A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
“She sees the angels coming for her”
On this early Saturday morning one year ago today, we knew the end was near. I went upstairs to look at Mom a last time. Her breathing was slow. Her eyes had been closed for five days.
Suddenly, they opened.
She didn’t see us. She didn’t see anything in this world.
I asked Karen, my wife, why her eyes opened…
We are the Holy Communion people
What defines a person?
Our culture says it is our skin color, our gender, or our sexual orientation.
Others with a little more depth suggest that it is our character.
For my mother-in-law, one could say mother, grandmother, great grandmother, wife, Republican.
These are a start.
I would suggest that for Ann, Holy Eucharist defined her. She lived her life to receive the Lord.
“Evil comes from sin, not from income disparity or climate change”
It’s been 99 years today since Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three children in Portugal. See my previous post for background (“The Oddity of Fatima.”)
She revealed three secrets. The second warned of the risk Russia posed to the world and the Church if she was not converted to the faith. According to the ‘Lady’:
“… she [Russia] will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church.”
The oddity of Fatima
The day was May 13th.
The time was 5PM.
The year was 1981.
Pope John Paul II made his way through St. Peter Square in an open air vehicle. A man approached the pontiff, raised a gun and fired at point blank range…
“Evolution is a beautiful example of God’s design”
We live in an era that leans on science alone to explain reality. And yet increasing numbers of scientists are being drawn to the notion of an Intelligent Designer due to the exquisite design of the universe.
Dr. Peter Kreeft explains that a scientist’s embrace of Intelligent Design depends upon the field the scientist is in:
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