17 09, 2020

VLX 25: The Sermon on the Mount Part 2

By |2020-09-17T21:36:31+00:00September 17th, 2020|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Christ said: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” We look first at St. Bruno's method of meditation on Christ as a Jew. Then we switch to the imaginative way of prayer this at TS 9:18. https://youtu.be/5KI_v0Laves

15 09, 2020

VLX 24: Mt 5:13-20: The Sermon on the Mount Part 1

By |2020-09-17T05:03:23+00:00September 15th, 2020|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

How do we reconcile “Let your light shine before others” with “when you give to the needy sound no trumpet before you”? We have a Patristic answer on that one. We also do an Ignatian meditation on how the boy Jesus lived Jewish tradition starting at TS 12:15. https://youtu.be/E3v8c9M81Ps  

14 09, 2020

Part 3 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By |2020-09-15T13:59:07+00:00September 14th, 2020|Theology|

This is the third part of an analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. Archbishop Viganò's words are in italics.  My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here.  Dear Mr. Kokx, 1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 2... It is therefore not a question of working from within the Church or outside it: the winemakers are called to work in the Lord’s Vineyard, and it is there that they must remain even at the cost of their lives; the pastors are called to pastor the Lord’s Flock, to keep the ravenous wolves at [...]

11 09, 2020

Part 2 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By |2020-09-12T14:11:14+00:00September 11th, 2020|Theology|

Below is a continued analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman.  His words are in black italics or bold.  My words are in bold orange font below. AB. Viganò's full letter without my additions can be found here.  Dear Mr. Kokx,                                      1 Sept 2020 ...continued from part 1... Therefore let us not give in to the temptation to abandon – albeit with justified indignation – the Catholic Church, on the pretext that it has been invaded by heretics and fornicators: it is they who must be [...]

9 09, 2020

Part 1 of My Commentary on Archbishop Viganò’s September 2020 Letter

By |2020-09-12T14:16:54+00:00September 9th, 2020|Theology|

Below is a detailed analysis I wrote on a recent letter from Archbishop Viganò to a layman. This is Part 1 of a several part commentary. Archbishop Viganò's letter is in italics below.  My words are in an orange bold font below. AB. Viganò's original letter without any commentary is here.  Dear Mr. Kokx,                                   1 Sept 2020 I read with lively interest your article “Questions for Viganò: His Excellency is Right about Vatican II, But What Does He Think Catholic Should Do Now?” which was published by Catholic Family News on August 22. [...]

7 09, 2020

The French Revolution and the American-Catholic Today

By |2020-09-07T19:13:55+00:00September 7th, 2020|Theology|

Art by Gloria Thomas. I'm 98% sure my history text book in Catholic grade school portrayed the French Revolution as a good thing. We learned the aristocrats were against “fraternity, equality and liberty" and that is apparently all we needed to know as 7th graders in a Catholic grade school in Denver.  But the reality is that the French Revolution was a mass martyrdom of Catholics. Though done in the name of dis-empowering aristocrats (only 30 of the 1400 executed in the initial “Terror” in Paris were aristocrats) this bloody revolution was nothing short of a revolt against God and an overturning of all social order. There is a Catholic [...]

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