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…
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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
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
No peace for individualists
Quoth the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church: Those who proclaim themselves to be the sole measure of realities and of truth cannot live peacefully in society with their fellow men and cooperate with them. (CSDC §142) Truth…
Tagged with: catholic, individualism, libertarianism, peace, social doctrine, truth
Posted in Charity, Faith, Fides et Ratio, Magisterium, Revelation
Posted in Charity, Faith, Fides et Ratio, Magisterium, Revelation
Infallibility – Why it matters
The Catholic Church affirms that under certain conditions the Pope, the Bishops, and in a certain way the Church herself exercises a gift of infallibility. This is a stumbling block for most Protestants. Why is this dogma so important that…
Tagged with: apologetics, catechism, catholic, infallibility
Posted in Apologetics, Catechism, Ecclesiology, Faith, Infallibility
Posted in Apologetics, Catechism, Ecclesiology, Faith, Infallibility
Aquinas, Etc. 