Paul VI offered libido as one way Satan, the “malign, clever seducer” undermines man’s sexual morality with his “sophistry.” The Devil’s strategy here, as the Pope cautioned, is “eminently logical.” He approaches man with what amounts to a false reason in his mind, which, if dwelled on, can influence the will by rousing him to do something evil which seems to be good. Deceit is basic to his strategy.  How exactly is this reality observable in our culture? I can find no better demonstration than the NY Post piece on how the Evil one is attacking American teems here , here  and here . .

By Dr. Peter Kleponis As men, God calls us to be strong and virtuous leaders, providers and protectors in every area of our lives. We cannot do this if we are enslaved to anything. The dark world of pornography has enslaved many men, preventing them from being the men God has called them to be. One way that pornographers lure men into viewing pornography is by presenting female porn stars as modern liberated women who are choosing “adult entertainment” for their careers.  In porn, they appear to be happy, healthy and having a great time.  They are glamourized.  It’s easy to see how men can be fooled into thinking there is nothing wrong with porn.  However, the way that female porn stars are portrayed is an illusion.   For those who believe that female porn stars are healthy women who are choosing to be in porn, I have one question: Where are their fathers? What loving and protective father would ever want his little girl to be a porn star?  The answer is no one!  The fact is t...

"The stories of adults who grew up with LGBT parents, most of whom were involved in same-sex relationships, all have one thing in common—as children they craved  the love and presence of their missing mother or father. These courageous men and women are speaking up for marriage so that future generations of children, all of whom deserve both their mom and their dad, will know that they were worth speaking up for."

←  WDTPRS: 5th Ordinary Sunday – A clear and certain trumpet WDTRPS: Quinquagesima Sunday – Prepare for battle! Posted on   6 February 2016   by   Fr. John Zuhlsdorf In our traditional Roman calendar tomorrow, Sunday, is  Quinquagesima , Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter.  Today is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Alleluia . The prayers and readings for the pre-Lenten Sundays were compiled by St. Gregory the Great (+604).   The  Consilium ’s liturgical engineers under Annibale Bugnini and others eliminated these pre-Lent Sundays, much to our detriment.  (Cf.  BugniniCare ). Those who participate at Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form will see that the priest’s vestments are purple. A Tract is sung in place of an Alleluia , which has been “buried” until Easter.  The Introit refers to the “rock” and the Roman Stat...

T o study the history of the early Church is to experience the history of the gradual articulation of her identity. First, there was the controversy over the admission of the gentiles.  Then came the battle with the Gnostics over the primacy of love over knowledge. Eventually Marcionites and Valentinians dropped away—they tried to differentiate the God of Jesus and the God of the Old Testament, creation and redemption, personal religion and the public, institutional life of the Church. Of course too there were the Christological controversies surrounding Docetism, Monarchianism, and Arianism, in which the Holy Spirit guided the Christian understanding of God as Trinitarian. Because of the historical reality of the Resurrection, the Catholic faith came under the discipline and guidance of Apostolic tradition and authority. In the early Church, obedience to the eyewitness of those whose experience authorized them to set the tradition was of overriding significance. The truth ...