DAILY DEVOTIONS, LIFELONG FAITH

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24 Feb, 2015

Why Porn and Marriage Don’t Mix

Why Porn and Marriage Don’t Mix Even the non-religious world is coming to understand that pornography is not good for anyone. In the talk The Great Porn Experiment, Gary Wilson presents studies and images of the brain to clearly show how damaging it is. In spite of these revelations, it’s being promoted in unexpected circles

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02 Apr, 2014

Harden Not Your Hearts

Nearly twenty years ago, when I was a baby Catholic, I read Purgatory Explained by Fr. F.X. Schouppe, S.J. In sometimes lurid detail, Fr. Schouppe paints vivid accounts of the sufferings of the holy souls in purgatory, as reported by the saints, and tells of the wondrous effects of our prayers to speed the holy

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30 Oct, 2013

Spirituality for Busy Lives

I suppose this is a sequel of sorts to my post about fostering silence in our busy lives, prompted by a response from one “Mugger Malcolmridge.” Here’s Mugger’s comment in full, “Richard, I’m very much in agreement with you regarding the value of silence. But why listen to NPR?” As they used to say on Monty Python,

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20 Nov, 2012

Fordham to Host Infanticide-Promoting Peter Singer

Just days after Fordham University’s president Fr. Joseph McShane, S.J.  determined that conservative author Ann Coulter was too “hateful and needlessly provocative” to speak on campus, the University will tomorrow host the pro-infanticide ethicist Peter Singer to speak at a conference entitled “Conference with Peter Singer: Christians and Other Animals: Moving the Conversation Forward.” For those unfamiliar

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07 Aug, 2012

What Kind of Religious Freedom Do We Want?

We are living at a time when the Church in the United States must vigorously defend herself against attacks on religious freedom. In particular, the government is trying to force believers to violate their consciences when it comes to what kind of services their companies’ health insurance policies will cover. Priests for Life is proud

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15 Jun, 2012

Alabama Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage. The Holy Land. A Hajj. Rome. Mexico City. Guadalupe. Alabama. Wait, what? Carmel, California. Gethsemane, Kentucky. St. Augustine, Florida. Cullman, Alabama. Wait, what?  Well, yes.  Pilgrims come to Alabama. And not just Hank Williams pilgrims or Selma pilgrims. Catholic pilgrims. Those Catholic pilgrims? They come ,quite often, to near where I live – just a couple

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05 Apr, 2012

Are the Consequences of Abortion Real?

That there are psychological consequences to having an abortion have been accepted by many in the pro-life and pro-abortion camps. The psychiatrist Professor Ian Brockington has commented: “Some [post abortion] mothers feel like criminals and brood over the dead foetus. Some find it hard to look at small babies and burst into tears when they see

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23 Sep, 2010

40 Days for Life Launches in Record 238 Locations around the World

A record 238 locations in the US, Canada, Australia, England, Northern Ireland and Denmark are participating 40 Days for Life campaigns of prayer and fasting from today, September 22, through to October 31. 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to

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13 Mar, 2010

Corporations, Courts, and Culture War

About the time of JFK’s assassination, U.S. Federal Courts began social engineering like men possessed.  Chief Justice Earl Warren mobilized the Judiciary to campaign for an ethereal Constitution as opposed to a written one.  Article I, section I, of the written Constitution states, All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of

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02 Feb, 2010

Canadian Group Airing Pro-Life Ad on Local TV Station

Kelowna Right to Life is running a pro-life video ad entitled “Everyone Against Abortion, Please Raise Your Hand” on the local TV station, CHBC, starting today. The ad features what the local media is calling a “graphic anti-abortion image” of adult fingers holding the outstretched hand of a baby killed by abortion. “This is the

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24 Dec, 2009

Dear Santa, All I Want for Christmas Is…

Many years ago when I was a wee one, my mom, dad, sisters and extended family would sing the ever-charming “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.” It’s a very funny song, from the late ’40s, and oh, how I wish those days were back. I say that with no idea whatsoever