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April 2012

April 10, 2012

Of Miracles, Magicians and Manichees

An excerpt from my book Adventures in Orthodoxy. Some years ago there was an Anglican...

April 10, 2012

Reminders of the Resurrection

Near Death Experiences remind us of the other side, and of the reality of resurrection...

April 10, 2012

Two Strange Things about the Resurrection

I answered the door to a girl in her mid twenties who looked like an...

April 09, 2012

Did the Resurrection of Christ Happen?

The reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb must remain the cornerstone...

April 08, 2012

Four Quick Arguments for the Resurrection

Either Jesus Christ rose from the dead or he didn't. If he didn't there are...

April 05, 2012

One Man Died for All?

"What I don't understand" said my friend, "is how you think the criminal's death of...

April 04, 2012

Love Your Enemy

We usually think the command "Love your enemy" is an order to suppress our emotions...

April 04, 2012

The Mass and the World

Yesterday I was at our cathedral with the other priests in the diocese for the...

April 03, 2012

Sacrifice or Fellowship Meal?

"But Father, the Mass is like the Last Supper when we all gather around Jesus...

April 02, 2012

Men Only Foot Washing

Thomas MacDonald writes well here about the foot washing to take place at the Mass...

April 02, 2012

Myth, Magic and Miracles

A friend of mine told me a miracle story last evening. He was driving along...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Some Anglican Difficulties

When I lived in England Anglicans almost universally referred to the Catholic Church as "the...

March 28, 2012

Why Women Can Be Protestant Ministers

My post on why women cannot be priests has received plenty of interesting comments, but...

March 28, 2012

Equality or Equity?

My post on the impossibility of women's ordination has garnered the most comments to my...

March 27, 2012

Being a Cosmic Mother or Father

What is a Cosmic Mother or Father? It's all linked with this amazing American girl...

March 26, 2012

Why Women Cannot Be Priests

G.K.Chesterton said, "Every argument is a theological argument." Therefore we must be aware, in the...

March 25, 2012

Conversation

Atheist to Catholic convert: How nice for you. Since you're a Catholic you don't have...

March 25, 2012

What About those Awful Catholics?

There are plenty of people out there who want to dismiss the Catholic faith because...

March 25, 2012

Atheism: The Opiate of the People

Yesterday there was an atheist rally in Washington DC. that attracted about 10,000 people. (compare...

March 24, 2012

Are Catholics Christian?

Living in the Bible Belt has its moments. There's a gritty reality to the religion...

March 23, 2012

Sacraments and Sanity

Someone commented on my blog saying that organized religion was for weak, shallow, frightened people...

March 20, 2012

Catholicism and Free Thought

One of the favorite bats the anti-Catholics like to hit us with is the idea...

March 20, 2012

Sentimentalism and Violence

When dogmatic belief dies all that is left is subjectivism, and when subjective belief (which...

March 18, 2012

The Second Coming

I've just finished re-reading Walker Percy's The Second Coming. Whew! what a knockout last page!...

March 17, 2012

The Practical Purpose of Penitence

In Lent I repent. I say, "I'm a sinner." I admit I am wrong, not...

March 15, 2012

Tertullian on Prayer

Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God. But Christ has willed that it...

March 14, 2012

The Attack of the Ism’s

Every year during Lent I am asked to conduct a Lenten mission in a parish....

March 14, 2012

What Women Want

Watching the news coverage of the Alabama and Mississippi primaries last night it was interesting...

March 10, 2012

Cleansing the Temple

Do you know why the commerce in the temple was so bad? Not because you...

March 10, 2012

Death, Slavery and the Pursuit of Blessedness

I was feeling grumpy and anti-American yesterday because it was a Friday in Lent, but...

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