Faith
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Courage: the indisputable virtue
Why does God allow war?
War’s very existence is proof to some that God doesn’t exist. And yet C.S. Lewis suggests that God allows war for a reason. Here is an excerpt from his story, The Screwtape Letters, where the demon, Screwtape, explains God’s logic:
Read MoreEvidence suggests the dead can AND DO pray for us
The Catholic Church did an exhaustive investigation into the phenomenal healing of Deacon Sullivan. No natural explanation could be found. The healing was declared miraculous, attributed to the intercession of John Cardinal Newman.
Read More“If there was no purgatory, man would invent it”
By Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI “I would go so far as to say that if there was no purgatory, then we would have to invent it, for who would dare say of himself that he was able to stand directly before God. And, yet we don’t want to be, to use an image from Scripture,…
Read MoreRedemptive suffering
Why does God allow suffering?
This is the question men of faith and faithless men have asked down through the ages. A Quiner’s Diner reader wrote and told me she is going through the Catholic Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).
She was trying to come to grips with this question. Some non-Catholic Christian evangelists promote a philosophy that financial well-being is the will of God for man. This is known as the prosperity gospel.
Catholic thinking, on the other hand, embraces the notion that suffering can be redemptive, that it is even sometimes necessary for the salvation of souls…
Read MoreThe contagious mass psychosis of October 13th, 1917
“The universe is governed by scientific laws. These laws must hold without exception.”
So what are we to make of this miracle of the sun?
The phenomenon was first observed on October 13th, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal. According to published reports, somewhere from 30,000 to 100,00 were present to witness this event.
Read MorePorn vs faith-based art: which will you support?
Let me direct: I need your help.
Will you support my Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign? I am trying to raise $15,000 by October 26th to fund my new musical, “The Wedding at Cana.” There are only 19 days left to hit our goal.
Read MoreWhat is the sex act?
Flannery O’Connor was a great American writer and essayist who died 50 years ago.images
The never-married Ms. O’Connor was also a staunch Catholic…
Des Moines Register publishes Quiner!
[This piece appeared in the Des Moines Register this morning.] THE DAY THE POPE CAME TO IOWA By Tom Quiner “Look at all those people down there!” said Pope John II from his helicopter. He saw long, winding rows of people in the fields at Living History Farms below. “They must be standing in line for…
Read MoreDismiss the Catholic Church at your own risk
A guy sent me a Youtube link reporting on priest abuse.
I had posted an essay on the challenge of Catholic evangelization. The smug video was his response meant to say “conversation over.”
Catholic bashing is a blood sport amongst atheists, the political Left, media, academia, and Hollywood. Their attacks have grown increasingly uncharitable, doing tremendous damage to the Catholic “brand.”
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