Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
I recently had an interesting back and forth with a guy I went to prep school with on "Renouncing Privilege."Â Evidently he and I have a different take on what that means, as evidenced by his comment: Many of the students were, and probably still are wealthy, still privileged. I would not try to make …
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From The Bossuet Project: The Unevangelical Take on the Sermon on the Mount
This interesting quote, from Daniel-Rops' Jesus in his Time: God does not seek to take men by surprise and the Church has always frowned on sudden vocations dictated solely by sentiment. It is only to the soul fortified by preparation and knowing its way and its strength that the spirit gives the supreme impulse. The …
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I have an Iranian office mate. My contact with the Iranians has been educational in my understanding of the Scriptures. One thing he’s really big on is bread. One time we went to a bakery where he brought a loaf of sourdough bread, which he consumed in its entirety–in one sitting. I bring bread from […] …
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To be Roman Catholic these days is an unenviable business, especially if you're aware of what's going on in the Catholic Church (and many Catholics, sad to say, are not.)Â It's easy to comment on what's happening, but what really matters is how one plans to fix the problems that face the Church. Let's start …
I recently got an email from one of my visitors which went as follows: came across the hashtag #straightouttairondale in some of your posts and wonder what it refers to ... My response: It refers to trad (traditional) Catholics, who frequently (unless they're TLM (Traditional Latin Mass) diehards) take their inspiration from EWTN, whose headquarters …
A favourite pastime of the #straightouttairondale crowd is to trash just about every piece of Catholic music written after 1965 (except, of course, what they put out.)Â Boosting the "Jesus Music" era is a goal of this blog, but this gem has an appeal that gets past not only their idea but Roman Catholicism …
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Everything is different in China: Under the breakthrough, Pope Francis recognized the legitimacy of seven bishops appointed by the Chinese government. Because they had not been selected by the Vatican, they had previously been excommunicated. For centuries, the monarchs of Europe exercised authority in the choice of bishops in their realm. The triumph of Ultramontanism …
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