5 02, 2021

VLX 52: Prayer Method Review

By |2021-02-05T13:19:15+00:00February 5th, 2021|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Newcomers and old-tymers can review the prayer methods of St. Bruno and St. Teresa of Avila as a mid-point study-session in our mental prayer series on St. Matthew’s Gospel. I discuss also why we rely so heavily upon the Church Fathers via Fr. Lapide SJ in this VLX series. https://youtu.be/7f9Q7tjYpa0    

4 02, 2021

Catholics Living Taqiyah

By |2021-02-04T23:05:31+00:00February 4th, 2021|Theology|

Some Catholics hold their private beliefs as different from their public beliefs. It's starting to resemble the Muslim notion of taqiyah (in Arabic above in the featured image.) I thought for a long time that taqiyah was permission from Mohammed to lie about Islam precisely for the promotion of Islam. But the more I studied it, the more I realized that taqiyah is dialing down your own beliefs so as fit into a different culture (at least, until you constitute the majority of a population.) Taqiyah (Arabic: تقیة‎ ) is defined as "a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice in the face of persecution...dissimulation by silence or [...]

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