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And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. -1 Thess 5:14

John Candy

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April 02, 2012

John Candy was a Catholic. Maybe that explains the excellent pathos of his characters in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and "Uncle Buck."

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Sowing Discord Where None Should Exist

April 25, 2012

There are six things which the L ORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers . - Proverbs 6:16-19 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us." But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is for us." - St. Mark 9:38-40 It is already so easy for the average Catholic in the pew to feel isolated. Most parishioners relate through the parish school and the extra-curricular activities surrounding the school. Catholics without children in the parish school are out of luck. Most Catholics are so harried and exhausted that they pass...

For You Will Always Have the Poor

July 11, 2021

Matthew 26:11: “For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.” Mark 14:7: “For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not always have me.” John 12:8: “The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.” At different times, Jesus’s statement concerning the poor’s ubiquity has been amplified by the assertion that the poor in the United States today live better than the royalty of antiquity. These statements seem to be justifying a certain lethargy concerning addressing the needs of the poor. A closer look at the context of Our Lord’s statement may help contextualize our perceptions of poverty and our responsibilities thereto. What is the context within which Jesus Christ asserted this? It was six days before the Passover and Christ’s Passion and Death. Christ was in Bethany and attended a dinner in his honor at the home of S...

Selective Functional Atheism

March 09, 2019

Photo by David Straight on Unsplash Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. -1 Corinthians 6:9-10 The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body....Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. -1 Corinthians 6:13b, 18-20 Most of us are familiar with the willfulness of a child, who has just begun to walk. Filled with the power of independent locomotion, the toddler suddenly loses all fear and any need for obedience. "No, Daddy'" becomes the fa...