A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Confusing 'freedom' with 'license'
“The beauty of this universe is that practically all gifts are conditioned by freedom …”
Yes or no: Is torture wrong? Is mass murder wrong? I'm waiting.
” ‘Dachau is wrong’ is not a fact. Gravity IS a fact. But ‘Dachau is wrong’ is not a fact. I think it’s wrong, but I can’t prove it.”
Quiner talks to the late, great Archbishop Fulton Sheen about freedom
By Tom Quiner QUINER: Archbishop Sheen, as the cause for your canonization moves forward, I’d like to chat with you for a few minutes about freedom. I’m sure you’re busy. Just because you now dwell in heaven doesn’t mean that you’re sitting around twiddling your thumbs. I’d like for you to help us understand the nature of freedom. It seems that there are a lot of definitions of freedom flying…
Earth Day theology is a threat to mankind
“[By 1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s.”
Is it now politically-incorrect to condemn genital mutilation?
“[The Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”
The Easter leap of faith
Every single person who has heard the name “Jesus” has to make a leap of faith today …
"I'll lead you all in the dance, said He!"
Alleluia! He has risen!
The dramatic sweep of the Easter Triduum has reached its dramatic highlight: Easter.
In the Catholic Church, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter are called the Easter Triduum. Our worship never stops. These three days are a piece of the same holy canvas.
I attended the Easter vigil Mass last night at my parish. The drama and pageantry of Christ’s death and resurrection was again experienced with liturgical artistry.
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The reality of Christ rivets me at every Mass, but never more than during the Easter vigil.
The man, Jesus, lived.
He was the Son of God.
He died for you and me so that we might live.
As proof that death was defeated, He rose.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
We have a tradition in my parish. We conclude the Easter triduum by singing “The Lord of the Dance.” It’s an interesting song …
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