Religion
Perhaps Ben Carson was right
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The Pope comes to America.
What a perfect time to reflect on the power and majesty of God’s Church, the Catholic Church. Christ Jesus built His Church upon His Rock, that Rock being Peter, the first pope. Pope Francis is the 266th Roman pope in a line that can be traced directly back to Peter.
I read a letter in the Wall Street Journal this morning with that same old tired diatribe that pro lifers don’t care about the kid after he or she is born.
Of course, it is a total falsehood…
Read MoreHow do you explain the 4 “Big Bangs?”
Would Obama invite transgendered activists to a reception for a high level Muslim Imam? Of course, not.
The Pope is coming to the White House.
The Obama administration has gone out of their way to invite people who oppose Church teachings, as I wrote about in an earlier blogpost…
Read MoreThe communion rail
I grew up in the Episcopal Church. A communion rail was used during communion.
By the time I joined the Catholic Church, communion rails had pretty much been banished. I’ve never taken communion at a communion rail in a Catholic Church, and I’ve attended a lot of churches around the country.
I read that communion rails are beginning to make a comeback…
Read MoreDid Kim Davis save America?
Christianity thrives on martyrdom. When Caesar threw a Christian Church Father, Polycarp, into the arena around 100 A.D., all he demanded of the priest was to proclaim, “Caesar is Lord.”
Instead, Polycarp responded:
“Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?”
And the state killed him.
Things never change, do they?
Read MoreRick Perry is out
By Tom Quiner Rick Perry generated no traction in his second quest for the White House. He suspended his campaign this week. I just ran across the blurb below on Facebook and offer to Quiner’s Diner readers as a fitting send off to Governor Perry:
Read MoreThe sacred menage a trois
“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.” VENERABLE FULTON SHEEN
Read MoreTime for civil disobedience?
“A human law has the character of law to the extent that it accords with right reason, and thus derives from the eternal law. Insofar as it falls short of right reason it is said to be an unjust law, and thus has not so much the nature of law as of a kind of violence. (# 1902)”
Read MoreThe “nuclear option” is the knee-jerk reaction when dealing with Christians
Ms. Davis did not wish to end so-called gay marriage, she simply did not want to be put in a position of adding her imprimatur to these marriage licenses. So in fairness, she said she would not sign ANY marriage licenses, gay or heterosexual.
The system lashed back. There would be no accommodation for Ms. Davis. The presiding judge chose the “nuclear option” and threw her in jail…
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