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2020-12-22T06:11:10-05:00

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The Vatican Said We Don’t Have To Take A COVID19 Vaccine?

Last updated on: December 22, 2020 at 6:11 am By Henry Karlson

Due, in great part, to various bishops, priests, and laity suggesting Catholics (and others) must not take any of the available COVID19 vaccines, because they claimed it would be immoral to do so, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, following a long-standing tradition concerning the use of vaccines, issued a statement indicating that it is indeed morally acceptable to partake of a COVID19 vaccine. Likewise, the Congregation said that it is morally necessary for Catholics to do what... Read more

2020-12-21T04:07:52-05:00

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Working For Truth And Justice Requires Charity

Last updated on: December 21, 2020 at 4:07 am By Henry Karlson

“So,” Peter tell us, we are to “put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander” (2Ptr. 2:1 RSV). For many of us, this can be rather difficult, not because we believe such things to be good, but because our passions often get the best of us and turn us away from the charity which we know we should follow. From time to time, anger rises up in us. Without thinking about what we are... Read more

2020-12-20T04:05:35-05:00

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Learning From The Ancestors Of Christ

Last updated on: December 20, 2020 at 4:05 am By Henry Karlson

Through both Mary (as his mother), and Joseph (as his legal guardian/father), Jesus found himself connected with a great, indeed, marvelous family line, one which was central to and at the forefront of the history of the people of Israel. In his humanity, he is the successor or son of David, and the prophecies concerning David’s heir are fulfilled in and through him. The holy ancestors of Christ, the men and women who came before him in the family lines... Read more

2020-12-18T04:08:39-05:00

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Following An Ideology Will Have Us Reject The Greater Good

Last updated on: December 18, 2020 at 4:08 am By Henry Karlson

The trouble with ideologies is that they use some element of the truth to mislead people and turn them away from the fullness of the truth. It is the classical problem of heresy. When ideologies are put into action, they highlight some elements of the good at the expense of the fullness of the good, so that what is proper and just is ignored for the sake of that lesser good. People trapped by an ideology will use the limited... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2020-12-16T04:10:48-05:00

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Doctor Who, Mo Tzu, And The Peace Of Christ

Last updated on: December 16, 2020 at 4:10 am By Henry Karlson

The television series Doctor Who is a science fiction television show about The Doctor, a Time Lord who travels through time and space to right wrongs. The Doctor is a special kind of pacifist, one who recognizes the need to defend those who are under threat by some would-be aggressor. This means that the Doctor, despite abhorring violence, uses it to fight off villains, if no other solution are available: “There are some corners of the universe which have bred... Read more

2020-12-15T04:09:52-05:00

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Outside The Box

Last updated on: December 15, 2020 at 4:09 am By Henry Karlson

We often like to get in routines. Even our worship can get caught up in them. This is not to say ritual worship with its routines is wrong – there is much value to it, and it is a legitimate and indeed invaluable way to engage God. Liturgy is an important way to have communal worship of God. However, we must not think God is limited to such engagements. We must not limit the way we worship God, for God... Read more

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

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2020-12-13T04:16:01-05:00

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The Two Comings Of Christ

Last updated on: December 13, 2020 at 4:16 am By Henry Karlson

There is a duality to Christ, even as he is one. This duality does not remove or disturb that oneness but is founded upon and finds itself fulfilled by it. This duality is related to the two natures of Christ. Jesus is God and human. The divine person of the Logos assumed human nature and became one with the whole of humanity, and with humanity, with the rest of creation. This duality is also found in the way Christ comes... Read more

2020-12-11T04:09:49-05:00

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So Pro-Life, They Are Willing To Kill

Last updated on: December 11, 2020 at 4:09 am By Henry Karlson

Life is a sacred gift given by God. The Lord of life, God, has indicated several times that we are respect life, all life: God proclaims that he is absolute Lord of the life of man, who is formed in his image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:26-28). Human life is thus given a sacred and inviolable character, which reflects the inviolability of the Creator himself. Precisely for this reason God will severely judge every violation of the commandment “You shall... Read more

2020-12-09T04:09:16-05:00

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Freedom, Religious Liberty, The Pandemic, And Our Obligations

Last updated on: December 9, 2020 at 4:09 am By Henry Karlson

A bridge, worn down, and not safe to travel across, is closed for repairs. Those who normally use it have to find other ways to get to their destination. Many of them are greatly inconvenienced, and yet they recognize it is better to go through such an inconvenience than to travel across a bridge which is about to collapse. If a conspiracy theorist, with no engineering knowledge, claimed the bridge was safe and that the authorities are trying to prevent... Read more

2020-12-08T04:09:51-05:00

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Mary, Our Grace-Filled Gift

Last updated on: December 8, 2020 at 4:09 am By Henry Karlson

Mary, the Theotokos, the Mother of God, was conceived and born with special grace in order to prepare her – and the world – for the birth of her son, Jesus Christ. In her, human perfection had been attained, not, of course, entirely on its own, but in and through the providence of God which guided and directed humanity so that Mary, predestined before all time, could come forth and bear within her the one who was God almighty. Thus,... Read more

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