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BE ADVISED, PROFANATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS ON THE RISE

!!!! HIJACKING HOLY COMMUNION IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS by Dr. Edward Peters The excommunication threatened against those who take the consecrated species for a sacrilegious purpose is latae sententiae (1983 CIC 1367), meaning that the canonical discussion of Brenna Cronin’s … Continue reading

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HERE ARE SOME CLUES TO SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE CHURCH IN IRELAND

!!!! St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh was founded on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1840. The truth on abortion history in Ireland by Fr. Marcel Guarnizo June 7, 2013, 4:01 am ET http://liveactionnews.org/the-truth-on-abortion-history-in-ireland/  “Amongst the ‘purists,’ the troublesome pro-lifers with the … Continue reading

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SAINT ROBERT BELLARMINE, PRAY FOR US !

!!!! 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

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SAINT BASIL AND FAITH IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

!!!! Third Lenten Homily preached by Father Ranieri Cantalamessa OFM, Cap. to the Curia in Romew Friday, March 23, 2012 Third Lenten Homily 1. Faith tends to reality Philosopher Edmund Husserl summarized the program of his phenomenology in the motto: … Continue reading

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WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF I TOLD YOU THAT JEWISH ARCHEOLOGISTS HAD FOUND ABRAHAM’S ARM?

!!!! anselmusjmj commented on SOLOMON IS SPINNING IN HIS SHROUD I met with an erudite Rabbi, who belongs to the movement of the Reform Jews (“reform” is different than “reformed.” Reform Jews are open to changing beliefs, reformed are “stagnant” … Continue reading

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LENTEN CHALLENGE: FOR THE TIME BEING, PUT ASIDE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT OBAMA, MEDITATE ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. “AND YOU, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

!!!! VATICAN CITY, MARCH 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is the first Lenten homily delivered by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household. He gave the sermon today. * * * In preparation for the Year of Faith proclaimed … Continue reading

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I HAVE COME THAT THE BLIND MAY SEE AND THOSE WHO SEE BECOME BLIND

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, CAN YOU SEE IT? In an age of dissent, few people think of Catholic dogmatic theology as a source of consolation, but that is because of spiritual blindness and … Continue reading

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A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, CAN YOU SEE IT?

!!!! Father George W. Rutler offers us some words of encouragement to see the Light. As the Plymouth Bay Colony was starting up, a scholar back in England published the philosophical reflection, Anatomy of Melancholy, analyzing his own tendency to … Continue reading

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PURGATORY IS WHAT MAKES POSSIBLE THE MYSTERIOUS HARMONY BETWEEN GOD’S ABSOLUTE JUSTICE AND GOD’S ABSOLUTE MERCY!

!!!! Curt Stoller commented on “ANATOLI LUNACHARSKI, WHEN DID HE DIE?” I can add very little to this excellent analysis. An artist once gave me a good piece of advice about drawing a realistic portrait of a human face. He … Continue reading

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“ANATOLI LUNACHARSKI, WHEN DID HE DIE?”

!!!! “Anatoli Lunacharski, when did he die?”  That was the question my philosophy professor, I.M. Bochenski, put to the class repeatedly at the University of Fribourg in 1950.  I only understand the importance of the question now, as I try … Continue reading

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