Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
This week we have a lot of great pieces, but our feature is an excerpt from The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler.
Within the first few lines, there was a lump in my throat — not just because Father Rutler was describing the self-sacrificially heroic rescue workers of 9/11, but because his words pointed out the grandeur and beauty of what it means to believe in a creator who loves us.
Father Rutler describes the priests giving the policemen and firemen general absolution. "Those rescue workers were not going through a formality. They knew what they were getting into, and they knew how to get out of it — not how to get out of earthly death, but how to get out of eternal death."
And eternal death is the only thing we need fear. Matthew 10:28: "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna." This leads to our second must-read: "Coronavirus Stalks in the Darkness, But Do Not Be Afraid."
Msgr. Charles Pope begins: "I write this from my perspective as a priest responsible for the care of souls; I do not claim to be a medical expert. My pastoral concern is that we as a nation and as a Church have succumbed to excessive fear, which bespeaks a spiritual problem. The medical concerns arising from the pandemic are not without merit, but they are not unprecedented. What is unique today is the collective paralysis brought on by this fear. I write to express my concern and to reiterate the constant biblical cry, 'Do not be afraid!'"
God bless you all this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez |
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"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton
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New Resources
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The Final Confrontation - Saint Pope John Paul II - from an address in Philadelphia
We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through.
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An excerpt - Father George W. Rutler - The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler
An excerpt (the first three pages) from "The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler".
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From the Introduction - Edward Short - to The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler
Father Rutler is a teacher, not an entertainer, though he often entertains to teach.
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R&R, Etc. - Michael Pakaluk - The Catholic Thing
Is there a Catholic approach to summer vacation?
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Ladies and Gentlemen - Father George W. Rutler - From the Pastor
It may not be long before "Ladies and Gentlemen" ceases to start a speech, as the result of blurring the distinction between man and gentleman, and woman and lady.
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Editorials of Interest:
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Editorials of Interest
Wokeness: the new Western morality - Douglas Murray (YouTube)
Douglas Murray talks about the glaring problems with the new forms of 'morality' that are being held with increasing fervour around the Western world.
Father Rothrock Is Right - Crisis Magazine
On July 2, 2020, Father Ted Rothrock, published his weekly pastor's message in which he described Black Lives Matter and Antifa militants as having a hidden agenda, and explained how "despots and tyrants have always employed accusation and distortion to achieve all manner of mischief... and mold public opinion."
We Need More Patriarchy, Not Less - Crisis Magazine
"The use of Fashions in thought," says Uncle Screwtape the astute, "is to distract the attention of men from their real dangers."
NFP & Engaged: Megan and Avery - Total W(h)ine
Over long distance, graduating college, and a few short months away from marriage, Megan and Avery share all of the excitement and goodness NFP has brought to their relationship already.
NFP & Marriage: Logan and Jen - Total W(h)ine
Jen and Logan initially thought they wouldn't have a reason to use NFP. But after experiencing infertility and high-risk pregnancies, they've come to see that NFP is kind of like faith — the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us |
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