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Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Avarice and Poverty
From The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus:
“Do not say that you are interested in money for the sake of the poor, for two mites were sufficient to purchase the kingdom of heaven (cf. Luke 21:2).”
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“The pretext of almsgiving is the start of avarice, and the finish is detestation of the poor. The […]
Investigating NFP: Pius XII
Click here to read the previous post in this series. I have recently come to the (re)realization that bishops are the authoritative teaching body of the Church. As such, it is their responsibility to properly and effectively teach such sticky subjects as the regulation of births. However, those teachings must be in accord with […]
Investigating NFP: Pius XI
Click here to read the previous post in this series.
It’s time to get our hands dirty by digging into the writings of recent popes to find out what they had to say about contraceptive issues. Let’s start with Pius XI’s 1930 Casti Connubii, which was written in response to the Anglican Communion’s decision that […]
Dirty Finger Print
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds
of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.’” […]
Portly Protesters
“Obesity is not a disease. All this does is open the door for the diet and bariatric surgery industries to make a potentially tremendous profit.” - Allen Steadham in “Fat activists start mass protest”
Riiiiight…and smoking isn’t bad for you either. The campaign against smoking is just a front for extortion by a hippocratic […]
