Category: Daily Column

God is weeding His garden. Moslems are uprooting the godless left.

A wonderful detail about the fundamentalist Moslem advances throughout the world is the reaction of archeologists and historians among the godless left. Consider this recent news release from Archeology Today: “Carvings that are 8,000 years old have reportedly been destroyed in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains by Salafists, Muslims who strictly prohibit idolatry. The carvings depicted […]

Why should Catholics obey cheerfully?

When one thinks about being a Catholic, staggering gratitude should pass through the mind. Scripture often gives us words to the effect of: “You did not choose Me. I chose you.” Ephesians, 1:11 is a good example: “Brothers and sisters: In Christ we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the […]

In Public Education, equality takes a bath.

Are some groups less intelligent than others? Once, nearly everyone was in a group that was intellectually demeaned. “Stupid ________s” and “Dumb ________s” were commonly heard. Few paid a lot of attention. Then, something odd happened. Those people who were solving real problems got so good at solving them that there got to be more […]

Vanity, pride, and death.

Vanity has overwhelmed many leftist minds to the point that conversations like this are not uncommon (quote from instapundit): Eric Hobsbawm, typical of many leftists, was asked how he felt about his earlier support for the Soviet Union. “If Communism had achieved its aims, but at the cost of, say, 15 to 20 million people […]

Leave the works of the flesh for the works of the spirit.

Today’s Reading sums up enough to let even hardened sinners recognize things that will draw their souls into eternal pain. We see that many of these things are praised, glorified, and encouraged by lost souls and the demonic spirits that have led them astray. Our lives are a battle in which we are called to […]

Those who worry about Neanderthals and Neandertals have switched off the Abrahamic God Receptor Gene.

Neanderthals are a popular topic with those who like to think about things other than salvation. There are endless articles on the Neanderthals’ genetic background, eating habits, dwellings, supposed family groupings, hypothetical migratory patterns, and possible medical practices. Many who describe themselves as “scientists” wonder, breathlessly: “Did the Neanderthals interbreed with our own ancestors?” […]

Weekly Reading, Sunday, October 14, 2012

Weekly Reading, Sunday, October 14, 2012 Reading 1 Wis 7:7-11 I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter and throne, and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her, nor did I liken any priceless gem to her; because all gold, in […]

The Abrahamic God Receptor.

Today’s readings offer unusually good explanations of how Catholic Fundamentalism looks at Scripture. It begins by taking things so literally that many recoil. Yet, sometimes, it brings forth a new way of seeing just how we fit into the world. From today’s First Reading, Gal 3: 7-14, we read: “Brothers and sisters: Realize that it […]

Help Pretend They’re Smart Corp.

A surprisingly huge, but rarely defined, business has permeated modern democracies. The purpose of the business is to convince people that that they are more, or less, than they are. It’s a huge, but invisible business, Help Pretend They’re Smart Corp. There is, on a bell curve that pictures the distribution of IQ, a clear […]

Avoiding painful flames on earth.

Usually, Catholic Fundamentalism focuses on ways to avoid the painful flames that burn perpetually all those who are sent to eternal perdition. There are flames and pain to worry about in this life, as well. If we get in the habit of avoiding painful flames on earth, we may be more aware of the importance […]