I love the new look!
RC and I were chatting last night and I suggested we make a change. Nothing drastic, just something different but appropriate. RC worked his magic and voila, we looked more Marian and less like Pentecost.
Author: Sal
News Releases from the Catholic League
DNC’S NEW RELIGION ADVISOR WANTS “UNDER GOD” OUT OF THE PLEDGE
DNC’S RELIGION ADVISOR SAYS: “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR” MEANS PAYING TAXES
William Donahue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, say the DNC’s new Senior Advisor for Religious Outreach is “a person who believes that ‘paying taxes is a way of loving your neighbor.’” Donahue cuts to the chase, “Maybe she’ll persuade Teresa Heinz Kerry to tell us how much she pays in taxes so we can get a handle on just how much the billionaire loves her neighbor.”
“The Priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus”
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“If we really understood the priest on earth, we would die not of fright but of love. . . . The Priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus.” – St. Jean Vianney, the Curé of Ars |
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1589
Ave, Regina Caelorum
Father Tucker of Dappled Things links to a post by an Orthodox blogger on the role of the Queen Mother of ancient Israel. Scott Hahn writes of this in his book Hail, Holy Queen. From the blog “St. Stephen’s Musings.” linked above:
There is an Aramaic word, “Gebirah”, which means “Queen Mother”. The Gebirah was an official position, one with which everyone (Jesus and His disciples included) was entirely familiar. Her role was as an advocate of the people. Anyone who had a petition or sought an audience with the King did so through her.
St. Louis de Montfort’s way of Total Consecration follows in this tradition. You can follow the schedule for prepation online via the preceding link. It contains all the prayers and meditations required for the 33 day preparation for Total Consecration. If you start August 6, your consecration day will be September 8, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Logic lesson of the day: the fallacy of subjectivism
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“I don’t want to accept George Bush as the legitimately-elected President of the United Stated, therefore he is not the legitimately-elected President of the United States.” |
The fallacy of subjectivism is commited when one uses their belief or desire of a thing as evidence of its proof. There is an implicit premise here. It is much more than the one who says this is more supreme than the Justices on the Supreme Court. He implies that he is the Supreme Being.
All things I want to be true are true.
I want the statement “Bush is not the legitimately-elected President of the United States” to be true.
Therefore, the statement “Bush is not the legitimately-elected President of the United States” is true.
Who can say, “All things I want to be true are true”? That’s only true for God. We mere creatures have no such power. Talk about “playing God!” That’s subjectivism. Of course, what is subjective for God is objective for Creation.
So, I say to the “Re-defeat Bush” crowd, just because you want something to be true doesn’t make it true. And I also say to them, “Go play in traffic!”