Author: meerkatcheesephobos55464

         If graphic nudity offends you do not go see this movie. There are two scenes of graphic nudity which, in my opinion, could have been eliminated and yet conveyed the same information with well thought out dialog (though possibly offensive language), inuendo and finally clever filming.         With that out of the way, this… Continue reading Movie Review of Oppenheimer

         There has been a lot of buzz lately about the movie “Sound of Freedom,” which relates the true story of the destruction of a sex trafficking ring and the rescue of two young children trapped and abused by this evil.  In my opinion the kudos it has been given has been well deserved and… Continue reading                       Movie Review of the Sound of Freedom

       The original Fairy tale from which the little mermaid was adapted was by Hans Christian Andersen. In that story the goal and story were a little bit more abstract and complicated and it did not have a happy ending as did the Disney telling. Basically, mermaids have no soul and the little mermaid wanted… Continue reading Movie Review of the live-action musical remake of the Disney animated version of the Little Mermaid

         The United States of America just celebrated the Fourth of July, its independence day from England which occurred over 2 centuries ago, last Tuesday.  The United State of America is one of the few countries which in its founding documents acknowledges that humans derive their rights, in any truly legitimate society, from the Creator… Continue reading The Fourth of July

         If you google “definition covenant bible dictionary,” this is the result:  the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture. the agreement between God and the ancient Israelites, in which God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.       This movie I think was… Continue reading Movie Review of the Covenant

This is the letter the mother of Father Alban Butler, the author of the classic Catholic books “Lives of the Saints” when she knew she was close to death, which she wrote to her children. It is taken from the introductory notes of Volume one of “Lives of the Saints” the 2018 edition published by… Continue reading The letter of a Good Catholic Mother to her Children on the Occasion of her Dying

         I thought the movie full of grace was excellent and of value to all Christians up until the last few minutes, which were not suitable for Catholics learning the faith, in that it showed the Virgin Mary being carried on a stretcher covered and presumably dead. Catholics believed not only in the virgin birth… Continue reading Movie Review of “Full of Grace,” about Mary, mother of God (Jesus Christ)

From Pentecost to the first Sunday of Advent is the liturgical season called ordinary time. The description below is what I consider the most important part of the description taken from Wikipedia, specifically from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Time. Ordinary Time (Latin: Tempus per annum) is the part of the liturgical year in the liturgy of the Roman Rite, which falls outside the two great seasons… Continue reading Ordinary Time in the Roman Catholic Rite

           The most recent flocknote from the Diocese of Tucson, which is my formal geographic diocese based on where live in southern Arizona, just informed me it is Laudato Si week.  Hopefully from my past posts you have deduce that I, like the Mr. Houck, who was raided by the FBI, arrested and recently acquitted… Continue reading Laudato Si Week

          Using the Microsoft search engine in Bing, searching on “Bible pentecost” we find the first reference to Pentecost in the religion of the Living God, in the Old Testament. “Pentecost is found in Old Testament Scripture as a Jewish holiday. Pentecost was a Jewish festival that happened during the Feast of First Fruits.  Happening… Continue reading Pentecost