Seven Sorrows of Mary
Kibeho, Rwanda, where Mary appeared in 1981 in a Vatican-approved apparition, preaching (among many things) the renewal of the ancient 7-sorrows Rosary.
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09, 2016
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09, 2016
What if You Sell Your Soul to Satan?
https://vimeo.com/182714199
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09, 2016
17° Sunday After Pentecost
..."to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children."—Luke 1:17
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09, 2016
On the Importance of Study
A talk I gave to a men's group in Louisiana last night.
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09, 2016
Catholics and iPhones
Leisure: The Basis of Culture is a book written by Josef Pieper, a 20th century expert on St. Thomas Aquinas. In this book, Pieper demonstrates that a Christian civilization can not be sustained by technology and production as seen in Protestantized countries like Germany. On the southern and more Catholic side of Europe, we see how Italy and Spain close down business for afternoon siestas. Although Italy and Spain are less and less Catholic every year, they retain some aspects of what was once a Christian culture, namely, leisure. For Pieper, leisure is not laziness but an ability to enjoy the good things of life via contemplation and community. This includes God and family. [...]
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09, 2016
16° Sunday After Pentecost
Is the Christian called to Inspiration or Relevance? We look to St. Theresa of Kolkata to understand today's Gospel, Luke chapter 14.
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08, 2016
Heaven and Hell Part II of II
A cemetery workers' thoughts on death. https://vimeo.com/178685245
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08, 2016
Heaven and Hell part I of II
The Four Last Things from a Cemetary. https://vimeo.com/178684559
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08, 2016
15° Sunday After Pentecost
Who caused the crisis in the Church? I did. "I hereby commit to staying engaged with the suffering of the world, as long as I am alive and as much as I am able. I commit to this because on the cross no tear is cried in vain, no ache in the heart is unfruitful. If I will gaze, wide-eyed, at the suffering of the world AND lean in, I will begin to learn what it is to be human, and I will see Jesus. And there is no other way of being a Christian for me anymore. None whatsoever. If I don't suffer with/for the world I might as [...]
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08, 2016
A World That Runs on Sacrifice
We Christians tend to see the crucifixion as a horrible event, and the resurrection as that which rectified everything. This is actually true. It is totally true, in fact. But there’s a mysterious line in Revelation that seems to say that something of the crucifixion precedes even creation itself. Revelation 13:8 speaks of Jesus Christ as "the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world." There are many translations but I think this is the best translation considering the Greek ἀρνίου τοῦ ἐσφαγμένου ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, translated by St. Jerome as agni qui occisus est ab origine mundi. What does it mean that the Lamb was [...]