VLX 34: Mt 6:22-24
TS 12:25. “The Eye is the Lamp of the Body” and “No One Can Serve Two Masters." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDn8-cVoo4E
26
10, 2020
24
10, 2020
TCE 5: Fatima and the Vatican
What was truly the third secret of the Vatican? How could that hidden secret possibly give us hope? My TCE series stands for "Theology and Current Events." https://youtu.be/DAoQRw7msVo
23
10, 2020
CPX 33: Eastern Rite Catholics
Desc: TS 2:35. The Four Marks, Part 2: A look at the Eastern Rites and the Roman Rite. This is the ninth article of the creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) 9.4 p. 29-30. Q/A #15-20: One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=600fkzBHdBc&t=13s
21
10, 2020
VLX 33 Mt 6:14-21
TS 4:15 The Greek for "Treasure" and "Heart," as well as a meditation on heaven and merit. https://youtu.be/ISEv_pQg4kk
20
10, 2020
TCE 1: Was Russia Consecrated? Lockdown Has the Answer
What does Sr. Lucia of Fatima, Pope John Paul II and the errors of Russia have to do with coronavirus lockdown? My TCE series stands for "Theology and Current Events." https://youtu.be/RaNE0RPKEts
19
10, 2020
CPX 32: The Four Marks, Part 1
TS 1:31. The ninth article of the Creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX.) 9.3 p. 29-30. Q/A #13-14: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic (and Roman.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pguHbPgB0Hw
16
10, 2020
VLX 32: Mt 6:11-13 “Forgive Us Our Trespasses.”
TS 3:44. The Our Father, part 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w10wdoFP3w
15
10, 2020
Jesus Returns to the USCCB
This is a modern re-writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" as found in his 1880 novel "The Brothers Karamazov." When Our Lord returned to 3211 4th Street in the northeast quadrant of the District, He was not placed in a dungeon. The USCCB secretary took him to one of the sterile but well-lit classrooms. In a professional manner, she told Him that He could sit anywhere. She added on the way out the door, "And thank you for your patience until the bishop arrives." She turned with a pursed smile and re-entered her office near the main-entrance of the USCCB. The classroom door closed softly but firmly behind her. Our [...]
14
10, 2020
CPX 31: The Singularity of the Roman Pontiff
TS 2:12. We consider the ninth article of the creed as found in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) This is 9.2, p. 28-29. Q/A #8-13: "The Church in Particular." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MLQ1NDbduY
13
10, 2020
Myth Busting: St. Francis of Assisi and Private Property
St. Francis of Assisi (one of my favorite saints) is again being twisted into a communist and a pacifist. To dispel this, you can read the gold-standard biography by St. Bonaventure called The Life of St. Francis of Assisi. In the 20th century, GK Chesterton wrote St. Francis of Assisi. He recounts this unusual interaction: "The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without possessions, eating anything they could get and sleeping anyhow on the ground. St. Francis answered him with that curious and almost stunning shrewdness which the unworldly can sometimes wield like a club [...]