Introducing My Second Book!
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Author: Paul Murano
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
Love is Love?
Love isn’t love unless it’s love. The great liberal fallacy of today is that truth can be an obstacle to love. To the contrary, truth defines, and is the form of, love. Sincerity, tenderness, and attraction without truth to inform the content of its action can be very dangerous and harmful.... Read More
Adam and Judas vs. Peter and Paul
We can conclude something by looking at three key men in the Bible: Adam, Judas, and Peter. The crucial moment for each was not their sin, but in their response to it – illustrating it’s easier to sin than to repent. Penalties for original sin came only after Adam’s denial and transference of the blame […]... Read More
The Two Kinds of Conspiracy
There are two basic kinds of conspiracies: The first is when men of high power secretly meet a number of times in person or virtually to draw up a plan and execute it. The second is when men in positions of influence follow a plan not created by them, but dictated as if supernaturally on […]... Read More
The Contraception Deception
What could be more insulting to God than to abuse what He designed as the procreative act to populate Heaven by impeding its natural end, thus preventing Him from creating persons who would live forever? Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2370: “[E]very action which, whether in anticipation of the conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, […]... Read More
First — Know Your Boundaries
There is no joy without boundaries. This is common sense. If you want to enjoy a game you must know its rules. If you want to entertain in your back yard you need to know its boundaries with your neighbor. And if you want to be happy in life you must first know the law […]... Read More
Covenant, then Union
All of history attests that sharing bodily life first requires a solemn permanent covenant. To share blood-life, one first makes a sacred covenant. To share divine life with God, a covenant is first made at Baptism. And it is absolutely imperative that two people become one-flesh, sharing life and genetic material, only after the sacred […]... 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
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
Watch Your Mouth!
The war on words... Read More
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
Coming ‘Home’?
I‘ve noticed a pattern over the years of Catholic converts using the term ‘Home’ to describe their conversion experience. They’ve “come home,” as so many of them proclaim. Yet, even when they’ve not reverts, and have converted from the non-Catholic denomination in which they were raised, they claim they are now home. Even Scott and […]... Read More
Divine Mercy?
Divine mercy is understood only in light of divine justice. God's mercy is necessary and priceless. Yet, after losing two generations to terrible catechesis, how many even know they need mercy? ... Read More
Two ‘hard’ Teachings of Christ are Related
It is fascinating that the two places in the New Testament that Jesus’ followers complain about His teachings are related to the intimacy of holy communion: the communion of man and woman in Marriage and the communion of Christ and Church in the Eucharist. The revolt was against Christ’s teaching that Marriage is exclusive and […]... Read More
There is No Progresssive or Conservative Catholicism
Whenever one takes a journey there are essential and non-essential things to consider. The essentials are necessary and cannot be changed while the non-essentials are optional and changeable by nature. The journey through life to heaven is no different. Therefore, there is no such thing as progressive Catholicism or conservative Catholicism with regard to the […]... Read More
