Author: Biltrix Among other statements Cardinal George has made concerning gay rights in the wake of his controversial interview on Fox News last week, he also said the following:
“It is terribly wrong and sinful that gays and lesbians have been harassed and subjected to psychological and even physical harm.”
— Francis Cardinal George
They just don’t get the point…
Despite Cardinal George’s attempts to clarify his statement More…
I’m always surprised when I see those food products with the labels stating what would seem to be the obvious. Take a carton of milk, for example, where the label says it contains “real” milk. What is it suppose to contain? Not so obvious I guess. In a consumeristic society you can’t always expect that you are really getting what you think you are buying.
Got Faith? More…
Dostoevsky once wrote that the tears of a baby are greater than the order of the universe; a powerful insight into the dignity of human life, but an insight parents probably would rather not have to think about at three in the morning when the tears start flowing.
Yet, as hard as it is to get out of bed at three A.M., parents know they must, for there is nothing more dependent on the love and care of others than an infant.
It was no different for the baby Jesus. More…
The other day, I was having breakfast with a priest from the Archdiocese of Boston, who told me about a bad experience he had while preaching about abortion. In the middle of his homily, one of the altar servers, a seventh grade girl, took off her robe, walked straight down the middle aisle, and left the church — for good.
The girl’s mother, being naturally concerned, brought her to speak with the priest afterwards. He tried to explain the Church’s position on abortion, but to no avail. Her only response was that she could not belong to a church that imposed intolerant moral views on other people.
Fortunately, not all 12 year old girls think this way. For example, the girl in the video below More…
Three Days into the New Year
Statistically, that means most people have caved in on their new years resolutions by now, since 2 out of 3 people break their resolution within 48 hours.
The take away is to make better resolutions, resolutions you can easily keep. This video explains how simply this can be done: More…
Finding the Right Door
Have you ever experienced the following: you are at someone’s house for the first time and you need to use the restroom. You ask where it is and they tell you, “down the hall to the left.” You go down the hall and you find two doors. You open the first one and you say to yourself, “Oh, oh, wrong door!” Lesson? To get to the right room you have to open the right door.
Pope Benedict in his Apostolic Letter proclaiming a “Year of Faith” More…
BETHLEHEM: HOUSE OF BREAD
It’s remarkable that even though the infant Jesus couldn’t speak, from the first moment of his birth, he was proclaiming that he is the Bread of Life. It’s as if is impatient to institute the Eucharist.
The word Bethlehem in Hebrew means “house of bread” and it’s also no coincidence that Jesus rested in a feeding trough—a “manger” sounds much more quaint, but that’s what it was.
So let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on Jesus, the Bread of Life.
IF YOU BELIEVE AND EAT THIS BREAD… More…
When Chicago’s Francis Cardinal George came under fire earlier this week for comparing the LGBT movement to the Ku Klux Klan, I immediately thought of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Emperor’s New Clothes. I’m sure you are familiar with the story, so this video featuring the Cardinal’s interview on Fox News and some shots from the Chicago Gay Pride Parade might give you some idea about what I mean.
The Christmas season is a great time to visit museums. Today I joined a group of my students at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, where I stumbled across a real gem of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, a portrait of Madame Marie Joseph-Michel Ginoux:
While most people see Van Gogh as avant-guard trendsetter, More…
You Cannot Believe and Remain Silent.
One of those annoying experiences in life is when a friend tells you they saw someone you wanted to meet, but forgot to let you know so that you weren’t able to see that person.
A few years ago a friend of mine got really angry at me because More…
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