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Catholic Fundamentalism and Protestants

We see Protestants as manifestations of God’s love. While The Church has laid out a path we strive...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Reading for August 21, 2011

Reading 1 Is 22:19-23 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace: “I will thrust you...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The House of David. Not as Jewish as We May Think

Today’s Reading from the First Programming Log (Old Testament) makes it clear that The Royal House of Israel...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Global Bust? U.S. Boom?

It’s easy to see gloom and doom everywhere we look. Central banks are running out of money. Governments...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Get With The Program. Ask For Intercession

After St. Mary and St. Joseph, my three favorite Saints are St. Benedict, St. Anthony, and St. Bede....

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Orphans?

Catholic Fundamentalists often feel like orphans. Most Catholics look with suspicion on Fundamentalists. They remember persecutions, going all...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Beginning of Catholic Fundamentalism

Forty years ago, Today’s Reading paralyzed me. I had resigned from a tenured position to start a business....

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Unfairness Festers

By the end of the 1500s, French aristocrats had exempted themselves from property taxes. As a result the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Reading for August 14, 2011

Reading 1 Is 56:1, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Why Imaginary Problems Are So Popular

The Loving Programmer downloaded within every human program the desire to do good. When the fullness of The...