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A Beacon Of Light . . . The Church And The Liturgy Are Universal

December 7, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . The Church And The Liturgy Are Universal

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + Over the last few weeks, we have explored the importance of the Church’s liturgy. In doing so, we explored by whom, how, and when the liturgy is celebrated. Today we will examine where the liturgy is celebrated.The celebration of the liturgy is not necessarily confined to a particular place. The Church is universal, and so, this universality reaches to the ends of the Earth. As Catholic Christians, we are called to worship, “in Spirit…Continue Reading

Supreme Court Hears Arguments… The Most Important Abortion Case In 30 Years

December 6, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Supreme Court Hears Arguments… The Most Important Abortion Case In 30 Years

By CHRISTOPHER MANION On Wednesday, December 1, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the most important abortion case to come before the Court since it heard Planned Parenthood v. Casey 30 years ago. The mood on December 1 was light-years away from that during the Court’s discussion of Casey. There was tension in the air, as the Court’s once-confident pro-abortion majority realized that for the first time, they might be outnumbered.Those stalwarts delivered valiant defenses of “stare decisis,” the principle that the Court should rely on precedent — in this case, Roe v. Wade and Casey (making abortion a “super-precedent,” in Justice Breyer’s words).Yes, it’s sort of ironic that the Left should so warmly…Continue Reading

As December Begins . . . High Court Ponders If Long Abortion Journey Too Burdensome

December 5, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on As December Begins . . . High Court Ponders If Long Abortion Journey Too Burdensome

By DEXTER DUGGAN On the first day of December 2021, the month that commemorates the birth of a Christmas Child, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about results of the permissive abortion that it suddenly thrust on the nation nearly 49 full years ago, shortly after Christmas, in the new year of January 1973.Enough years to amount to a lifetime for some. Or the ending of tens of millions of preborn babies’ lifetimes. None of the justices in 1973, middle-aged or elderly, is still alive.Had carrying the burden of pro-abortion extremism for nearly a full half-century begun to exhaust the Court so much that it would no longer consent to responsibility for such a load?Chief Justice John Roberts questioned U.S.…Continue Reading

But Why Do Bishops Join In?. . . Media Struts Its Amnesia On Waukesha

December 4, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on But Why Do Bishops Join In?. . . Media Struts Its Amnesia On Waukesha

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Last week, in one of the easiest predictions ever, we wrote that members of the entire corporate and elite universe of official opinion would send the terrorist attacks in Waukesha on November 21 down the Memory Hole.They did.Not one outlet addressed the massacre’s racist dimension — it was perpetrated by a black career criminal who hated whites — and none dared call it terrorism the way CNN, MSNBC, and every other outlet did regarding the events on January 6, when the only fatality occurred when a Capitol policemen shot an unarmed trespasser.Remember? “The events on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, will be remembered as an act of domestic terrorism against the United States; as a…Continue Reading

A Texas Size Penance

December 3, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Texas Size Penance

By JOE SIXPACK In last week’s article, one of the things I touched on was artificial contraception. Artificial contraception is a perversion of nature, and people who engage in perversions of nature, or perverted activity, society calls perverts. Sorry, that’s just the way things are. Now, I’m not talking about artificial contraception this week, and I won’t belabor the point; I’ll just let my previous two sentences hang in the air for contemplation.Although I’m not handling the topic of artificial contraception this week, that topic does inspire this week’s subject. This week’s piece is on the topic of reparation (penance) for our sins. The artificial contraception issue made me think of a friend of mine in Texas.My friend — we’ll…Continue Reading

Biblical Conference Ponders . . . Bringing The World To Someone It Doesn’t Know

December 2, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Biblical Conference Ponders . . . Bringing The World To Someone It Doesn’t Know

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Those who think that talks about theology must be as dry as books in an old monastery library may wish to turn a page in their thinking.One of the speakers at the sixth annual Southwest Biblical Conference here on November 20 praised twentieth-century country-and-Western singer Marty Robbins and even played one of his recordings, while the other speaker raises and homeschools 10 children with his wife on a Tennessee homestead.Sr. Johanna Paruch FSGM Ph.D., who teaches in the theology department of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, said one reason she likes to come to Phoenix is that Robbins was from nearby Glendale, Ariz., and performed such hits as El Paso and also A White…Continue Reading

Entertainers Joke About Abortion . . . But Americans Don’t Think It’s Funny

December 1, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Entertainers Joke About Abortion . . . But Americans Don’t Think It’s Funny

By JONATHON VAN MAREN (LifeSiteNews) — Abortion activists have been trying to make feticide funny for a long time. There was the 2014 film Obvious Child, billed as a daring attempt to produce an “abortion comedy” in which a comedienne has a one-night stand, finds herself pregnant, and gets an abortion. It flopped. There was last year’s HBO production Unpregnant, a slapstick demonization of the pro-life movement that featured two girls on a road trip to procure an abortion, and Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary in which the Borat character’s daughter goes to a crisis pregnancy center to mock a pro-life pastor.As I’ve noted before, the entertainment industry has done a very effective job at making evil funny over the past…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . Journeying Through All The Sacraments

November 30, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . Journeying Through All The Sacraments

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + This week we continue our journey through the Catechism’s chapter on, “The Sacramental Celebration of the Paschal Mystery.” This incorporates the celebration of all the sacraments.Last week we answered the questions, who celebrates the liturgy and how is it done. This week we will move another step further into our understanding by asking: When is the liturgy celebrated?There is often a misconception that the liturgy is only celebrated on Sundays. For most of the…Continue Reading

Border Life With Illegals And Smugglers

November 29, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on Border Life With Illegals And Smugglers

By BARBARA SIMPSON (Editor’s Note: This commentary was first published by WorldNetDaily on November 19, 2021.) + + As I scroll through the news on the Internet as well as in local newspapers, I’m struck that the reports concerning illegal aliens crossing our southern border tend to focus on numbers — the increase of border crossers over the month or year.We’re told the border is wide open, that the Biden administration has done no more than eliminate Donald Trump’s programs to control illegal border crossings. The result has been that there is virtually nothing to stem the illegal crossings, which, we are told, have increased more than 130 percent over last year.These millions of people are gathering again under that…Continue Reading

No Room In Inn For “Comfort And Joy”. . . Wisconsin Makes More National News, While Writer OKs Biden Defiance

November 28, 2021 Frontpage Comments Off on No Room In Inn For “Comfort And Joy”. . . Wisconsin Makes More National News, While Writer OKs Biden Defiance

By DEXTER DUGGAN The last thing fun-seeking Wisconsin families would have thought of as they headed to a local Christmas parade the Sunday before Thanksgiving was destruction and death. But that’s the wild milieu of an unrestrained society that left-wing radicals have set loose around the world, including in some recent Christmas seasons.A maroon SUV driver raced down the street where the Waukesha, Wis., parade was in progress on the late afternoon of November 21, injuring dozens of adults and children, some critically. By November 23, a total of six died, including an eight-year-old boy. Police said the driver’s maneuvers showed he intended to hit people, then fled the scene.The Waukesha Chamber of Commerce had posted a page online to…Continue Reading