From Poetry to Reality
From Poetry to Reality Final victory is assured. But just as the Kingdom parables reveal, God’s relentless progress through history is hindered by detours caused by human failures. https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/from-poetry-to-reality/ At Christmas, God's reconciliation with fallen humanity becomes visible in the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem. Heaven and earth are reconciled. The Incarnation even reconciles the beauty of poetry with the literal understandi
The Heresy Slayer
The Heresy Slayer The belief that human action can hasten God's plan by rebuilding the Temple has influenced activists and commentators whose advocacy has reinforced conflict in the Middle East. https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/heresy-slayer/ The study of heresies and theological errors illuminates the truths of the Catholic faith by contrast. Yet those same errors distort right thinking. The oldest heresies rarely disappear; they reappear in new forms and tempt eve
Confessions of a Baby Boomer
Confessions of a Baby Boomer Like every generation, the generations following the Boomers must learn from the mistakes of their forefathers, or they will magnify them with their own errors and sins. https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/confessions-baby-boomer/ God promises us the final victory of the Word through the Prophet Isaiah: “So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose a
The Evil of Schism
The Evil of Schism According to a close associate, Lefebvre went along with the early liturgical tweaks to the 1962 Roman Missal. But the 1969 release of the Novus Ordo revealed massive changes to the Mass. https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/evil-schism/ The Church has just undergone a momentous schism. The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) ordained bishops without papal approval and suffered ecclesial excommunication. Since the Council of Jerusalem, described in the A
