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SON: Let us start with Matthew 28:16-20 You walked right into it So if they are to make disciples of all nations And “baptize” them And ALL BELIEVERS are to be “baptized” [your words not mine] Then . . . What does that mean an about a priesthood? Excuse me, all “disciples” Are to be… Continue reading An Edited Transcript of a Father’s Defense, VIA TEXT MESSAGING, to a Son, of the Catholic Church’s Preference for Infant Baptism and That There is a Necessity for Ordained Priests and Bishops

The main function of a priest in Jewish religion was offering as you see from below. A look at the Wikipedia cite on Priesthood (ancient Israel) at the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_(ancient_Israel)#:~:text=The%20priests%20were%20to%20officiate,.%2C%20throughout%20the%20liturgical%20year. Can help bring into focus the traditional responsibilities of a priest in the Judeo-Christian tradition. The priesthood was established by God, the Almighty, of which… Continue reading Argument for the need for Apostolic Selection Priests and Bishops

       In book 2 of the series of 5 books entitled the Church’s Year of Grace, the time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday – the start of lent, is called Pre-Lent with the book itself covering the liturgical year from Septuagesima to Holy Saturday. This book’s section on pre-lent describes it along with its purpose… Continue reading Book Review of book 2 of the 5 book year of Grace series and its Description/ Discussion on Pre-Lent

      This is a 2 hour and 3 Minute movie about the rise of the American team that went up against Hitlers team in the Olympics. Its rated PG-13 for smoking, alcohol use, language including using God’s name in vain. (see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/parentalguide for more info). There is no nudity shown but some implied.  This is… Continue reading Movie review of the movie “The Boys in The Boat”

This is basically a standard Godzilla movie set around 1945 in post war Japan with no nudity or any woke messaging I could decern. It is actually a Japanese movie with English subtitles. It is sort of an origin story and Godzilla does his usual city destruction, stepping on people and there are few scenes… Continue reading Review of the movie “Godzilla minus one”

          The best choice to know where in your missal to go to for a particular day, Sundays and holy days in particular, is to buy a liturgical calendar for the Tridentine Mass at your local bookstore.  You can also order one from a vendor such as Angelus Press, which is where I get mine… Continue reading Liturgical Calendar on Line

This seemed to be a pretty tame PG (which it recieved for action/peril and mild rude humor) movie, 1 hour and 32 minutes in length, without too much controversy, and basically a commentary on being brave, taking risks and the fact that there is some danger to stepping out of your comfort zone as well… Continue reading Review of the Animated Movie “Migration”

           This is a quote from the site New Advent URL: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360321.htm. It is a very informative site which includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, writings from the Church Fathers, the Summa, the Bible and more. Here is the quote:         Our Saviour, dearly-beloved, was born today: let us be glad. For there is no proper place… Continue reading Sermon of St. Leo the Great, around Christmas, on the feast of the Nativity concerning the Joy of Christmas from the Site New Advent

       This is a review of the book Wisdom shall enter by Leo Trese, Imprimatur 1957, published by the Fides Publishers Association Chicago in the USA and by Geoffrey Chapman, Ltd. In London. It is an apologetics book on the Catholic faith which I think is apropos for the start of the church year, indeed… Continue reading Part one of A Book Review of Wisdom shall enter and Its Argument for the Existence of God

         Its emphasis on forgiveness is something that I think separates Christianity from other religions. This, along with tolerance and love, ensures that Christianity won’t destroy itself through constant destructive “inquisition” type campaigns against other Christian sects (Mark 9:39) and accusing them of not being true to “the faith” and killing them for their “heresy”… Continue reading Forgiveness and a book review of David Augsburger’s “The Freedom of Forgiveness: Seventy times Seven”