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[11.] The Mystery of the Eucharist “is too great for anyone to permit himself to treat it according to his own whim, so that its sacredness and its universal ordering would be obscured”.[27] On the contrary, anyone who acts thus by giving free reign to his own inclinations, even if he is a Priest, injures…

On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist [59.] The reprobated practice by which Priests, Deacons or the faithful here and there alter or vary at will the texts of the Sacred Liturgy that they are charged to pronounce, must cease. For in doing thus, they render the…

Fr. Rob continues the discussion below at his own blog Very good stuff. But by removing the protection of unborn life to an undefined Democratic utopian future, one might as well say “come the Parousia, then we’ll do something about abortion.” It turns protecting unborn human life into a meaningless abstraction. It puts defending innocent…

She gave him his birthday present. It’s a little farm set with Play-Dough to enhance the experience. He’s never had Play Dough before. Now he does. I pay my bills. I pick him up on time. What did I do? What did I do to deserve this???

…is when your three-year old can hold up a copy of your latest book and declare “Vinci Code!” I swear, I don’t know how he made the connection. They’re always listening….be careful what you say!

Been reflecting a bit more on catechetical issues, both in regard to the postings below and the interviews I’ve been doing about De-Coding. The bottom line really is the paradigm out of which you’re working. The assumptions you live by. So for young people raised in the West over the past three decades, the bottom-line…

If you want even more information about debunking The Da Vinci Code, and, even better, want specific answers to your questions, here’s your chance: A “Two-Week Faith Blaster Mini-Course” I’m offering through HMSU. The format will allow you to get answers to the particular questions that you’re wondering about, or that people are asking you…

The Revealer has a collection of links related to the appointment of John Negroponte to ambassadorship of Iraq Fact is, the bastards have been pretty quiet about Negroponte’s new gig. Not to mention the peculiarity of appointing as our man in Iraq a widely loathed political fixer burdened by what is at least the appearence…

Paper highlights pro-abortion Hispanic politicos who raise the spectre of bias (Because they see Chaput’s statement being in part directed at a Hispanic candidate for the Senate.) State Rep. Mike Garcia, a pro-choice Democrat who attends St. Therese Church in Aurora, said he “respects the archbishop’s position,” but calls Salazar “the best man for the…

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