Talk on Our Lady and Being Pro-Life
Today's podcast is a talk I gave to Californian young adults one evening outdoors on Our Lady (and being pro-life in tbe 21st century.)
How Ascetical Theology Brought Christ to the World
I have been haunted for two and a half years by this "Fr. Z" blog post that shows how American Catholics fasted for lent in the 19th century: DIOCESE OF NEWARK. (1873) REGULATIONS FOR LENT: Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will fall on the twenty-sixth day of February. 1. Every day during Lent except Sunday, is a day of fast on one meal, which should no be taken before mid-day, with the allowance of a moderate collation in the evening. 2. The precept of fasting implies also that of abstinence from the use of flesh meat, but by dispensation, the use of flesh meat is allowed in this Diocese at every meal on Sunday, and at the principal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, of Lent except Holy Thursday. [But not Wednesday and Friday and Saturday] 3. There [...]
How to Evangelize as a Catholic (Instead of a Protestant)
This was a talk I gave to a group of future movie makers at a Catholic California University on how to evangelize with the mystery of supernatural faith instead of a superficial "natural" faith.
Science and Religion Part 2: The Superstition of Those Who Reject Religion
In my last blog post, I explained how important it is for science to be concerned with the object (objective truth) more than the subject (subjective truth.) Strangely, many people in the West who reject Christianity now also reject science. They put on their cars and on their lawns a new secular creed called the "Sign of Justice." Let's examine their claims from a scientific (not religious) point of view: Sign of Justice: "Black Lives Matter." (See picture above) Assertion: Those who do not support "Black Lives Matter" are racists. Historical Reality: Black Lives Matter was created by George Soros to use blacks as pawns to cause civil unrest in the United States. Proof: Soros cares nothing for blacks as evidenced by the fact he has funded abortion centers most of which are placed in ethnic neighborhoods. This means that the founder of [...]
University Talk on the Saints
Today’s talk was given at a Catholic University in California to incoming freshmen who are studying movie production and movie directing. The thrust of the talk is that to make inspirational Catholic movies, you must live an inspirational life. Time stamp 0-23 min is the talk. 23' to 32' is Q/A with University students.
“Catholic Feminism” and Divorce
Today's podcast is with two young grandmothers, one of whom's parents are divorced. We discuss if "Catholic feminism" is possible, as well as what it means to carry the cross in a Catholic culture full of easy annulments. The closed Facebook groups for adult children of divorce mentioned by my guests are found here.
Science and Religion Part 1: Epistemology
Epistemology is the study of how a knower can know things. It is a study of both the learner (the subject) and the learned topic (the object.) Epistemology is both subjective and objective. Science, on the other hand, is simply concerned with the learned topic, or the object, and hence we say that the goal of science is to be purely objective via data presented. Scientia is Latin for "knowledge." Science is the mind's conformity to reality, not to an agenda. This also presupposes that the mind, via the five senses, can actually grasp objective truth. Properly speaking, there is no room for a political agenda or even relativism in true science. Although St. Zechariah (the father of St. John the Baptist) was certainly not a relativist with a political agenda, we can grasp a little bit of the difference between [...]
Podcasted Sermon: What is a Miracle?
Today's sermon is from the 15th Sunday After Ordinary time that I gave at a diocesan parish while traveling of state in September 2019.
What is the Primacy of Conscience?
Jesus Christ can forgive, through His priests, the most serious mortal sins through baptism and confession. As most readers know, mortal sins (sins that lead to hell) are mortal if they are 1) grave material and 2) done with full-knowledge and 3) executed with full consent of the will. In a recent blog post, I reminded readers of 15 Mortal Sins that most Catholics don't know are grave matter. In today's article, I will try to unmask how Satan tricks amateur theologians on the other two criteria of mortal sin (full knowledge and full consent of the will.) For lack of more politically-correct terms, I have tried to identify the tricks of Satan upon two groups of American Catholics: Republican Catholic Modernists are pro-life voters who think they know the moral tradition of the Church, but don't (except a few very [...]
GladTrad 10.2: Restoration After Trafficking
This podcast is about how trafficking happens in the United States. We discuss child neglect, cell phones, run-aways, trauma and earning trust. Grace is the foundress of "Children of the Immaculate Heart" and we discuss her vision for recovery of girls who have been trafficked in her California based-home called "The Refuge," seen in pictures below on the blog. Again, the National Human Trafficking Hotline is 1-888-3737-888.