Monday, 5 January 2015

Malta Thoughts on The Moon Tonight

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Public Domain Sinai is the Place of Sin, and Sin is the Babylonian name for the moon-god, worshipped by some ancient peoples of the Sina...

Slavery of the Will; Freedom of the Will Part Twelve

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I am adding to the heresies which seem to be coming out of America and Germany as seen at the Synod. The one I am adding is the heresy of ...

A Universal Church?

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Public Domain On Sunday, some dioceses celebrated Epiphany, some the Second Sunday in Christmas Time, and some TLMs, the Holy Name of J...

Meeting Saints

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I have met some saints in Malta. Most are over the age of 75. These are women and men who go to daily Mass, daily Adoration, pray at home, r...

Saints Who Were Converts

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..from Islam are rare. I found a few and want to share there stories with you. Three were brother and sisters, SS. Bernard, Mary and Zayda...

OK, Not Science But...

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A seminarian remarked to me a few days ago that he thought mom's of seminarians shared lots in common. I wonder what the apostles'...

Slavery of the Will; Freedom of the Will Part Eleven

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All of us have been predestined for a place in heaven. As I noted in the previous posts on this theme, all humans ever created have been giv...
Sunday, 4 January 2015

Posting Attention

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There will be twenty postings altogether by tomorrow early morning on the problems affecting some of the cardinals at the Synod. I am w...

Slavery of the Will; Freedom of the Will Part Ten

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We are reminded in Father Ripperger's talk on Spiritual Theology that mortal sin removes one's ability to grow in grace. If one i...

I have a friend in Tunisia

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http://news.yahoo.com/media-watchdog-concern-tunisian-army-jails-blogger-004005963.html

"Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem"

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Earlier last year, I had another version of this on the blog....

New Cardinals from around the world

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from Pope Francis..comments from readers appreciated... “As was already announced, on February 14 next I will have the joy of hol...

Curious, What Liturgy Did You Have Today?

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Second Sunday after Christmas or Epiphany or something else?

We Are Not Equal Part Seven

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There is no such thing a coincidence, only God-incidences. Returning to the theme of predilection, today's reading of the Te Deum ...

We Are Not Equal Part Six

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One of the readings in today's Divine Office is from Maximus the Confessor. One small paragraph contains the kernel of truth reiterat...

We Are Not Equal Part Five

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Today's Gospel, well-known especially to those who attend the TLM, brings home the point that not all people are equal. Note verse 5-...

We Are Not Equal, Part Four

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Ephesians 1:15-18  Douay-Rheims  15  Wherefore I also, hearing of your faith that is in the Lord Jesus, and of your love towards all the ...

We Are Not Equal, Part Three

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Today's second reading, from Ephesians, reveals the mystery of God's Church as the New Chosen People. Looking at the beginning of ...

We Are Not Equal, Part Two

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The Old Testament reading for today's Mass is from the 24th Chapter of Ecclesiasticus. The entire chapter is here below repeated in ord...

We Are Not Equal (What Some Synodal Fathers Forget)

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One of the great lies coming from the pulpits and in the institutions of the modern Church seems to be this idea that we are all equal in ...