Memory of a Promise
The Christian is one in whom the past and future meet in the present and unfold into a new vision, a new life. In Advent, especially, the Church invites us to reconsider our lives as the intersection of our history...
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5 Myths about Amoris Laetitia
Some Catholic voices and media continue to push unfortunate falsehoods about Pope Francis and his apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. Here is a brief response to some of the more common ‘myths’ of Amoris Laetitia. 1. Pope Francis never answered the...
When Mercy Saved Me
“Proclaim that mercy is the greatest attribute of God. All the works of My hands are crowned with mercy.” -Divine Mercy in My Soul, paragraph 301 “I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I have come to call not the...
Practical Pelagianism: 5 signs of the heresy in action
Pope Francis has warned of the resurgence of a Pelagian mentality ever since his election. But the new spirit of Pelagianism so decried by Pope Francis is not a formal Pelagianism. It doesn’t show itself in the denial of defined...
Misunderstanding Veritatis Splendor: A reply to E. Christian Brugger
Veritatis Splendor has always been the favorite encyclical of those who are unhappy with the theological direction of Pope Francis. It is their source of authority for their condemnations of Amoris Laetitia especially. In one recent example, E. Christian Brugger pits...
The JP2 atomic bomb
“There may be a basis in the case of some individuals, as perhaps when a male prostitute uses a condom, where this can be a first step in the direction of a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility, on the...
The Mustard Seed and a New Pastoral Paradigm
In a previous post I mentioned that the law of gradualism was not like Jack’s Magic Beanstalk that springs up to the sky over night, but more like the mustard seed that is the smallest of all seeds but eventually...
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