Understand-ing Thanksgiving: History and Celebrations

Thanksgiving, celebrated on the 3rd Thursday of November in the U.S. and the 2nd Monday in October in Canada, marks gratitude for blessings and family gatherings. The U.S. holiday commemorates the Mayflower’s arrival, while Canada’s occasion aligns with harvest. It’s a time for renewal of family ties and reflection on gratitude.

Some Great Courses Reflecting On Christianity, In General, Mostly Historically, Up to the Present

        The teachers of these courses and the next set I will review are not necessarily Catholic, but give a different perspective or relate historical facts of interest and should not be relied upon for Catholic dogmatic or doctrinal accuracy.  There deductions on various historical facts might point to, with regard to dogma and doctrine,… Continue reading Some Great Courses Reflecting On Christianity, In General, Mostly Historically, Up to the Present

Laudato Si, Climate agenda, Solar Cells and EVs like Tesla Cars

        Full disclosure, I have owned a Tesla car for a few years as well as Tesla stock for about 7 years.         Pope Francis when he was Pope, was pushing, in my opinion, for the most part, a climate agenda that was hard to follow except for the middle- and upper-class citizens.  I say… Continue reading Laudato Si, Climate agenda, Solar Cells and EVs like Tesla Cars

Great Course Entitled Why Evil Exists

The exploration of evil spans philosophical and religious traditions, addressing questions of human nature and divine intention. This course surveys perspectives from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and modern thought, examining themes like original sin, moral depravity, and the psychological dimensions of evil. Key theorists, including Augustine and Kant, are analyzed for their contributions.

Social Justice Causes and The Catholic Church and How The Catholic Church Can, In My Opinion, Have More impact

The author argues that the Church’s primary mission should be the salvation of souls, not social justice activism. They believe that focusing on traditional practices, like the Latin Mass, can organically lead to social justice outcomes. Examples of influential Catholics like Lech Walesa and Cesar Chavez support this viewpoint.

                        Israeli Hostages Returned and Peace in the Middle East

Many in the United States probably do not understand how president Trump was able to bring apparent peace in the Middle East, how ever temporary, which was not accomplished, though tried by numerous other presidents (Nixon – even with the genius of Henry Kissinger, Carter, Regan, Bush one, Clinton, Bush two, Obama and Biden). Now I’m not pretending to be some sort of genius but I am able to give a point of view different from many

You Tubes Showing the gentle way Charlie Kirk conducted his discussions, Repeating My Thoughts Concerning Hell and arguing that Originally God Created Man Without Suffering

Since I was young, I always had only one question in my mind concerning my religion, “why would an all-good God create a place like hell?”  I always had faith that it was true (since God – Jesus Christ, said it), that hell existed and I was always determined not to go there, by obeying… Continue reading You Tubes Showing the gentle way Charlie Kirk conducted his discussions, Repeating My Thoughts Concerning Hell and arguing that Originally God Created Man Without Suffering

On Sacrifice  

           Sacrifice, as was possibly mentioned some time in this blog (or at least should have been), is the supreme act of religion. But we need an in-depth description of sacrifice in its proper sense to investigate all its implications and past religions practices bearing on the Catholic holy sacrifice of the mass. To insure… Continue reading On Sacrifice  

Politics and what seems to be the Problem with The Democratic Party in the United States

         The problem the democrats have in my opinion, as (full disclosure) a republican, is that they have abandoned common sense.  I feel they are blinded by an obsession with the use of sex purely for pleasure, with conception of a child an inconvenient nuisance and the perception that sex in some way drives most,… Continue reading Politics and what seems to be the Problem with The Democratic Party in the United States