The Four Cardinals and the Dubia
This is a talk I gave tonight on the Cardinals confrontation of Amoris Laetitia.
Were the Apostles Buffoons before Pentecost?
I must admit that there is something attractive and even accurate to the thesis that the Apostles were buffoons before they had the full transformation that happened at Pentecost. First, Mother Angelica points out that they never seemed to catch anything on their own even as fishermen! "Jesus chose a bunch of stinky fishermen" she reminds us as to why God chose someone like her to be a cloistered-evangelist to the nations in founding EWTN. We have Christ's disciples' obvious sins, like Peter's threefold denial of Jesus. And yet, after the Resurrection, Jesus does not say "Peter, about denying me three nights ago...You can still remain my disciple, but I'm going to have to pass-along this whole first-Pope thing." No. After the threefold denial, Jesus gives Peter on that Sunday beach of the resurrection a full three attempts to move from simply liking [...]
1st Sunday of Advent: Tithing
Advent is a mini-Lent, and part of this is fasting, prayer and almsgiving. We will see how St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that tithing needs to be reached before almsgiving is assessed by the Christian.
The Last Sunday and the Last Day on Earth
This podcast is not based on private revelation but rather the things that the Bible and the Catechism say must come at the end of time: The Great Tribulation and Apostasy, the Anti-Christ versus the Restrainer. At the final end we see the second coming of Jesus Christ, the Final Judgment, the destruction of earth and the Resurrection of the Body. Finally, we will see the New Heavens and the New Earth.
6th Sunday After Epiphany
On the virtue of Gratitude
5th Sunday After Epiphany
Are you an American Catholic or a Catholic American? Why the Catholic Church will last forever, but not the United States.
Why Did Jesus Really Have to Die For Us?
Why did Jesus really have to die for us? Many Catholics with a PhD in theology would not be able to say more than a 9 year old: "To die for our sins." We look to St. Catherine of Siena for an explanation that is simple enough for a child, but complex enough to [hopefully] satisfy the 12 families who gathered in Louisiana to hear about this central tenant of Our Faith.
Christ the King
A small percentage of Catholics today are celebrating the Feast of Christ the King. Another small percentage of Catholics in the world today are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the revolt of Martin Luther. Where do you fall? Let this podcast help you decide.
Martin Luther, Catholics and Jews
Luther's rebellion against the Apostolic Faith turns 500 years old, and yet some Catholics actually consider his "reforms" to be a cause of admiration and celebration. Instead of theological alarms, lets just do some myth-busting of bad European history. Let's consider the truths of German history, both medieval and 20th century. The First Myth to be busted is that Martin Luther was a gentle, reforming monk. The truth is that by any modern standards, he was a sociopath. Like Hitler, Luther chose to incite violence by declaring that "Jews and Papists are ungodly wretches. They are two stockings made of one piece of cloth." He once wrote a book called The Jews and Their Lies (seen below) in which he stated that because God struck the Jews, "We are at fault in not slaying them." Later, his invective became even more violent against [...]