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10 uses of the word “monster” in 21 paragraphs ≠ journalism

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

10 uses of the word “monster” in 21 paragraphs ≠ journalism “One of the leading voices in the U.S. on the subject of Journalistic Standards and Ethics is the Society of Professional Journalists. The Preamble to its Code of Ethics … Continue reading →

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Gospel according to Saint John – Chapter 19

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. Continue reading →

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Mexico – In the Body

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

As I was riding the bus through the northern Mexico desert last night, at sunset, I was thinking how odd I felt, and have felt lately. I feel very emotional… I cry, or tear-up, pretty often… just thinking about God, people, how brokenhearted he is over our condition, how he longs for us – but will not force us – to live and to walk and to act by faith, for the good of our neighbors, family, and friends, but it seems we are too busy with many things to do as God desires for us to do, which is only what is best for us… Continue reading →

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On being a peripatetic disciple of Christ

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

A peripatetic teacher, philosopher, theologian, preacher, or disciple is one who walks, or travels, while teaching… or one who, while traveling, by walking, who makes no home in any particular place, teaches and makes disciples, whether they be disciples of a school of philosophical or theological thought, or of Christ, which is what I seek to do wherever I am: make disciples, teaching them all that Jesus commanded us:

“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inb the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 Continue reading →

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God and Sandy Hook?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

During the last POTUS campaign our school children got one and only one message from our “leaders” and it was the worst message any school age child could ever get from their government, which is instrumental in forming their consciences: “Hey kids, just look at Wall Street and Libya…. Cheaters win and violence works!” Continue reading →

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US Army ROTC @ Mount Saint Mary’s

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

I was walking out of the bookstore, after having spoken with the manager about getting my philosophy/theology book in the store, and just as I was walking out the door I saw a young woman and a young man in US Army fatigues just as they were both plopping down on separate couches right in front of me and said to myself “Oh no…” Continue reading →

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Why Doesn’t the Catholic Church Follow the Just War Doctrine?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

“Despite the clarity of these points, and their prominent inclusion in the Catechism, it is sadly the case that, in practice, the Catholic Church all but entirely ignores them.” ~ John Uebersax PhD”Despite the clarity of these points, and their prominent inclusion in the Catechism, it is sadly the case that, in practice, the Catholic Church all but entirely ignores them.” ~ John Uebersax PhD Continue reading →

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Pessimism, Optimism, and Eschatology

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.” (Luke 13:18-21)

[A]nd many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 2:3)
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Making the distinction between force and violence

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

“The peace of Christ is not, therefore, any peace whatever, peace at any cost. It is peace founded on justice; therefore when justice is violated and there is no other means of redressing it, it is lawful to have recourse to force, which is entirely different from violence, since it is not summoned to the service of caprice or of passions, (like violence), but of law and order.” ~ Msgr. Luigi Civardi of Catholic Action
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VIDEO – Interview – Jim Douglass – MLK, JFK, RFK and the Unspeakable

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

“According to a Memphis jury’s verdict on December 8, 1999, in the wrongful death lawsuit of the King family versus Loyd Jowers “and other unknown co-conspirators,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a conspiracy that included agencies of his own government. Almost 32 years after King’s murder at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, a court extended the circle of responsibility for the assassination beyond the late scapegoat James Earl Ray to the United States government…”
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