29 08, 2017

Annulments Sermon

By |2019-04-05T16:03:33+00:00August 29th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This sermon is about the beauty of marriage by way of the pain of annulments, and it is sure to be controversial. It might sound excessively traditional, but it is based on a key line that I forgot to quote from Pope John Paul II. He said that for a declaration of nullity to be granted, run-of-the-mill difficulties in marriage were not sufficient, but rather, "real incapacity is to be considered [for an annulment analysis] only when an anomaly of a serious nature is present"—Pope John Paul II's exhortation on Canon 1095, written on 25 February 1987. One example of "an anomaly of a serious nature" would be the couple's [...]

11 06, 2017

Trinity Sunday

By |2019-04-05T16:07:10+00:00June 11th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Life is a pilgrimage that starts with the Trinity and ends with the Trinity.  We'll consider the exitus-reditus of St. Thomas Aquinas in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Nota Bene:  Although removed in the 1971 Liturgy of the Hours, the Athansian Creed was in every Roman Breviary for hundreds of years.  Here is a good English translation of that supreme confession of the faith in the Trinity: Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except everyone do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity [...]

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