Secular Media & Unjustly Bashing El Papa

Please Read! This is a wonderful article that exposes the secular media and the its unjustified attack on El Papa.

Saints Thomas Aquinas & Bonaventure compared

I came across this wonderful transcript on Dominican Province of St. Joseph's website on the Pope's General Audience. In this particular address, the Vicar of Christ compared and contracted the philosophic approaches of St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas Aquinas. I must admit a recent increase in my interest in St. Bonaventure's writings. In fact, I am reading this book, now.

There is a refreshing directness to St. Bonaventure's thought. It is crystal clear from his writings that real goal of all things; including theology and philosophy ought to be sainthood. As he said, "Let us pray, therefore and say to our Lord God: 'Lead me, Lord, on your way and I will walk in your truth. My heart rejoices in fearing your name'"

Trailer de la pelicula nueva 'The Way'

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Peter Kreeft is a Genius!

"Europe is a spectacular example of a sophisticated, cultured, sensitive, advanced, compassionate continent that is dying because it has repudiated its “primitive” roots. It will soon be a Muslim continent—necessarily so, because it is uprooted while Islam is rooted, and only rooted plants grow."

Boston College philosophy professor, Peter Kreeft (whom I respect greatly), made the above statement on his website in commenting on one of his latest books, "Between Allah and Jesus: What Christians Can Learn from Muslims". As a former Muslim, I agree with him. Often, when discussing Islam with other Christians, I tried explain this point to them (although not nearly as articulate).

Dr. Kreeft mentioned in his commentary, that Christians have, largely, abandoned the primitive and primordial shock and awe of the Ancient Christianity. Specifically, the ideas that our actions count and Hell is real have been set aside as archaic and unloving. This is all despite the fact that God does more than little smiting in the Good Book. As an aside, I think this may have something to do with Dr. Martin Luther and his gutting of the Gospel message. In my opinion, most Christians have no sense of this "fear of the Lord", and this is apparent in most of contemporary Christian music which is, unfortunaely, little more that 'Jesus is my boyfriend' anthems. Conversely, another wonderful example is the classic pictures of Jesus from the middle ages that I like to call the Smackdown Jesus.

Christians of the middle ages, before the endarkenment, had an orthodox and healthy relationship with Jesus as Judge and Savior. One can see this in Saint Ambrose's prayer wherein he states "Therefore, O loving God, O fearful Majesty, wretchedly caught in the midst of my extremities do I turn to Thee, the fountain of mercy; to Thee do I hasten to be healed; to Thy protection do I fly. And for Thee, before whom as Judge I cannot stand, as Saviour do I yearn". Muslims similarly see a healthy relationship with God as a perfect balance between fear and love. Christians need to recapture this primordial dynamic relationship, if they desire a revitalization of Christendom; lest the Lord say to us, "Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance? Gird up your loins now, like a man; I will question you, and you tell me the answers!"

FOR GOD IS WITH US' - لان الله معنا - Melkite

Archbishop Chaput defends the Catholic School System!

Archbishop Chaput of Denver, CO USA defends the recent decision of a Catholic school not to enroll a child of a woman who was living in a homosexually active relationship with another woman. Thank You, Archbishop!!!