The Dragon and the Yahrzeit Candle: On Forgetting and Remembering, Part 3

Continued from yesterday and Tuesday. In Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape, David Hinton observes, “We tend to ignore the disappearing, the forgetfulness, but all day long, day in and day out, forgetfulness keeps us woven into dragon’s traceless transformations.” The dragon, he explained earlier, is “China’s mythological embodiment of all creation [Read More...]

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Holy Apostles College Appoints Dr. Popcak Concentration Chair in Master of Pastoral Studies Program

Holy Apostles College and Seminary announced today that their hiring committee has unanimously approved Dr. Greg Popcak to serve as the Chair of the Marriage and Family Concentration in their Master of Pastoral Studies (MAPS) program. The MAPS program is a fully accredited, online masters degree program intended to prepare individuals who wish to serve [Read More...]

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The Dragon and the Yahrzeit Candle: On Forgetting and Remembering, Part 2

Continued from yesterday.  I dive into the pool. My body remembers water. My body remembers how to swim. My arm swings overhead, my arm follows through, my hand plunges into the water, pushing water, propelling my body forward down the lane. It seems to happen naturally, automatically. I don’t need to think to swim. I [Read More...]

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The Real & the Imaginary Pope Francis

Venice carnival masks (February 2008. Photo by “Dagoos” [Wikimedia Commons /  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license] *** As any conscious person who follows Catholic affairs at all, knows, there seems to be a constant uproar and “buzz” about this, that, or the other thing that the Holy Father said. One of my friends [Read More...]

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What IS A Catholic’s “Job” When It Comes to Voting, Anyway?

This is not a political blog, nor is it about to become one, but I have seen so many comments lately about what Catholics “must” do in this next election and it seems to me that every single one of these posts is missing an obvious point. Once Upon A Time… I once had a [Read More...]

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The Dragon and the Yahrzeit Candle: On Forgetting and Remembering, Part 1

I remember my social security number. I remember the combination to a lock—13 right, 27 left, 5 right—that rusted beyond use some years ago. How many years? I don’t remember. But I remember this: it was two locks ago. I remember the name of the city in which I was born. I remember the name [Read More...]

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Prudence of Public Pope Criticism (Debate)

Maybe criticism of the pope (even legitimate criticism) should be made “behind church doors” (?) Something to at least consider . . . Photograph by “skeeze” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** This is a very lively public discussion of my post, Ratzinger: Avoid Criticizing Church in “Mass Media”. Almost all of it occurred on a [Read More...]

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Pontifical Council for the Family Members, Dr. John & Claire Grabowski, to Join More2Life Radio Line-Up

Beginning Monday, July, 11, 2016, Dr. John and Mrs. Claire Grabowski, members of the Pontifical Council for the Family, will join More2Life Radio with Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak as regular guest contributors. More2Life Radio More2Life, a call-in program that applies St. John Paul the Great’s dynamic Theology of the Body to challenges of everyday life, is hosted by Dr. [Read More...]

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Fr. John Riccardo to Join More2Life Radio Line-Up

  Beginning Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016, Theology of the Body expert and host of the popular program Christ is the Answer, Fr. John Riccardo, will join More2Life Radio with Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak as a regular guest contributor. More2Life Radio More2Life, a call-in program that applies St. John Paul the Great’s dynamic Theology of the Body to challenges of [Read More...]

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Dead People: Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009)

For Gregory Wolfe  The following is an excerpt from Meis’s new book Dead People, published June 24 by Zero Books.   Leszek Kolakowski died July 17, 2009. He was a philosopher, a man of letters, historian of ideas. He lived the twentieth century life. It sucked. But like many a Pole, he made the best [Read More...]

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Ratzinger: Avoid Criticizing Church in “Mass Media”

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) on 12 May 2001. Photograph by Manfredo Ferrari [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license] ***** Here’s one for the “I told you so” department. It’s always better to be able to appeal to someone like Pope Benedict XVI to back up an “I told [Read More...]

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Poetry Friday: “Daybreak, Winter”

I have a complicated relationship with the sun, having grown up in southern California and now making my home in the moody Pacific Northwest. I swerve between desperation for even an hour of brightness and a stoic claim that my poet-soul finally feels at home in this rain-soaked climate. So Betsy Sholl’s poem about the [Read More...]

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Bathroom Laws Redux (Dialogue w Atheist)

Image by OpenClipArtVectors [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** This exchange occurred in the combox of my post, My Supposed “Conflation” of LGBTQ Rights & Pedophilia. See also the earlier related post, Bathroom Insanity, “Gay Marriage”, Abortion, & Legal Coercion. The words of TheAgnosticAtheist will be in blue. *** Hello again Dave, I saw one of [Read More...]

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Absence of a Mother or Father Harms Children

Image by George Hodan [publicdomainpictures.net] *** This exchange with an atheist took place in one of my blog comboxes. The words of Humanist_Activist will be in blue. *** Thanks for your articulate input [on another issue] . Not much here that I haven’t already addressed. It just goes round and round. But at least you haven’t [Read More...]

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Hey Parents, Do THIS to Get Teens to Listen!

Getting teens to listen can be a challenge, and when they don’t, parents often tend to rely on criticism and negative consequences to “teach” their teens to make better choices in the future.  A new study suggests this might be counterproductive. The study, conducted by University College–London, looked at the differences between the motivational styles [Read More...]

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God Ponders the Heart

In Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth, the writers frame the story in such a way that the common motivations are nested within, or are born from, a new one: the story opens upon a Scottish heath—damp, cold, and windblown—where the Thane of Glamis (Michael Fassbender) and his Lady (Marion Cotillard) stand at the graveside of their young [Read More...]

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Dr. Popcak Named Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors

I am honored to be able to announce that I have been welcomed as a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. The AAPC fellowship process involves a lengthy review, by an interfaith committee of established AAPC Fellows, of the applicant’s curriculum vitae, spiritual autobiography, clinical/theological integration paper, and a recommendation by an AAPC [Read More...]

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The Secret to Strength

Article Was Originally Posted Here: The Secret to Strength And Learn More Here: http://blog.ourlordstyle.com/

Christians are really lucky people. We have a secret weapon that no one else has. It is called being on the winner’s side. Whenever you played team sports in school, there were two captains. Maybe you were one of the captains or maybe you waited in line to get picked. If you were doing the waiting, You would look at …

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Soccer and the Sacred Heart: The Rhythm of Spiritual Fatherhood

A guest post by Pastoral Solutions Institute Associate Pastoral Counselor, Dave McClow, M.Div., LMFT. June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Father’s day also falls within the month, and spiritual fatherhood ties these two together. The human heart always operates in two directions—the muscle contracts and then relaxes.  If this rhythm is [Read More...]

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“Confusing” Pope Francis & Prudent Public Discussion

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, 12 May 2013. Photo by Edgar Jiménez [Wikimedia Commons /  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license] ***   [someone asked me about this, and I answered; and add many more thoughts presently]   I think Pope Francis says confusing things sometimes (and too many times), yes. “Germanic” Pope Benedict-like [Read More...]

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New Study Finds THIS Parenting Style Predicts Highest Rates of Success, Happiness, Morality in Adults…

Parenting can be tough work, and there are lots of different ideas about what it means to be a good parent, but with good information, every parent can be equipped to raise healthy, happy, godly kids.  A recent study in Japan surveyed 5,000 adults to investigate the impact on parenting styles and adult levels of [Read More...]

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Apologética católica: Traducciones al español / tradução para português

[Catholic Apologetics from Dave Armstrong: Spanish and Portugese Translations] Santa Teresa de Ávila (1515-1582): gran místico y doctor de la Iglesia. Pintura de Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) [dominio público / Wikimedia Commons] *** [asterisked papers (*) indicate links to other sites. As time goes on, I hope to transfer all of these papers onto my [Read More...]

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Psychotherapy, A Love Story

For Jessica Mesman Griffith A creature that hides and “withdraws into its shell,” is preparing a “way out.” This is true of the entire scale of metaphors, from the resurrection of a man in his grave, to the sudden outburst of one who has long been silent. If we remain at the heart of the [Read More...]

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50 preuves de la primauté de Pierre dans le NT

[50 New Testament Proofs for Petrine Primacy & the Papacy: in French] Detail of Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (1481-82) by Pietro Perugino (1448-1523) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** Cette écriture de la mine de 1994 a été traduit en 2008 par Benoit Meyrieux, qui vient cette semaine a obtenu une maîtrise en théologie [Read More...]

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Condom Distribution Shown to Increase Teen Pregnancy Rates

  A new study finds that schools with condom distribution programs in the 1990s seem to have actually increased the rate of teenage pregnancies. “We find that access to condoms in schools increases teen fertility by about 10 percent,” the researchers concluded. According to National Review, the study by two Notre Dame economists fills a gap in research on school [Read More...]

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Knee Walk

By Grace Talusan We stumbled onto the bus in Lisbon, sleepy after the overnight flight from New York. The pilgrimage tour guide handed out rosaries while the priest told the bus driver to play a recording of the rosary prayers on the sound system. I fingered the pink beads, following along with the Hail Marys [Read More...]

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My HIV Test

By Paul Luikart Here’s something I never told my parents: some years ago I got an HIV test. I was working and living at a Catholic Worker house in Phoenix, a place I wound up after college. I had a freshly conferred bachelor’s degree in creative writing (not exactly bait for corporate recruiters) and a [Read More...]

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Poetry Friday: “Tenebrae” by Anya Krugovoy Silver

This is a dark poem, raising a profound question about suffering. Its title, “Tenebrae,” is in fact the Latin word for “darkness”; and its setting is Holy Week, when we follow Jesus’ suffering and death. The poem’s first six lines paint in painful detail the immense suffering of a particular woman known to the poet. [Read More...]

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RIP Mary White, One of the Seven Original Catholic Founders of La Leche League, Dies at 93.

From WSJ. When Mary White and six other moms from the Chicago suburbs started an organization to encourage breastfeeding in 1956, they had to be careful about naming it. “They couldn’t say ‘breast,’” said Clare Daly, one of Mrs. White’s daughters. Newspapers, they were sure, wouldn’t publish notices about meetings involving such a crude term. [Read More...]

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What Is Real Freedom?

Originally Published Here: What Is Real Freedom? And Learn More Here: Our Lord Style

Freedom. What does freedom mean? I asked some kids what it meant. They shrugged their shoulders. Some said “To be free.” I asked for more specifics. One added. “When you can do whatever you want.” What is your definition of freedom? What is God’s Definition of Freedom? God’s definition is certainly not doing whatever you want. Unfortunately, what we want …

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DR. GREG AND LISA POPCAK AWARDED FR. RICHARD HOGAN AWARD BY COUPLE TO COUPLE LEAGUE

Lisa and I are honored and grateful to have been chosen to be the 2016 recipients of the Fr. Richard M. Hogan Award from the Couple to Couple League International (CCLI).  CCLI is internationally recognized for their tireless work in promoting the Catholic vision of love, in particular by educating and supporting couples in the [Read More...]

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Pieces of Resistance

We’ve beat records for rain this year in central Minnesota. The sidewalks are pillowed with lilacs, and Saint Paul’s hundred-year-old storm sewers bring up syringes and squirrel tails and fish dropped by eagles over the Mississippi’s shore. The rain stains the sides of old high-rises; I love to walk in it and look at the [Read More...]

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More Incisive, More Powerful, More Permanent: Cast Your Vote for Image!

A political season is upon us. I’m guessing that whatever your party affiliation or philosophical persuasion, right about now you are frustrated and anxious about the political process. Yes, democracy is messy, but the amount of anger, fear-mongering, and divisiveness out there is leading many to cynicism and despair. Millions of votes have been cast, [Read More...]

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My Supposed “Conflation” of LGBTQ Rights & Pedophilia

The Usual [Sad] “Discussion” with an “Angry”-Type LGBTQ Activist . . .  Photo by Victor Gregory (11-9-07) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] ***** I wrote a critique of the article, “Orlando,” by a transgender LGBT activist, Callie Wright. Mine was entitled, “Orlando, “Homophobia”, Terrorism, & Slander.” Callie tried to make the case that Christian right-wing [Read More...]

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Got Guilt? Peace of Mind for Scrupulous Souls

Rhonda Ortiz at Integrated Catholic Life has an excellent piece on how to recognize and fight against scrupulosity. Here is her description of the three types of scrupulosity. 1. Scrupulosity Resulting from Idealism  Developmental scrupulosity is a byproduct of a deep faith experience, such as conversion or growing awareness of God, particularly in adolescence. In the process, [Read More...]

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Fifty Shores of Grief

I write this the evening of June 12, 2016, the day forty-nine people died in the worst mass public shooting in recent US history. A few hours before hundreds of people faced unspeakable terror, my husband and I finished the first season of Justified, a series about Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant), a U.S. Marshal who returns [Read More...]

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Orlando, “Homophobia”, Terrorism, & Slander

Omar Mateen: the jihadi / ISIS terrorist who killed 50 and wounded 53 in Orlando [You Tube video / Creative Commons You Tube license] *** The mass murder in Orlando was detestable, outrageous, and abominable: unthinkably wicked: from the very pit of hell. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims and [Read More...]

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Eden at the Indy 500

I managed to live in Indiana for forty years before visiting the Indianapolis 500. A friend offered my husband and me tickets on our anniversary weekend, which also happened to be the 100th anniversary of the race itself, an event that was expected to draw half a million people. “Oh, why do you want to [Read More...]

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Papal Infallibility Doctrine (History)

(Including Luther’s Dissent at the Leipzig Disputation in 1519) Leipzig Disputation, by Julius Hübner (1806-1882) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (10-8-07) *** It would be a complex discussion regarding what exactly constitutes the equivalent of infallibility, if the word itself is not present. There are many similar notions such as papal authority, conciliar authority, [Read More...]

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Alleged Bible “Contradictions” & “Difficulties” (Resources)

Master List of Christian Internet Resources for Apologists (Links) Image by “geralt” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (Compiled on 7-19-10) *** Websites *** A Christian Thinktank (Glenn Miller; probably the single best resource; very in-depth) Over-dex of Objections (Glenn Miller) Hallway of (Tough) Questions (Glenn Miller) Master Index of Subjects and Questions (Glenn Miller; alphabetical [Read More...]

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150 Razones por las que soy Católico

Presentando 300 evidencias bíblicas que favorecen al Catolicismo 150 Reasons Why I am a Catholic: Featuring 300 Biblical Evidences Favoring Catholicism [see revised 2005 English version] Techo de la catedral de Chartres, Francia. Fotografía de “ddouk” (06/03/15) Ceiling of Chartres Cathedral, France. Photograph by “ddouk” (3-6-15) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** La Mejor: Estoy convencido [Read More...]

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Bathroom Insanity, “Gay Marriage”, Abortion, & Legal Coercion

[Dialogue with Two Atheists] Image by “ClkerFreeVectorImages” (4-13-12) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** This discussion occurred in the combox of my post, “Forced” Morality & Ubiquitous “Bigotry”. Words of TheAgnosticAtheist will be in blue. Words of Michael will be in green. These guys didn’t call be a bigot as soon as I gave my different opinion, [Read More...]

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Poetry Friday: “Quantum Theory” by Victoria Kelly

A friend said to me once, if time were flat, if everything were always happening forever concurrently (this is very hard to imagine), then all the versions of us throughout the years would be something like flip-book animation: everything drawn out already on every page, only seeming to dance or shuffle due to a trick [Read More...]

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Treatise on Communion of Saints (Anthony Zarrella)

The metaphor of Hebrews 12:1, referring to “witnesses” is comparing saints in heaven to spectators in an arena. This photograph is from StockSnap (taken on 30 May 2014) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** The following exchanges occurred underneath my post, Dialogue on Praying to Abraham (Luke 16). Protestant commenter Jim Drickamer (his words will be [Read More...]

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Personal Tribute to Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J.

Personal family photo, at a restaurant after my son Paul’s baptism in 1991. **** (1 January 2001) *** Servant of God Fr. John A. Hardon is being considered for possible future canonization. I had the great honor and privilege of knowing him personally. I met him in 1990, just as I was starting to consider [Read More...]

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“Forced” Morality & Ubiquitous “Bigotry”

Left-wing mobs burn an American flag and punch and physically intimidate Trump supporters  at a Donald Trump rally in June 2016 [You Tube video / Creative Commons license] *** This occurred in the combox of my post, 16 Atheists / Agnostics & Me (At a Meeting). The words of Houndentenor will be in blue. *** I’m [Read More...]

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The Best Conditions for Work

For William Carlos Williams I work best alone. In an empty house. When I’m ready to work, I take down the sun-faded poster of the Miro museum from my Barcelona honeymoon twenty-six years ago. I pull the pilled sweaters down from the shelf in the closet—the sweater Nana Sarah knitted for me decades ago, the [Read More...]

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Dialogues w Atheists on Miracles

Christ Healing the Blind Man, by Eustache Le Sueur (1616-1655) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** These discussions took place underneath my post, 16 Atheists / Agnostics & Me (At a Meeting). The respondents are atheists or perhaps agnostics. Words of Mountain Dew Fan will be in blue. Those of Francis Bacon will be in green. *** I [Read More...]

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Catholic Nuclear Ethics: Friendly Dialogue

(vs. Deacon Jim Russell) Image uploaded by “geralt” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** Words of my friend, Deacon Jim Russell, will be in blue. This is part of a lengthy Facebook discussion underneath my collection of my papers on the issue, with many participants. *** Dave–I’ve been reading a lot of the recent posting [Read More...]

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“How Do You Teach Your Boys Not To Rape?” Asks Mom

In a Facebook thread on the Brock Turner rape case, a mother posed the provocative question that serves as the title of this post,  “How do we teach boys not to rape?” It is a remarkable question.  But, I believe there is a simple and solid answer. The Opposite of Love St. John Paul the [Read More...]

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Farewell to My Lewis, Chesterton, & Newman Pages

(October 2012, 415 pages) [see full book and purchase information] ***** It’s the end of an “era” for me, in terms of one aspect of my online activities. I have maintained web pages on the great writers and/or apologists C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman from the time I [Read More...]

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The Strength of God’s Gaze

By Laura Bramon The first time I saw her, I made up a story about her, and it was all wrong. This was in the autumn several years ago, when, in my third-time’s-a-charm attempt at entering the Catholic Church, I stumbled into Adoration each evening at my Capitol Hill parish. Here, in the cool of [Read More...]

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Honorius: Disproof of Papal Infallibility?

Mosaic depicting Pope Honorius I, from the 7th century basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura, Rome [Wikimedia Commons /  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license] *** From my book, The One-Minute Apologist (2007); but this is my initial draft version: significantly different from the text of the published book. *** The case of Pope Honorius [Read More...]

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Does Catholic Merit = “Works Salvation”?

Photograph by “Gadini” (2-23-15) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** From my book, The One-Minute Apologist (2007); but this is my initial draft version: different in several ways from the text of the published book. *** The Catholic System of Merit is Contrary to Grace Alone No one can earn salvation by their own works; [Read More...]

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A Letter To My Sister

Eve, my sister The one who took the fall Eve, my sister Mother of us all Lift up your head Don’t hide your blushing face The promised One Is finally on His way —Mary Consoles Eve, “Rain for Roots” You have been my first companion in a lifetime of laughter, quarrels, and confidences. Without you, [Read More...]

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31 Papers on Abortion & Pro-Life

Nine-week human embryo (or seven weeks post ovulation). Photograph by Ed Uthman, 1 December 1999 [Wikimedia Commons /  Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] *** These are old Blogspot papers and Facebook posts of mine. Please allow a minute or two for the Blogspot papers to upload and select archived versions from July 2015 or [Read More...]

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16 Atheists / Agnostics & Me (At a Meeting)

Further Adventures at an Atheist “Bible Study” Group Image by “josemiguels” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** (11-24-10) ***** Last night I attended for the third time an “atheist Bible study” group in metro Detroit led by Jon, a former evangelical and friendly fellow, with whom I have debated the Galileo issue. He has a [Read More...]

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Nuclear Bombings vs. Catholic Social Teaching

Nagasaki, Japan, before and after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** These are old Blogspot papers of mine. Please allow a minute or two to upload and select archived versions from July 2015 or earlier. ***** The Nuclear Bombings of Japan: Consistent with Catholic Just War Standards? (+ [Read More...]

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Who’s Your Daddy?

Adoptive parents develop radar for insensitive language and story lines pretty quickly.  Wes Anderson’s simplistic treatment of adoption in The Royal Tenenbaums (We’re not biological siblings? Let’s make out!) stuns me. Arrested Development, usually brilliant, employs a similar incestuous twist between adoptive siblings at the end of the series, implying that adoption just doesn’t “count” [Read More...]

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Dialogue w Protestant on Catholics & the Bible

My New Testament, that I edited and compiled from six existing public domain translations [see book and purchase info.] *** From my Facebook page: 5 June 2016. Words of Marcos Zuñiga will be in blue. *** The first topic (and one of the most foundational ones) that we will discuss is the issue of authority. Catholics look to [Read More...]

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Relative Value of Gorillas vs. Humans

Photography by “Sommersprosse21” (3-9-13) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** I put up a meme on my Facebook page that read: “3000 babies are killed in American abortion clinics every day and nobody says a word. One gorilla dies and everybody loses their mind.” My formerly evangelical Protestant atheist friend Jon replied and we had a [Read More...]

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Herbalism & Holistic Health (collection)

“Reflection of Nature” by “maf04” [Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 license] ***** This is one of my big interests outside of apologetics and theology (one of many, such as: travel, nature photography, hiking, chess, all kinds of music, NBA, good movies, flying, ping pong . . .). I have managed to come up with a [Read More...]

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Honoring Jesus Thru Mary: 50 Biblical Reasons

Detail of The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Saints (1504), by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio (1483-1561) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** [originally published at Catholic365.com. As of 6-3-16, after 13 months, it had been shared 6,900 times on Facebook] *** St. Louis Marie de Montfort (one of the giants in the history of Catholic Marian devotion) [Read More...]

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“Translation Back into Native Tongues” by Nicholas Samaras

There’s a sub-genre of poetry in which the speaker’s persona is a long-ago figure or a fictional character. Here, in “Translation Back into Native Tongues,” the speaker is John of Patmos, purported author of the biblical Book of Revelation. His subject in this poem is language, languages: always a perfect subject for poetry, that prime [Read More...]

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