VLX 13: The Temptation of Jesus Part 1
Meditating on Jesus overcoming the devil in the desert with special emphasis on doctrine today.
Meditating on Jesus overcoming the devil in the desert with special emphasis on doctrine today.
As I mentioned in my last blog post, on 12 Feb 1974, the Russian Alexander Solzhenitsyn both penned his famous short essay against communism’s oppression, Live Not By Lies and was arrested (and then exiled to West Germany) for his lack of subservience to the communist government of the USSR. His courage and his intellectual work in writing Live Not By Lies was the crack in the dyke that eventually broke down the communist structure of the USSR and brought so many Russians to desire—and later fight for—freedom. The above link from a Russian Orthodox website lists the resolutions Alexander Solzhenitsyn took in order never to capitulate to the lies of the [...]
How is original sin transmitted? What is the remedy?
Apophatic and Cataphatic meditation upon the baptism of Jesus.
CPX Q/A 35-39 on the Creation and Fall of Mankind.
We meditate upon surrendering to Jesus and baptism as the beginning of the life of grace in the soul.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen was thought crazy for constantly warning Americans that communism posed a real threat to the United States. People wondered why a bishop should be so involved in politics. But Archbishop Fulton Sheen knew that communism threatened the Christian fabric of America precisely because the official religion of Marxism was violent atheism. The reason is simple: No authority (including God) can compete with the tyranny that Marxism demands. On 13 July 1917, Our Lady of Fatima said "I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart," and if this were not done, "Russia will spread her errors throughout the world." What are the [...]
As a diocesan hermit, I should be praying about five hours in the morning and working about five hours in the afternoon. I am finally getting closer to this schedule. That includes prayer for all my donors who keep me alive. As most of you know, I am now putting up a video a day. On Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday I release a 15 minute video on Ignatian Prayer walking through the Gospel of St. Matthew. This is called VLX (Video Lectio Divina.) Then, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I release my doctrinal series, the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X (CPX) which is also about fifteen minutes a day. [...]
What does it mean to be made in God's image and likeness? What about human freedom? Questions 27-34 in the Catechism of Pope St. Pius X, 6th page of the Creed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xp58HFKUEs
We meditate upon sorrow for past sins.