Faith
Heavenly music just got jazzier!
Delving into Catholicism is a dangerous thing, because it so seductive, so beautiful, and so True. At least that has been my experience. The richness of this religion is startling. It has something for everyone, as Dave Brubeck found out …
Read MoreA church madly in love with rationalism
“The Church loves controversy, and loves it for two reasons: because intellectual conflict is informing and because she is madly in love with rationalism.”
Read MoreJesus, are you really here?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYHPskzYhM] I took the Bread and then I took the Cup. This happened at Mass this morning. What happened? I encountered Christ. The Catholic Catechism explains: “The signs of bread and wine become, in a way surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ; they continue also to signify the goodness of…
Read MoreShall we dance?
By Tom Quiner I read this post from a Facebook friend eight days ago: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I am so thankful for everything,,,,even the dust bunnies and crumbs. ALL IS GOOD WHEN YOU’RE WITH LOVED ONES : ) The 37 year old woman who wrote it unexpectedly died yesterday. She leaves behind a husband and a…
Read MoreEinstein comments on God
She’s a woman, hear her roar
A regular Quiner’s Diner reader, Lee Burleson, directed me to an interesting college website. There, a student proclaimed her liberal feminist beliefs in a piece titled, “I am woman, here me roar.” Lauren Muellner, writing on the University of Illinois Chicago’s website, warned …
Read MorePost Election Thoughts
by Karen Quiner A few years ago, I was chilled to the bone while watching a documentary about the holocaust. It was done from a unique perspective, one I had never seen before. The documentary featured pictures and footage of ordinary Germans, most of them family-oriented, church-going folks, who went about the business of living…
Read MoreThe Politics of Love
Christianity is built upon the beautiful Theology of Agape’(sacrificial) Love. Christ died on the cross so we might live. We, too, are called to live sacrificially for our neighbors, even if they are preborn. Barack Obama’s Theology of Abortion is built upon self-centeredness. It pits the well-being of one person against the well-being of his or her child. The politics of Love may very well swing this election …
Read MoreChristianity under assault at home and abroad
By Tom Quiner Hanna Suchocka was the first female Prime Minister of Poland. She served as the Polish Ambassador to the Holy See. Born in 1946, she witnessed the crushing imposition of secular atheism on Poland by the communist government. She related what happened in Newt Gingrich’s documentary, “Nine Days that Changed the World” (which…
Read MoreThe critical condition of our heart
By Chaplain Tom Maly James — what is this—no more readings from Ephesians? For the next 5 weeks, we hear from the book of James, a “minibook” (a mere 5 chapters) which is said to be of the “parenesis” genre! Don’t you just love it — another fancy new word! As best…
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