The Irrational Minds of Rational Creatures

This life is infinitely smaller than a drop of water in the never ending ocean of eternity. Yet, what percentage of our thoughts and attention focus on the temporal and worldly? It makes no sense. To test this hypothesis, count the conversations you hear today that relate to earthly and temporal things vs. unchanging truth […]... Read More

Why do Catholics venerate Mary?

There are many reasons. But here is one angle: God’s original command was to Adam. The “nchsh” (interpreted ‘serpent’ and ‘dragon’ in Scripture) at Eden can be interpreted as a demonic threatening force. From this perspective: Eve persuaded Adam to save himself at the expense of humanity (Gn 3:6). Mary persuaded Jesus to begin the […]... Read More
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Is the GOP a Pro-Life Party?

While the GOP is a giant leap closer to justice than the party of death on government’s obligation to protect the most vulnerable, they’ve got a long way to go. For justice to prevail, three general principles of reason, confirmed by science, must be realized and fully embraced: . 1) All human beings, whose lifecycle […]... Read More
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The Regressivism of Progressivism

One fascinating paradox, easily discernable, is that while the man-centered universe of secular progressivism promises to benefit each person by making him his own authority (i.e. his own god), it accomplishes the exact opposite. All the ‘liberal’ ideals the West cherishes, such as inalienable human rights and the equality of dignity in each individual, have […]... Read More

Pornography — A Public Health Crisis?

Originally published Aug. 2016 in The Valley Patriot    When I was growing up I saw Democrats and Republicans switch values on the important cultural issues defining what it means to be human. Democrats were pro-life and supported natural marriage while Republicans were liberal on cultural issues. This changed when Rockefeller Republicanism evolved into Reaganism, […]... Read More
Bride of Christ Man and Cross

The Church is an Organism of Divine and Human Origin

The problem of failing to recognize the human being as an organism existing from conception is mirrored in failing to understand the Church as an organism— conceived with Christ’s calling the apostles and born on Pentecost day. With Christ as its Head and the Holy Spirit as its soul, the baptized in the state of […]... Read More

The Dehumanizing Effect of Fornication

“We’re in relationships for years, giving our bodies [to our boyfriends]. Then it ends. You just gave your whole self to someone…and it ends. We wonder why we’re so depleted and broken? There’s a reason [God] makes the rules the way He does.” —Actress & model Arielle Reitsma, on our demon-inspired “relationship” culture... Read More
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Contraception is the Matter of Mortal Sin

What is the Church’s constant teaching on contraception (artificial birth control)? “You shall not practice birth control, you shall not murder a child by abortion, nor kill what is begotten” ~The Didache, 2, first Christian catechism, written in first century AD “Intercourse even with one’s legitimate wife is unlawful and wicked where the conception of […]... Read More

The Key to Life: Reflecting the Trinity

One reason the nation and the Church have lasted and prospered as long as they have (although the first is now floudering due to rejecting God), is that they both reflect the Blessed Trinity: Executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium, both reflect, albeit imperfectly, the eternal dynamic of […]... Read More
Perplexed

Choosing Fear Over Faith, Reason, and Common Sense

Those who condemn abortion but support premarital sex are like those who condemn bulimia but support gluttony. Likewise, condemning abortion while supporting contraception is like condemning rape while supporing misogeny. You don’t extinguish a fire by adding fuel. And you don’t end one moral evil by supporting another. Doing so is, in itself, a moral […]... Read More
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Can a Catholic in Good Conscience Attend an Invalid Wedding?

One of the more fraught decisions virtually every Catholic must face in the modern era is what to do when invited to the invalid wedding of a family member or friend. And while the attendance decision itself can be excruciating, the moral dilemmas pertaining to addressing and accommodating a loved one who entered a false […]... Read More