Obedience in a Polarized Church – “Ten years have passed since I completed seminary and today’s seminarians find themselves in a very different situation as they consider a lifestyle of ecclesial obedience.” Priestly Obedience in a Post-McCarrick Church, Part I (Homiletic & Pastoral Review)
Reformation Economics – Instead of just looking back to the last economic report, Christians should look back much further to moral debates from half a millennium ago pursued by the theologians of the Reformation. What does the Reformation have to do with economics? (World)
Dutch heat – “One thing is clear to me,” Bishop Mutsaerts said. “God is out of the picture in this vile synodal process. The Holy Spirit has absolutely nothing to do with it.” Dutch bishop rips ‘vile’ Synod process (Catholic Culture)
Robert Louis Stevenson and the Missions in California – In 1879, Stevenson made his way to California and described with great sympathy the plight and deep Catholic faith of native converts who had been turned out after the Mexican government secularized the missions. Native American Devotion at Mission Carmel Ruins (Dappled Things)
Benedictine College Impact – A new study of the economic impact of independent colleges reveals that Benedictine College generates more than $116.4 million for the local and state economy each year. Benedictine College Delivers $116 Million in Annual Economic Impact (Benedictine.edu)
Catholic Crypto Conference – A Nov. 17-18 conference invites faithful to consider digital currency, blockchain and Web 3.0 as innovations that can be used “for the greater glory of God, and for Gospel values,” said Matthew Pinto. Crypto technology a moment for ‘hope’, says Catholic entrepreneur (Catholic Philly)
Denver’s Transgender Battle – “Catholic leaders sent 17-page document to school administrators with recommendations on handling LGBTQ issues.” Denver Archdiocese’s guidance to Catholic schools: Don’t enroll transgender students. Treat gay parents differently (Denver Post).
Tradition and Scripture – “The distinction between Catholic doctrine and theology provides the key to understanding every magisterial teaching, including the extensive documents of the Second Vatican Council.” The Iron Triangle of Revelation (Catholic Culture)
Mere Circumspection – “C. S. Lewis was a prudent man. He picked his battles carefully. On the ethics of contraception, he was especially circumspect.” C. S. Lewis and Contraception (First Things)
Challenging Relativism – “We all know the saying: ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ However, relativism is the philosophy that reality is in the eye of the beholder as well.” Catholic education guides young student philosophers to the truth (The Leaven)
Pursuit of Truth – “Philosophy of religion is very often taught to show students that religion is every bit as stupid as the general culture tells them, so these accounts are very refreshing.” Ten philosophers who discovered faith (MercatorNet)
‘Recreational Sex’ – I thought about that phrase, and how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable it is. The Problem with ‘Recreational’ Sex (The Catholic Thing)
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Suggest everyone read the first article, Obedience in a Polarized Church. I think it is not only a problem for priest, but also the laity.
#3, “Dutch heat”:
Question: Besides the spelling, what’s the difference, if any, between a “filibuster” and the “endless journey” of synodality?
That was a lovely article about R.L. Stevenson & the CA mission. Thank you so much for sharing it.
It is. And it sure doesn’t accord with the calumnies about St. Junipero Serra and the Mission Fathers that is common parlance today.
Re Dutch heat #3 above – This is not the first time Bishop Robert Mutsaerts has spoken out. I see that ‘s-Hertogenbosch is under Metropolitan Archbishop Cdl. Wim Eijk. More from this quarter, please.
@Pursuit of Truth. Materialist philosophical anthropology ‘demonstrates’ free will, reflection were instances of material processes. Consequently, there was no reason to believe in a spiritual dimension to human existence. Philosopher Cutter’s scrutiny finds this implausible, the possibility of God in effect plausible. Nietzschean Feser seems to have fallen through the back into Catholicism. Ironically taught religion [article author Katherine Kavanaugh comments religion often taught to demonstrate it’s as stupid as the culture] studied the better arguments [Aquinas of course, which Kavanaugh notes most reference] for interest became convinced of the truth.
Ms Kavanaugh’s whirlwind synopsis of the ten philosophers who arrive at the ultimate truth, the Christian God through philosophy is itself vivacious reading. The takeaway, Man’s inherent desire to know if pursued with honesty inevitably arrives where all lesser truth [principles of knowledge] lead to. Aquinas’ First Principle [Essence and Existence].
Candace Vogler, last of the ten, less technical much more from the heart searcher, finds the means to survive an unspeakably abusive father, in philosophical thought – and triumph [anyone who writes with passion and intelligence triumphs].
“If you love me, keep my COMMANDMENTS!” John 14:15! That is all wwe have to do!
“My sheep her my oice! I call them, they follow me! I m the GOOD sheperd”
“Dutch heat – “One thing is clear to me,” Bishop Mutsaerts said. “God is out of the picture in this vile synodal process. The Holy Spirit has absolutely nothing to do with it.””
EWTN’s ‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’ is worth the watch, if you want to know just where ‘this vile synodal process’ started. Saul Alinski is the evil one who infiltrated all levels of our Church today. Getting God out of our Church and the ‘Progressives’ in control of our Church, was his plan which originated after WWI.
There are 800 Alinski Marxist covert organizations in the world today, and many of our top power Catholic leaders seem to be controlled by them.
EWTN’s ‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’
https://youtu.be/ZnKB9NzgD4k