Not Complaining Lets Us Become More Cheerful
Nearly every human activity has people complaining about it. Complainers also complain about natural things and processes. It is possible for a person to spend most of his life complaining. If we decide, “I will stop complaining about anything, even the number of complainers.”, we will find ourselves moving into a realm of joy that’s […]
Don’t Worry About Paper Money. It Keeps Malcontents Off the Streets
Many people worry a lot about the underlying soundness of money. Some are in favor of “going back to the gold standard”. Other worriers prefer silver. Most people who think “Things would be better, if only people would listen to me.” are also very worried about interest rates, usury, the Federal Reserve, over-lending of bank […]
Catholics and Moslems Against the Culture of Death
In 1994, Pope John Paul II was battling the Culture of Death. Life-hating forces had coalesced within the United Nations. At the Cairo Conference, they planned to institutionalize sex education, birth control, and abortion throughout the world. The Culture of Death was battling God’s pro-life people. The enemies of life were coming from enlightened governments. The […]
Fatima Still Saves Souls
We can imagine our lives by picturing ourselves walking down a path. As we look to the right and left, we see others who are doing many of the same things. Below us, there is another set of paths. The people walking along them are doing bad things to themselves, to each other, and to […]
The Real Reason Democracies are Corrupt
Few understand the real reason democracies are corrupt. In democracies, legislators have the power to send armed forces to collect taxes. Elections are costly, so Legislators will generally provide coerced benefits to any special interest for a mere 1-2% of the gross benefits that the legislation obtains. Today, for instance, it was reported that one […]
Catholic Fundamentalism Comes Closest to Ultimate Reality
Of all the views there are of things, Catholic Fundamentalism comes closest to ultimate reality. Catholic Fundamentalism begins with the idea that God has the power to program what we human programs were programmed to see as the universe. God the Father, The Loving Programmer, has programmed energies and particles, compiled them into systems and […]
Be Sane, Be Saved: “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.”
Be Sane. Be Saved. Today’s Reading is from 1 Peter 5:5 “Beloved: Clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for:God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble. So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. Cast all your worries Upon Him […]
Godless People Will Kill Those Who Tell the Truth
Today’s Reading is from the Book of Acts, 7:51-8:1. It includes the following passage: “When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, […]
Avoid the Culture of Death
Souls are either saved or lost. Those who are saved are pro-life. The lost are pro-death. While on earth, such souls are a part of the Culture of Death. Those who choose to live in the Culture of Death don’t love their neighbors. In every election, some candidates identify themselves as “pro-life”. Those who oppose […]
Why The Bishops’ Staffs Have Changed
Catholic Bishops carry a staff as a symbol of their duty and authority. The staff represented the relationship between bishop and people that was encapsulated by Christ’s order to Peter, “Feed my sheep.” In the early Church, the bishop’s staff had an open end, like the shepherds’ crook. With it, a bishop would actually pull […]