFE ISSUES, MORAL RELATIVISM, POPULATION, SAVING CHILDREN, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on FIRST, CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NOW, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, WHAT NEXT?

THERE IS A DANGER THAT BISHOPS AROUND THE WORLD WILL ACT LIKE POPE FRANCIS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THE VICAR OF CHRIST

Posted on July 15, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   Vatican Diary / Those saints made as he commands For Romero, Francis loosens the restraints of the Holy Office. For John XXIII and for a Jesuit to whom he is devoted, he goes ahead without waiting for the … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, JESUS CHRIST, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, VATICAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

CAESAR’S WIFE AND CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES

Posted on July 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.   “The associates of public figures must not even be suspected of wrongdoing.”    (The ancient Roman Julius Caesar is supposed to have said this when asked why he divorced his wife, Pompeia. Because … Continue reading →

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SPACE HARDENS PROCESSES, WHEREAS TIME PROPELS US TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND ENCOURAGES US TO GO FORWARD IN HOPE

Posted on July 9, 2013 by abyssum

!!!!   ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FIFTH OF A SERIES OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE … Continue reading →

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THE LIGHT OF CHRIST MUST SHINE, AS IN A MIRROR, ON THE FACE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN

Posted on July 8, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FOURTH OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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LUMEN FIDEI / THE LIGHT OF FAITH

Posted on July 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! ENCYCLICAL LETTER LUMEN FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS CONSECRATED PERSONS AND THE LAY FAITHFUL ON FAITH [THIS IS THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF POSTS ON THIS BLOG OF THE ENTIRE ENCYCLICAL] … Continue reading →

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“EVIL, BE THOU MY GOOD!”

Posted on June 30, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! With my parents at a performance of Gounod’s Faust at the opera some years ago, when Marguerite went mad in Act V after killing her baby, my mother let out a gasp that embarrassed me, for we were in … Continue reading →

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