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February 3, 2021 |
Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
At Mass this past Sunday, our priest gave a homily about anxiety — which, if we didn't deal with before, we likely do now with Covid, elections, restrictions, riots, vaccines ... to name a few. Father focused on the true cure of anxiety: the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. He also challenged us to think about which messages we were listening to. Are we watching the news and pinning our hopes on politicians? Or are we reading the Gospel and centering our hearts in the Eucharist? Our newsletter this week brings you more words of hope. Saint John Paul II's "The Gospel of Life" is the clear voice on abortion which we need to hear right now. Randall Smith challenges us to see the humanity in those with whom we disagree — and thereby become aware of our own blind spots. "Our problem is not merely that we are divided ideologically. Our biggest problem is each side's lack of self-awareness about themselves and how they are blinded by their own ideology so that they can no longer see their opponents with anything approaching objectivity, let alone charity." See "Beware Your Enemies, Lest You Become Like Them." "A Different Inauguration," from Father Paul Scalia, points us again not to the flawed rulers of this world but towards our true leader. "This is the proper supernatural outlook: to measure our current circumstances not according to the world's standard and solutions, but according to the reality and power of the Kingdom of God that is at hand no less today than 2000 years ago. And that Kingdom requires two things: repentance and faith." And "Orwell's 1984 and Today" takes an honest look at the past to find hope for the future. "The people in the past, even the great ones, were human and had to struggle. And by teaching [our children] that, we prepare them to struggle with the problems and evils in and around them." Let us remember to pray! - Meaghen Gonzalez |
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Editorials of Interest Archbishop José Gomez: A Profile in Episcopal Courage - First Things
During their annual meeting in November of last year, a critical mass of the Catholic bishops of the United States recognized that Joe Biden's election to the presidency had brought the Church to a critical point. The Holy See and thug regimes - CWR
How many informed Catholics and senior churchmen are willing to defend the Holy See's current China policy, which has given the Chinese communist party a leading role in the selection of bishops? St. Joseph and the fatherhood crisis - CWR
Surely we can ask the Lord's foster father to lend us a badly needed hand in seeking solutions to the serious problem of absent fathers. What was the Virgin Mary's real name? - Aleteia
The English word "Mary" is a translation of the Hebrew "Myriam," which would have been her real name. Fear No Evil With Natan Sharansky - YouTube
Natan Sharansky sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss Soviet communism and its impact on his personal life. A communion of anxiety: hook-up culture - Mercatornet
Instead of focusing on "accomplishments," what about human flourishing and creating a meaningful future through building a family? American Unity - The Catholic Thing
In the 20th century, perhaps the most wicked century in the history of the human race, a variant of this doctrine emerged, a monstrous variant. Let us call it raison de révolution. The Fury of the Fatherless - First Things
The frenzy that has been enacted in city after American city since May 2020 demands more scrutiny than it has yet received. Biden, Pelosi, Abortion and the 'Devout Catholic' Dodge - NC Register
USCCB president Archbishop José Gomez's statement that abortion is "not only a private matter" stands in contrast to the argument of President Biden and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians that they are "personally pro-life" but cannot make the decision for others. Why ending abortion is not only about economics - The Pillar
It is a commonly accepted political maxim that poverty is the reason many women choose abortion. But a look at the data suggests the relationship between poverty and abortion is complicated. Both Moderna and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines made without fetal cells - Aleteia
No tissues from aborted fetuses were used in the development of these vaccines. Pro-lifers pleasantly surprised at Kentucky's enactment of 'Born-Alive' bill - CNA
A Kentucky bill requiring appropriate medical care for babies surviving attempted abortions became law on Friday. What translation of Augustine's Confessions should I read? - CWR
Brief notes on several translations of Augustine's Confessions, along with translations of two famous passages for comparison. The Art of Traditional Liturgical Bookbinding - LAJ
The bookbinding trade, while diminished, has certainly not disappeared and so an option that parishes and individuals who aspire to excellence in the liturgical arts may wish to consider is to send their missals to a bookbinder to have them re-bound in the traditional manner. St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
