Today’s Reading begins with Acts,10:25 and includes this passage quoting St. Peter: “Then Peter proceeded to speak and said, “In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears Him and acts uprightly is acceptable to Him.” This passage boils reams of worry about who is and who is not going to be saved down to the very essence of salvation: “in every nation, whoever fears Him and acts uprightly is acceptable to Him”. It does not say...
In Every Age, Those Who Hate Christ Destroy Themselves.
In Jerusalem, all the political forces joined in the Crucifixion of Jesus. Both Scribes and Pharisees joined with both Romans and Herodians to get rid of Jesus. This unusual union of political rivals could only have come about in the face of the ultimate threat to their well-being. What was the threat that overwhelmed their...
The Creation Program Reflects Spiritual Realities
The Loving Programmer has written and downloaded The Creation Program so that it is filled with allegories, parallels, and similarities to the spiritual world. The Creation Program reflects spiritual realities. We are told that satan is a ravenous beast. He and his demons roam the earth, seeking to destroy and devour human souls. The Loving Programmer warns us of those...
God Without Mary is Like a Person Without a Mother
On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX put forth the Doctrine of The Immaculate Conception: “The Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of Her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain...
Understanding Mary
Mary appeared before tens of thousands of people at Fatima on October 13, 1917. Many understood that the most magnificent miracle since The Resurrection had taken place. Understanding Mary, the faithful believed what was seen. Disbelievers, never understanding Mary, did not believe. Vain souls from the other side tried to explain away Mary’s appearance as...
“Efficiency Money”, the Best Measure of a Nation’s Economy.
In every society’s endless search for solutions to economic problems, it’s odd that “Efficiency Money”, the best measure of a nation’s economy, has not been suggested. “Efficiency Money” shows that things are better than they appear, but only in nations that allow citizens to freely invent new things. An example of how “Efficiency Money” works:...
Equality is a False Idol
Democracies are filled with special interests. Those most able to coalesce groups around them get elected. Those who can be made to believe that they’re being treated inequitably are especially easy to galvanize. In the United States, Democrats have excelled at identifying, isolating, and convincing identifiable groups that they are not being treated equally. Many...
We Have a New Kind of Money. It’s Based on Increased Efficiencies.
In the Western part of Pennsylvania, money used to be bits of shell turned into beads. The beads were drilled, polished, and dyed. Then, they were knotted into belts of wampum. The value was based on quality. The highest quality belts of wampum had more time spent on them. So, money was related to effort....
The Church Was Right on Birth Control and Abortion. Even Now, on the Verge of Annihilation, Most Won’t Admit it.
The Catholic Church was right on birth control and abortion. In the past eighty years, most major Protestant denominations have surrendered the lives of their children to the culture of death. Most have conceded that a woman’s right to choose trumps a baby’s right to life. Now, the formerly Catholic/Christian countries are being taken...
Some hate tornadoes. Others make money from tornadoes.
Some hate tornadoes. They want to destroy them. Pictures of tornadoes show funnel-shaped or columnar clouds twisting across the earth. Forces within the powerful structures are similar to the whirlpools that appear over water drains as the water runs out. If we poke our finger into such whirlpools, we find that they are delicate. They...