1st Question: Is the unborn a human being? Most important question, because if so, “choice” is irrelevant b/c it would be like killing a toddler. Conversely, if the unborn are not human, elective abortion requires no more justification than … [Read more...]
Why is it the hardest to love those we love the most? Think of a mother who is distressed because she does not see a much desired conversion of her husband being realized. Or, a father who is impatient with children who rebel against his rules. … [Read more...]
“Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” ~ G.K. Chesterton Relativism - the philosophy that underlies challenging to truth. Truth is relative to what … [Read more...]
Saint Teresa of Avila - Beware of false humility from the devil: Now be on your guard, daughters, against some types of humility given by the devil in which great disquiet is felt about the gravity of our sins. This disturbance can afflict in many … [Read more...]
Chaplet of Humility: Opening prayer: Father, give me the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its needs, welcomes advice and accepts rebukes. Help me always to praise rather than criticize, to encourage rather … [Read more...]
On sonship - you need to be a better son instead of expecting your parents to be better parents. On sacrifice - ask God for what sacrifices you should offer up, rather than impose your own thoughts on God. On keeping secrets with God - A … [Read more...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyOpu03CjPU Sherif Girgis - The Art of the One-on-One Conversation Speaking about hot-button topics. If you remember a past conversation you had, you only remember the style, delivery, tone and not so much the finer … [Read more...]
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, … [Read more...]
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Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love by Joseph Pearce is a great biography of a man who realized he was in the gutter and wallowing in the dirt as a leader of the National Front, a British-nationalist, white-supremacist … [Read more...]
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