Category Archives: SANCTITY

A REVIEW OF THE VIDEO “AUGUSTINE”

Posted on February 3, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Instead of watching the Super Bowl 2014, we watched the fairly new St. Augustin video from Ignatius Press. It’s interesting how much emphasis the producers put on Augustin’s sex life in this video, and how explicit the sex was that … Continue reading →

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DO YOU LOVE HARRY POTTER?

Posted on January 25, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! How Harry Potter Corrupts Our Children Harry Potter and the Death that Follows “Always the innocent are the first victims . . . So it has been for ages past, so it is now.” Ronan (Yr 1, 253) Father … Continue reading →

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EVEN AFTER 450 YEARS WE SHOULD STILL THANK GOD FOR THE COUNCIL OF TRENT

Posted on December 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Church Marks the 450th Anniversary of Council of Trent (943) The Reformation-era council has shaped the life of the Church for nearly half a millennium. by STEPHEN BEALE 12/02/2013 – tanbooks.comTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER WASHINGTON — The Council of … Continue reading →

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WHO AM I? THAT IS THE QUESTION AND ONLY GOD CAN ANSWER IT! I PRAY HE GIVES ME A WHITE STONE!

Posted on November 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! The wistfulness of these autumnal days moves the mind, by the natural withering of leaves and the shortening of days, to think of the end of our own lives. The brilliant burst of colors in these darkening days is … Continue reading →

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SANCTITY CONSISTS IN THE HEROIC PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ATTACHED TO ONE’S STATE OF LIFE

Posted on November 3, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! BLESSED CHARLES VON HAPSBURG May our two splendid parishes, Holy Innocents in the Garment District and Saint Michael in Hell’s Kitchen (gradually becoming Heaven’s Kitchen), grow ever closer in strengthening their witness to the power of the Resurrection. In … Continue reading →

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BLESSED WOULD BE THE SINS THAT LEFT ANY SHAME IN YOU

Posted on October 30, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! October 30, 2013 The Blessings of Sin by Regis Martin CRISIS MAGAZINE When asked once about a sermon he’d just heard, the legendarily laconic Calvin Coolidge managed to summarize its theme in a single word:  “Sin.”   Pressed for details … Continue reading →

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MEOW!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Benedict XVI and his cat. I have a confession to make (actually it is a boast).  I have a cat.  Actually I have both a cat and a dog.  I love them both, for different reasons; the article … Continue reading →

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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 →

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SODOMY, RAPE AND THE GLORIFICATION OF EVIL ARE NOT WHAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE READING

Posted on August 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! JUST DAVID by Eleanor H. Porter Eighty years ago, when I was 10 years old, I was assigned a book to read by my Fifth Grade public school teacher:  Just David by Eleanor H. Porter.  That little book changed … Continue reading →

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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 →

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