Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
When “Less” is NOT “More”
Why is it that Protestantism is always “less” to the Catholic Church’s “more”?
When “Less” is NOT “More”
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
New Atheists Need to Get Their Narrative Straight
New Atheists Need to Get Their Narrative Straight
"You know who you guys could take a cue from? Christian martyrs. Roast ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew, they take a licking and keep on ticking. Gouge out their eyes and they laugh and turn it into a fun feast day"
Monday, December 12, 2011
Shameless Popery: Was Sola Scriptura True During the Apostolic Age?
Shameless Popery: Was Sola Scriptura True During the Apostolic Age?: Sola Scriptura (“Scripture alone”) is the Protestant belief that all Christian doctrines should be taken from Scripture alone. Given this,...
Logos Bible Software Review by Brent Stubbs
One of my favorite bloggers, Brent Stubbs, just posted a great review of the recently released Logos Bible Software packages that are designed for Catholics. Check it out HERE!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Fr. Barron's Weekly Homily: The True King is Coming
Sermon 570 : A Not Very Cozy Advent - The True King is Coming : Third Sunday of AdventChrist proclaims himself as the King of everything. This is a bold claim for it puts everything under him. However, he is a very different King than what we typically expect. So with the arrival of this King, we must change all our expectations.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Shameless Popery: Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant
Shameless Popery: Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant: In the comments, Waterloo Region African asked how early Christians thought of Mary as the New Ark. I think that the best answer is that St...
Friday, December 2, 2011
J.R.R. Tolkien on Conversion
Tolkien's mother, Mabel, converted to Catholicism despite
serious opposition from her family. She was eventually cut-off financially when she
refused to abandon her new faith. The lack of financial support was a serious
consequence as she relied on her family's assistance after her husband died working in South Africa leaving her alone to raise their two young boys. Yet, she valued her Catholic
faith above all else and was determined to raise her children in the Catholic Church, which she did.
Years later, when Tolkien was a young man at Oxford and was
ready to marry, his future wife, Edith, was still a very active member of the
Church of England. Tolkien insisted that she become Catholic before they marry.
Edith was willing and believed it the right thing, but wanted to delay her
conversion until just prior to the wedding to avoid the backlash of her family.
Tolkien, would not have it. He stated that the Church of England was "a
pathetic and shadowy medley of half-remembered traditions and mutilated
beliefs" and if Edith were persecuted for becoming Catholic, why then,
that was precisely what happened to his own dear mother, and she had endured
it. He went on to say, "I do so dearly believe, that no half-heartedness
and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light
unflinchingly." Edith agreed and was met with the same level of opposition
from her family as Tolkien's mother had suffered through.
J.R.R. Tolkien is best remembered for his fiction, but the
most important thing to him was truth.
Certain details taken from "J.R.R.
Tolkien: A biography" by Humphrey Carpenter
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