The Church teaches that interpretation of the Bible must be done within “the living Tradition of the whole Church”. According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally in the Church’s heart rather than in documents and…
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The Guidelines are Void
This rubbish has no legal or judicial or administrative force in the real world where we all live. Like last summer’s vacuous, vapid, and vacant SCOTUS decision, these so-called guidelines were a dead letter upon issuance. Like I said about…
Tagged with: human nature, line in the sand, natural law, orwellian, Prayer, reason, tyranny, western civilization
Posted in Apologetics, Aquinas - Philosophy, Aquinas - Theology, Western Civilization
Posted in Apologetics, Aquinas - Philosophy, Aquinas - Theology, Western Civilization
Habemus Episcopum
That did not take as long as I feared! Our dear Bishop Johnston was transferred to Kansas City last November by Pope Francis. We were very sorry to see him go, but in a certain way it seemed inevitable; he…
Tagged with: bishop rice, catholic, diocesan news, springfield-cape girardeau
Posted in Ecclesiology, Etc, Francis I
Posted in Ecclesiology, Etc, Francis I
Abandoned
Abandoned is the daily prompt. So here are a few thoughts I have that are related to the idea of abandonment somehow. St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle were abandoned by Descartes. This was a colossal blunder in the history of…
Tagged with: abandoned, abandonment, books, catholic, jesus, movies, music, television, the Cross
Posted in Ascent of Mt Carmel, Etc
Posted in Ascent of Mt Carmel, Etc
Music
Music is the WordPress daily prompt. I don’t remember a thing about Aquinas or Aristotle’s views of music, so I will have to go “off topic” (that never happens!) for this. 😃 At the moment I am listening to The…
Tagged with: blue danube, cranberries, Ingrid Michaelson, james ward, kubrick, more piano please, music, this is the day
Posted in Etc, Uncategorized
Posted in Etc, Uncategorized
Gratitude
St. Thomas writes: It is only right that we should be grateful not merely to those whom we think have found the truth and with whose views we agree by following them, but also to those who, in the search…
Tagged with: Aquinas, charity, disagreements, discover the truth, gratitude, truth
Posted in Aquinas - Philosophy, Charity, Humility, Uncategorized
Posted in Aquinas - Philosophy, Charity, Humility, Uncategorized
That they may be one
I read the high priestly prayer of Jesus this morning, and I was struck by something that maybe I have never noticed before. I remembered that the Lord prays not just for the apostles, but also for those who would…
Tagged with: ecumenism, jesus, John 17, Prayer, that they may be one, unity
Posted in Apologetics, Called to Communion, Prayer, Scripture, Unitatis Redintegratio
Posted in Apologetics, Called to Communion, Prayer, Scripture, Unitatis Redintegratio
St. Augustine on the Veneration of the Saints
As part of his critique of paganism St. Augustine in City of God condemns the tradition of making “gods” out of dead heroes and great men of the past; this is one theory as to how Rome came to have…
Tagged with: Augustine, catholic, city of God, saints
Posted in Apologetics, Augustine, Books, city of God, Saints, Western Civilization
Posted in Apologetics, Augustine, Books, city of God, Saints, Western Civilization
Obedience is not faith alone
Why did Isaac enjoy the favor of God? Was it because of his faith? He was a man of faith, to be sure (see Hebrews 11:20), but why did he enjoy God’s blessings? The book of Genesis offers two reasons…
St. Augustine on Free Will
I have been reading City of God online edition lately, and I was pretty concerned upon starting that the thing was going to be an epic slog through swampy jargon-infested waters. I have read the first five books (out of…
