Reviewed here .But, I recommend the erudite D. Armstrong: “Young Messiah” Contains Christological Heresy March 12, 2016  by  Dave Armstrong   6 Comments Christ in the House of His Parents  (1850), by John Everett Millais (1829-1896)  [public domain /  Wikimedia Commons ] * * * The Young Messiah  is the latest “Bible movie” to appear. The problem is that it’s not (technically speaking) all that “biblical.”  We know very little about Jesus’ childhood, and so the film draws from extrabiblical sources of mostly dubious historical value. For background’s sake, it’s drawn from  Anne Rice ‘s 2005 novel  Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt . Rice has since  left the Catholic Church  and “organized religion” (I have written about  the inadequacy of her reasoning in that respect). As soon as I saw the first TV ad for this movie my immediate reaction was to be suspicious of it. I highly suspected that it would ...

Today is Laetare Sunday. The full  Introit  for Holy Mass reads: Laetare Jerusalem: et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam: gaudete cum laetitia, qui in tristitia fuistis: ut exsultetis,et satiemini ab uberibus consolationis vestrae. Psalm : Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi: in domum Domini ibimus. (Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult, and be filled from the breasts of your consolation. Psalm: I rejoiced when they said to me: "we shall go into God's House!")

Several pundits and media are paralleling Donald Trump with Hitler, thus cheapening the memory of those who died in the Holocaust. Typical are the  Huffington Post   and the  Washington Post’ s editorial board; Newsweek   inquired  if Trump was a fascist. Today the Huff puffed this as well. Each one of these references cheapens the suffering of those who suffered through the Holocaust. If one persists in making the comparison, one should ask: Does Donald Trump make people tattoo numbers on their arms? Did Trump kill people, cremate their remains, and bury them in mass graves?  Did Donald Trump kill people and then recycle what was usable? The simple truth is: Trump does not want to force people to put tattoos on their arms, nor crows them in to death camps where they would suffer torture till they were gassed, shot, or died some other horrible death, followed by mutilating their corpses by taking out wh...

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...