Semper Fi Catholic

I run into those all the time. Always supported by the sophistry of the New Age.. the primacy of moral relativism, radical individualism.. material gratification as a 'human right' that usurps all commensurate responsibility to others, to society as a whole and especially to some abstract Deist 'God ...

.. great stuff.

Thanx Denise.

Good points.. the word ordinary has come to mean mundane, unimportant or undistinugished in common usage.. whereas in the Church it is simply a way to denote a point in a succession of events, organized against 'cardinals' that divide the year into the liturgical calendar.

There's NO Edit feature for Members on this Forum Topic.. as there IS for all the other topics ??

Thanx Denise... all in my prayers.. especially for the piercing of the conscience of those with the power to commute sentences for the Greater Glory of God and his Divine Mercy on Earth.

I try to find out the resolution of the cases, including the final words of the those executed, which has ...

The fundamental structural and organizing facet of Catholic theology resides in that word “Theotokos” ..imho.

There are souls who are completely penetrated by God,
and there are those who are barely alive

ain't that the truth.

Good news. I said dmc for Panetti as i do for all condemned on the executions database on the day. It seems to be me that the number of executions is in decline.

I love digging into Ratzinger (Papa B). And Liturgy is very compelling topic.

I was looking at the comments for this edition, which complained about Pages being out of order.. but i'm sure Ignatius Press has sorted things out by now.

i've heard of this same vision in several different cases and contexts... often from loved ones or religious attending to them.

as waters flow from the mountains down into the valleys,
so, too, do God's graces flow into humble souls

words to calm the raging rapids of the world.

Great piece.. and timely in the context of the Synod now in process.