That is a question I have asked at various times, trying to understand the great mystery of our redemption. Here’s an answer from Father Barron that makes a lot of sense;
Here’s a fascinating article. I heard it mentioned on the radio today and was intrigued.
Apparently Dr. Bloom has conducted studies that conclude, at least to his own satisfaction, that it is demonstrable that babies have the recognition of good and evil from the time they are born.
My response is a long drawn out, “duhhhh!” Continue Reading »
One particular anti-Catholic of note today was brought to my attention through John Martignoni’s Newsletters(138, 139). His name is Mike Gendron and his mission, at least in a principle part, is to evangelize Catholics. In the world of apologetics that makes him fair game for direct and public response, and once one gets a taste of his imflammatory rhetoric, one ceases to be overly concerned with gentleness of response, or any nuance of the truth.
Here’s a quote from an Apostolic Exhortation called “Reconciliatio et Paenitentia” that Pope John Paul II issued on December 2, 1984. This is an important document here because it is the source of a quotation that Mike Gendron uses to misrepresent Catholic teaching. The following deals with our approach to those, among others, who are outside of communion with the Church, such as Mike Gendron. Continue Reading »
Several times I have heard the idea expressed from some Protestant quarters, that the Sermon on the Mount and other such teachings of Jesus Christ seem to tend toward obedience to the Law, fasting, penitential living and generally tending toward “works” because Jesus was speaking as a Jew, to Jewish people and was still himself under the Law as a Jew. This was because he had not yet died and risen from the dead and therefore the New Covenant was not yet in force. This explanation, of course, is a result of Sola Fide or Faith Alone, and is a necessary part of its foundation. Continue Reading »
A recent video from Father Barron. Once again spotted at Insight Scoop.
This is not, although it may seem so occasionally, a promotional site for Fr. Barron or his ministry WordOnFire. At the same time, he is doing worthwhile evangelization, albeit in the style of a theology professor, which he is.
Here’s a video blurb of Fr. Barron on EWTN explaining what his ministry is about.
We discussed here once before what is known as the “prosperity gospel” that seems somewhat prevalent on the televangelist circuit within Evnagelical Protestantism. Here’s Father Barron’s take on it. Not particularly deep, but right on the mark, in my opinion.
Thanks to Insight Scoop blog’s Carl Olson for posting it where I noticed it and decided to repost it here.
Here’s the full story from Foxnews;
This is much like the way that Pope Benedict’s remarks at Regensburg were misconstrued by Muslims, causing a violent backlash. In this case the backlash from Jewish groups is rhetorical. However, in either case the problem is the same. In this case they engaged their reflexes before engaging their minds and actually listening to what the papal preacher was saying in the words of his Jewish friend. Continue Reading »
…but to fulfill it.
“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. ” Matthew 5:17 RSV
What does Jesus mean by that?
I received an e-mail regarding a recent post called Deal With the Devil in which I took issue with the idea that Pat Robertson had expressed regarding the earthquake in Haiti, that they had brought it upon themselves by making a deal with the devil in the past.
This was a part of that e-mail and it raised an interesting question regarding the Old and New Testaments; Continue Reading »
