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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
What the WHO Investigation Reveals About the Origins of COVID-19 | Foreign Affairs
What the WHO Investigation Reveals About the Origins of COVID-19 | Foreign Affairs: And about the vulnerabilities of the system protecting global health
4 Facts about Judas and his betrayal
4 Facts about Judas and his betrayal: While many in Jerusalem plotted a way to get rid of Jesus, it wasn’t until Judas came into the picture that they had a firm plan. Judas was chosen by Jesus to be an apostle and likely helped the other apostles in spreading the good news about Jesus Christ. Yet, in the great mystery of Read More…
The Nationalist and Populist Challenge to Foreign Policy | JIA SIPA
The Nationalist and Populist Challenge to Foreign Policy | JIA SIPA: Calls to accelerate new foreign policy initiatives are premature. The global dynamics of the Trump legacy remain a serious constraint for President Biden’s agenda.
When Genocide Is Caught on Film - The New York Times
When Genocide Is Caught on Film - The New York Times: “The Ravine,” by Wendy Lower, investigates a rare photograph documenting the murder of Jews in Ukraine during the Holocaust, unearthing a history of perpetrators and victims.
The Taliban Think They Have Won in Afghanistan, Peace Deal or Not - The New York Times
The Taliban Think They Have Won in Afghanistan, Peace Deal or Not - The New York Times: “We have defeated the enemy.” The international community is scrambling to secure peace in Afghanistan, but the Taliban believe they have the upper hand — and are saying as much.
A US Ambassador Ends His Service on the Front Lines in Syria - Defense One
A US Ambassador Ends His Service on the Front Lines in Syria - Defense One: Reflections on U.S. foreign policy in a wartorn state.
Cold Wars of Choice - Eunomia
Cold Wars of Choice - Eunomia: There is no “superpower contest” between the U.S. and China, but Janan Ganesh has all kinds of advice for how the U.S. should proceed with one: This diplomatic work is harder, and the resulting strength in numbers more formidable, than direct confrontation with Beijing. To that extent, Republican slurs about Democratic softness on China are as asinine as ever. Once more, though, liberal values have perverse consequences. The US can be morally scrupulous. It can string together a mighty web of friends. But it cannot achieve both feats at the same time.
Article: Stand Up to Tyranny: How to Respond to the Evils of Our Age | OpEdNews
Article: Stand Up to Tyranny: How to Respond to the Evils of Our Age | OpEdNews: Article: Stand Up to Tyranny: How to Respond to the Evils of Our Age - The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state and never its tool.
Variant Proportions in the U.S. | CDC
Variant Proportions in the U.S. | CDC: CDC uses data provided through its national SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance program to estimate the proportion of variants circulating in the United States. These data inform national and state public health actions.
Counting the Costs of the Libyan War Ten Years Later - Antiwar.com Original
Counting the Costs of the Libyan War Ten Years Later - Antiwar.com Original: The U.S.-led military intervention in Libya began ten years ago this month, and a decade later there has still not been a proper reckoning for the failure - Daniel Larison for Antiwar.com Original
Denuclearization Is a Dead End - Antiwar.com Original
Denuclearization Is a Dead End - Antiwar.com Original: President Biden claims to be restoring American diplomacy and rebuilding relations with allies that were strained under Trump, but his handling of the - Daniel Larison for Antiwar.com Original
Pentagon Would Face Costly Lawsuits If US Ended Afghanistan War - News From Antiwar.com
Pentagon Would Face Costly Lawsuits If US Ended Afghanistan War - News From Antiwar.com: Pentagon Would Face Costly Lawsuits If US Ended Afghanistan War | Military made contracts anticipating years of war
Mutations could make current Covid vaccines ineffective soon: Survey
Mutations could make current Covid vaccines ineffective soon: Survey: Mutations of the coronavirus could render current vaccines ineffective within a year, according to a survey of experts.
Germany Recommends AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Only for People Over Age 60 - Bloomberg
Germany Recommends AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Only for People Over Age 60 - Bloomberg: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will halt the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine for people younger than 60 starting Wednesday after a handful of new cases of severe blood clots emerged.
Vaccine Diplomacy: The Surprising Success of Sputnik V - DER SPIEGEL
Vaccine Diplomacy: The Surprising Success of Sputnik V - DER SPIEGEL: For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the development of the Sputnik V vaccine is a welcome boost to his country's image. And it has been received with open arms in Latin America. In Europe, though, people remain skeptical. Rightly so?
A Covid Tragedy: "Wholesale Discrediting of Our Health Science Institutions" | naked capitalism
A Covid Tragedy: "Wholesale Discrediting of Our Health Science Institutions" | naked capitalism: How science, or perhaps more accurately, "Trust the science," is dangerously being treated as just another political chip.
Is Climate Change a Foreign Policy Issue? — The New Atlantis
Is Climate Change a Foreign Policy Issue? — The New Atlantis: Opportunity now, not prophecies of doom, should spur America to become a global leader.
The Deep Waters | All Reflections | Best Lent Ever | Dynamic Catholic
The Deep Waters | All Reflections | Best Lent Ever | Dynamic Catholic: Commerce Cloud Storefront Reference Architecture
Take Down the Flag - The Catholic Thing
Take Down the Flag - The Catholic Thing: Anthony Esolen: It’s not necessary to point at individuals, but that “rainbow” flag, which stands for the whole sexual revolution, must go.
In a World Gone Mad, What Would St. John Paul Do?| National Catholic Register
In a World Gone Mad, What Would St. John Paul Do?| National Catholic Register: COMMENTARY: Father Karol Wojtyla faced harder times than ours, and he answered them by building an ‘extraordinary network of friendship’ that helped transform...
New Organization Plans To Provide Parents With Tools To Combat ‘Woke Indoctrination’ In Schools | The Daily Wire
New Organization Plans To Provide Parents With Tools To Combat ‘Woke Indoctrination’ In Schools | The Daily Wire: Two opponents of critical race theory have kickstarted a membership group designed to empower parents to combat the “woke indoctrination.”
‘Dig Deep’: Students At Catholic School Instructed To Describe How They Benefit From White Privilege | The Daily Caller
‘Dig Deep’: Students At Catholic School Instructed To Describe How They Benefit From White Privilege | The Daily Caller: Teachers at an elite Catholic school in Chicago instructed students to identify how they benefit from white privilege.
Shock, Disgust as Reporters Finally See Migrant Conditions – CatholicVote org
Shock, Disgust as Reporters Finally See Migrant Conditions – CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // Many are expressing disgust and anger at the Biden administration after a pool of journalists were finally allowed to tour and report…
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
It's Time To Talk About Ivermectin | naked capitalism An extremely cheap, safe and widely available off-patent medicine appears to be saving the lives of covid-19 patients across Latin America and beyond. Yet hardly anybody's talking about it.
It's Time To Talk About Ivermectin | naked capitalism An extremely cheap, safe and widely available off-patent medicine appears to be saving the lives of covid-19 patients across Latin America and beyond. Yet hardly anybody's talking about it.: An extremely cheap, safe and widely available off-patent medicine appears to be saving the lives of covid-19 patients across Latin America and beyond. Yet hardly anybody's talking about it.
Contemplate the Holy Shroud during Holy Week, like St. John Paul II and St. Paul VI did
Contemplate the Holy Shroud during Holy Week, like St. John Paul II and St. Paul VI did: At daybreak, on the morning after Jesus’ death, Mary Magdalene came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple Jesus loved, saying, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” (John 20:2). The Apostles rushed to the tomb, where not long before, the body of Christ Read More…
What happened on Tuesday in Holy Week?
What happened on Tuesday in Holy Week?: On Holy Tuesday, Jesus prepares his disciples for what will happen in the next few days.
Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine | National Institutes of Health (NIH): Scientists developed a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by adding a key coronavirus gene to the measles vaccine.
Regulators are undermining California’s transition to 100% clean energy | CalMatters
Regulators are undermining California’s transition to 100% clean energy | CalMatters: Gov. Newsom must step in and get the California Public Utility Commission back on track to achieve clean energy targets.
Autocracy vs. Democracy or China vs. America? – Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
Autocracy vs. Democracy or China vs. America? – Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website: Nor does Biden's faith in small "d" democracy appear to have been shared by the men who founded the United States as a "republic, if you can keep it." They saw democracy not as some object of veneration but as a danger to be avoided. "I've known Xi Jinping for a long time. ... He…
Pro-life, pro-abortion groups included in list of extremist orgs - The Christian Post
Pro-life, pro-abortion groups included in list of extremist orgs - The Christian Post: A report declassified last week by the United States Department of Homeland Security included both pro-life and pro-abortion activists on a list of domestic violent extremist groups.
Arkansas governor signs landmark medical conscience objection law
Arkansas governor signs landmark medical conscience objection law: Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Friday legislation allowing doctors to decline to perform non-emergency medical procedures that violate their moral or religious beliefs. The law will take effect by August 2021.
Kristi Noem Destroys Bill to Protect Women’s Sports – CatholicVote org
Kristi Noem Destroys Bill to Protect Women’s Sports – CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // Gov. Kristi Noem, R-SD, effectively vetoed for a second time a bill that would prevent biological males from competing against girls and…
Coronavirus Origins Remain Unclear in W.H.O.-China Inquiry - The New York Times
Coronavirus Origins Remain Unclear in W.H.O.-China Inquiry - The New York Times: Far more work is needed to understand how the pandemic began, the report says, but it is not clear that Beijing will cooperate. “We may never find the true origins,” an expert said.
Education ties show the real state of US-China relations - Nikkei Asia
Education ties show the real state of US-China relations - Nikkei Asia: John D. Van Fleet is chair of the education committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.It has been a dramatic 10 days since China's top
T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants | National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH research suggests protective effects of vaccination remain intact.
Senate Democrats Push for Capital-Gains Tax at Death With $1 Million Exemption - WSJ
Senate Democrats Push for Capital-Gains Tax at Death With $1 Million Exemption - WSJ: A discussion draft marks a first attempt to put details on an idea that President Biden endorsed during last year’s campaign.
Israel election: The far-right is triumphant. The only obstacle left is Netanyahu | Middle East Eye
Israel election: The far-right is triumphant. The only obstacle left is Netanyahu | Middle East Eye: Extreme religious and settler parties are a firm majority in Israel’s new parliament. Now they want a leader truly committed to their cause
The Delusions of High-Tech Warfare - CounterPunch.org
The Delusions of High-Tech Warfare - CounterPunch.org: The claim by military planners that we should look to the wars of the future, rather than the wars of the past, should be treated with suspicion. Such self-inflicted blindness to recent history is convenient because what Britain, echoing America, is proposing to do has failed before. Despite their supposed technological wizardry and the expenditure of vast sums, the US and Britain never found an answer to the mix of IEDs (improvised explosive devices), booby traps, suicide bombers and snipers that they faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. More
The China-Iran Axis - WSJ
The China-Iran Axis - WSJ: Beijing gains influence and helps Tehran evade U.S. sanctions.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Opinion | Everyone should have the retirement plan federal employees enjoy - The Washington Post
Opinion | Everyone should have the retirement plan federal employees enjoy - The Washington Post: Current retirement savings policy is actually exacerbating inequalities.
Journalists Attack the Powerless, Then Self-Victimize to Bar Criticisms of Themselves - Glenn Greenwald
Journalists Attack the Powerless, Then Self-Victimize to Bar Criticisms of Themselves - Glenn Greenwald: Powerful media figures now invoke sexist and racist tropes to cast themselves as so fragile and marginalized that critiques of their work constitute bullying and assault.
Washington Takes First Step to Reform War Powers | Arab Center Washington DC
Washington Takes First Step to Reform War Powers | Arab Center Washington DC: Marcus Montgomery analyzes congressional efforts to reform old authorizations for use of military force, including the Vietnam-era War Powers Act that gives Congress a say in such decisions. He reports on legislative markups of Middle East-related bills; hearings on human rights in US foreign policy; and the pressure Senators Menendez and Graham are applying on the Biden Administration to introduce a modified nuclear deal with Iran.
How Anthony Fauci "Systematically Thwarted" the Pause in US Gain-of-Function Research: an Interview with Dr. Richard H. Ebright - CounterPunch.org
How Anthony Fauci "Systematically Thwarted" the Pause in US Gain-of-Function Research: an Interview with Dr. Richard H. Ebright - CounterPunch.org: Molecular biologist Dr. Richard H. Ebright, PhD is one of the twenty six world scientists who signed the Open Letter: “Call for a Full and Unrestricted International Forensic Investigation into the Origins of COVID-19”. A document released last March 4 by the Wall Street Journal and Le Monde that reignited the debate over the pandemic’s More
In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. - POLITICO
In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. - POLITICO: After seeing a risky lab, they wrote a cable warning to Washington. But it was ignored.
Trump CDC Director Robert Redfield says COVID-19 ‘most likely’ came from Wuhan lab
Trump CDC Director Robert Redfield says COVID-19 ‘most likely’ came from Wuhan lab: The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed he believes COVID-19 originated through an accidental escape from a Wuhan lab and hinted that this occurred following gain-of-function research by the Chinese scientists there.
Dr. Fauci’s promotion of gain of function research may have contributed to COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Fauci’s promotion of gain of function research may have contributed to COVID-19 pandemic: There remains little doubt that the novel coronavirus originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, although no one can say for certain if its release was intentional or not. However, it’s not just the Chinese researchers at the lab who are to blame for the disease; some experts are pointing out that National institute of […]
The Controversial Experiments and Wuhan Lab Suspected of Starting the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Controversial Experiments and Wuhan Lab Suspected of Starting the Coronavirus Pandemic: After reporting that Covid-19 occurred naturally, U.S. intelligence modified its stance to say it might have leaked from a lab.
NYT Headline (Since Changed) Says Wuhan Lab Accident Theory Has Been ‘Debunked.’ It Hasn’t Been. | CNSNews
NYT Headline (Since Changed) Says Wuhan Lab Accident Theory Has Been ‘Debunked.’ It Hasn’t Been. | CNSNews: Ahead of the release by the World Health Organization (WHO) of a report into a coronavirus origin-tracing study, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield raised eyebrows by telling CNN that he believes the likeliest origin of the outbreak was a spillover from a laboratory in China.
Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research
Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research: Biomedical research ultimately helps protect public health, Dr. Fauci argued in explaining his support for controversial research.
In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. - POLITICO
In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. - POLITICO: After seeing a risky lab, they wrote a cable warning to Washington. But it was ignored.
Suez Canal Container Ship Is Partially Freed - WSJ
Suez Canal Container Ship Is Partially Freed - WSJ: Engineers were racing to finish the job of freeing the Ever Given container ship, using tugboats to refloat it and straighten its heading in a bid to reopen the vital trade route and end days of global supply disruptions.
The Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal Is Glorious - The Atlantic
The Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal Is Glorious - The Atlantic: The Ever Given is very big and very stuck.
Three groundbreaking journalists saw the Vietnam War differently. It’s no coincidence they were women. - The Washington Post
Three groundbreaking journalists saw the Vietnam War differently. It’s no coincidence they were women. - The Washington Post: A new book tells the story of war reporters Frances FitzGerald, Kate Webb and Catherine Leroy.
The Church Visible - The Catholic Thing
The Church Visible - The Catholic Thing: Brad Miner: In troubled times, further aggravated by the pandemic, support for the Church and Catholic institutions may wane but shouldn’t.
Sunday, March 28, 2021
America's Longest War Winds Down - TomDispatch.com
America's Longest War Winds Down - TomDispatch.com: “Ours is the cause of freedom. We've defeated freedom's enemies before, and we will defeat them again…[W]e know our cause is just and our ultimate victory is assured…My fellow Americans, let's roll.” -- George W.
Catholic prayers for the dying
Catholic prayers for the dying: Death is frightening for many people, as it is something we have never experienced before and we do not know what will happen to our souls. Yet, for people with faith in God, death can be something joyful and peaceful, knowing that it will lead to an end to earthly pain, opening the doors to Read More…
Spiritually participate in Palm Sunday with this meditation
Spiritually participate in Palm Sunday with this meditation: One of the highlights of Palm Sunday is the distribution of palm branches, imitating the actions of the crowd who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem. Yet the physical palm branches are not nearly important as the spiritual palm branches that we bring to this celebration. St. Andrew of Crete, an 8th-century bishop, highlighted this spiritual reality Read More…
How to celebrate the vigil of Palm Sunday at home
How to celebrate the vigil of Palm Sunday at home: This celebration of the Word of God at home is designed for people who are impeded from participating in Palm Sunday ceremonies at their parish, particularly because of the pandemic. However, this Saturday evening celebration could also constitute a great form of family preparation for Sunday Mass at the parish. If you plan on participating Read More…
Holy Week | EWTN
Holy Week | EWTN: Holy Week honors the week that changed the world. From Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, there were many events that are vital to our faith, including the Institution of the Eucharist, the Passion of Jesus, and His Resurrection from the dead.
(4) Will You Stay or Will You Run? — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon - YouTube
(4) Will You Stay or Will You Run? — Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon - YouTube: Friends, in this sermon for Palm Sunday, I explore three peculiar images in Mark’s account of Christ’s Passion and death, and how these details inspire us to...
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion | USCCB
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion | USCCB: Daily Bible Readings, Podcast Audio and Videos and Prayers brought to you by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Joe Biden's North Korea Strategy: Failure Could Mean War - 19FortyFive
Joe Biden's North Korea Strategy: Failure Could Mean War - 19FortyFive: America’s diplomats are going to have to jettison that self-defeating mentality and engage in genuine, realistic diplomacy with Pyongyang.
Moving Beyond “Motives” in Mass Shootings
Moving Beyond “Motives” in Mass Shootings: Focusing on concerning behaviors may better assist with prevention than sensationalizing individual perpetrators’ motives.
Alternatives to Censorship: Interview With Matt Stoller - TK News by Matt Taibbi
Alternatives to Censorship: Interview With Matt Stoller - TK News by Matt Taibbi: As Congress once again demands that Silicon Valley crack down on speech, the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project outlines the real problem, and better solutions
$100 million geoengineering project proposed, to dim the sun - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
$100 million geoengineering project proposed, to dim the sun - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The National Academies of Science says that all options to fight climate crisis must be explored. But critics fear side-effects.
Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger | naked capitalism
Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger | naked capitalism: While every U.S. county has seen hunger rates rise, the steepest jumps have been in some of the wealthiest counties, where overall affluence obscures the tenuous finances of low-wage workers.
Graphene and Beyond: The Wonder Materials That Could Replace Silicon in Future Tech - WSJ
Graphene and Beyond: The Wonder Materials That Could Replace Silicon in Future Tech - WSJ: After more than a half-century of making microchips in more or less the same way, profound changes are coming—to the materials they’re made of and the way they’re assembled.
Barabbas: A Holy Week Examen - The Catholic Thing
Barabbas: A Holy Week Examen - The Catholic Thing: Fr. Paul D. Scalia: An inordinate fear of losing our autonomy, a grasping to preserve our lives, is the taproot of all sin.
The Death of Humor - TK News by Matt Taibbi
The Death of Humor - TK News by Matt Taibbi: Review of "Killer Cartoons," edited by David Wallis, and "White," by Bret Easton Ellis
Saturday, March 27, 2021
PG&E's October 2019 shut-offs may have stopped 3 million acres from burning, analysis says
PG&E's October 2019 shut-offs may have stopped 3 million acres from burning, analysis says: PG&E’s October 2019 preemptive outages may have prevented fires that could have...
(4) Biden’s China Policy: A More Polite Trump – Amb. Chas Freeman - YouTube
(4) Biden’s China Policy: A More Polite Trump – Amb. Chas Freeman - YouTube: On US China policy with retired Ambassador Chas Freeman, Nixon's translator during his 1972 trip to China. He says U.S. policy to China remains a desire to h...
Oberammergau: The Passion of a Vow - The Catholic Thing
Oberammergau: The Passion of a Vow - The Catholic Thing: Michele Malia McAloon on the once-every-decade Biblical drama reenacted in Germany since 1634 – human folly and wisdom come together.
NATO Headquarters: Blinken Announces Last Global Crusade - Antiwar.com Original
NATO Headquarters: Blinken Announces Last Global Crusade - Antiwar.com Original: In 1096 Pope Urban sanctioned, and sanctified, the First Crusade with the words Deo vult: God wills it. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s address - Rick Rozoff for Antiwar.com Original
Justice for the Negro Leagues Will Mean More Than Just Stats - The New York Times
Justice for the Negro Leagues Will Mean More Than Just Stats - The New York Times: Major League Baseball now wants to welcome Negro-leagues statistics into its record books — but the numbers are just a small part of what needs to be remembered.
Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera
Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera: Deal signed in Tehran is expected to increase bilateral trade and military cooperation as US rivals move to deepen ties.
Liturgical Year : Activities : The Seder Meal as a Christian Home Celebration: Preparing and Celebrating the Holy Thursday Meal | Catholic Culture
Liturgical Year : Activities : The Seder Meal as a Christian Home Celebration: Preparing and Celebrating the Holy Thursday Meal | Catholic Culture: A chief provider and curator of Catholic information on the web since 1996. Our editorial voice, always faithful to the teachings of the Church, assists and inspires Catholic clergy and laity.
EWTN News Nightly on Twitter: "March 27th marks the 5th anniversary of the death of @EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica. We thank God for the life and work of #MotherAngelica! May her soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. https://t.co/etpsIxxKSW" / Twitter
EWTN News Nightly on Twitter: "March 27th marks the 5th anniversary of the death of @EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica. We thank God for the life and work of #MotherAngelica! May her soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. https://t.co/etpsIxxKSW" / Twitter: March 27th marks the 5th anniversary of the death of @EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica.
We thank God for the life and work of #MotherAngelica! May her soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Locked-Down Women Discover True Freedom
Locked-Down Women Discover True Freedom: It's the home-based woman who finds the most freedom for the things that matter.
Pro-Life Catholics Defend Bishop From ‘Cancel-Culture’ – CatholicVote org
Pro-Life Catholics Defend Bishop From ‘Cancel-Culture’ – CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // A left-wing organization created a petition demanding Archbishop Joseph Naumann be removed from his role as chairman of the U.S. Conference of…
Federal Court: Professor Can’t be Forced to Use Trans Pronouns – CatholicVote org
Federal Court: Professor Can’t be Forced to Use Trans Pronouns – CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that it was unconstitutional for university administrators to punish a Christian professor who wouldn’t…
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Protecting Women’s Sports – CatholicVote org
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Protecting Women’s Sports – CatholicVote org: CV NEWS FEED // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill Friday that prohibits biological males from competing against females in sports. “I signed the bill…
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the...
A Call to Holiness Ralph Martin | March 26, 2021
A Call to Holiness
Ralph Martin | March 26, 2021
The following post is taken from Ralph Martin’s first talk for Renewal Ministries’ The Fulfillment of All Desire Advent Mission, which is available on our YouTube channel. It also appeared in Renewal Ministries’ February 2021 newsletter.
One of the main points I want to make is that holiness is not an option. We often think holiness is for special people, and that we are just ordinary people. God clearly reveals in Scripture that holiness is essential. We must strive for “the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Heb 12:14).
Holiness is essential for ending up in heaven. We must have allowed the Lord to bring our whole being into perfect harmony with his will and to impart to us his own characteristics of love, patience, kindness, gentleness, humility, power, love, and self-control. That’s a lifelong process, but we have to allow the Lord to do that in us, and the sooner it happens, the better, because the more we’re transformed, the more we’re under the lordship of Christ, the more we’re going to be a blessing to other people, and the more able we’ll be able to fulfill the purpose for which we are created.
Scripture says, you must be holy because I am holy (Lv 20:26). God’s not going to change, so if we want to have communion with God, we have to become holy. In Exodus 33:20, God says, “You cannot see my face; for man shall not see me and live.” God’s purity, righteousness, power, and holiness is so great, there has to be a transformation of our soul. We have to become “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Pt 1:4)—we must become like God in some way appropriate to human beings.
This verse very much connects with the journey to God: “Therefore, gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pt 1:13). That’s a strong exhortation. It continues,
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves and all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’ And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confidence in God. (1 Pt 1:13-21)
The Importance of Scripture
We’re going to be talking a lot about confidence in God, because this is humanly impossible. Thankfully, Jesus said, “With man it’s impossible, but with God all things are possible” (see Mt 19:3-26)—even you and I becoming holy and transformed because of our confidence in the power of God and in the precious blood of Christ that was shed for us so that we may end up in the kingdom of God rather than in the kingdom of Satan.
When people start reading the mystics, they often think it’s a special thing, but everything they teach flows from Scripture. This call is biblically based. We were created to be one with God. We were created to be holy—that’s the whole reason we’re alive, because God is working to bring us into fuller and fuller union with Himself to make us holy. That’s the only reason He created human beings—what a tragedy if we don’t fulfill our destiny, if we never become one with God, if we never allow Him to purify and heal us.
God the Father chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, before He created the universe, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ (Eph 1:4-5). If you have a chance, read or meditate on John 14-17. It’s the offer of the most intimate personal friendship with Jesus.
Definitions of Holiness
What’s a good definition of holiness? Sometimes we think about external practices or disciplines, and that’s part of it, but that’s not the essence. Jesus says the law, the prophets, and the Psalms are about loving God with your whole heart, mind, soul, and strength, and loving your neighbor as yourself. It’s about growing in love. St. Teresa of Avila says you can never separate love of God and love of neighbor, so holiness isn’t something we do cooped up in ourselves. It’s not just personal spirituality; it’s transformation of our lives. It flows into greater and greater love for those who are closest to us: our family members, our literal neighbors, our neighbors in our parishes. Ask Jesus, “Who’s my neighbor?” The answer is, whoever we run across is our neighbor. Love of God and love of neighbor go together, and if you separate them, there’s a distortion in spirituality. Spirituality isn’t self-centered; it expands our heart and our minds to love God more and more radically.
A lot of times today, people say, “He’s a good person.” Jesus said, call no man good (Mk 10:18). Just being a nice person doesn’t save you. Not to love God, not to thank Him, not to worship Him is tremendously offensive, it’s tremendously blind. That’s why God gave us the commandments, and the First Commandment says our primary obligation is to worship God. When we don’t worship God, or thank Him, or adore Him, darkness comes into our lives and minds.
Romans 1:21 says they knew God but they didn’t worship Him. God has revealed Himself to every human being. Through creation, you can know God exists, and you can know about his divinity and power. Romans 2:15 says God gives a light to every person’s conscience to help us know basic right from wrong, and if you don’t respond to that light and seek God, bad things come from that. Their minds were darkened, they were without excuse, they knew the truth, but they suppressed it. Disorder comes into people’s lives when they don’t thank God and worship Him. Loves dries up, and there is rebellion and disobedience. To grow in holiness is to grow in love.
Teresa of Avila gives another definition of holiness. She says to grow in holiness is to bring our will into union with God’s will: love what He loves, hate what He hates. The only thing God hates is sin. God hates whatever separates his beloved creatures from Him. God hates when people do things that block their union with Him and damage other people. God hates sin, because sin objectively wounds people.
Therese of Lisieux defines holiness this way: Perfection consists in doing his will, and being what He wills us to be, who resists his grace in nothing. Sometimes we think holiness is a burden God is placing on us, and we groan. But holiness is not a burden; it’s a gift. It’s a blessing, a freedom, coming into our true selves. It’s saying “yes” to whom God created us to be. We will never be happy unless we say “yes” to God’s plan for us, which is for our infinite happiness.
What Hold Us Back?
What holds us back from a wholehearted, unreserved “yes” to the call to holiness? I often hear people say, “I’m just a lay person.” That means you are created in the image of God! What a tremendous dignity every single human being has! Are you a baptized lay person? Christ shed his blood for you, and the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are dwelling in your soul! You have an indelible mark on your soul—you have been claimed by the Lord, and unless you turn away from your baptism and reject, bury, and forget it, the Lord’s never going to let go of you.
The only thing that could separate us from the love of Christ is ourselves if we push ourselves away from Him, deaden our consciences, and give ourselves over to disorderly desires and the foolish nonsense of the world and culture. No longer say, “I’m just a lay person.” There is no greater dignity than to be created in the image of God, to be redeemed by the blood of Christ, and to be destined for eternal life. Having the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit dwelling in us is so special is that that the Lord says, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are” (1 Cor 3:16-17). The Lord is jealous for his people and their holiness, and the wrath of God is breaking out against all those who dishonor the creation and the body of Christ.
Other thoughts holding us back from wholehearted surrender are like these: “I’m not the heroic type. I’m selfish. I’m comfort-oriented. I’m lazy. I’m undisciplined. I’m distracted. I don’t think I have spiritual inclinations.” Those are lies that the devil has put in our minds to keep us from the glorious freedom of the sons and daughters of God. You may be selfish and all of those things, but the Lord stands ready to deepen his relationship with you, if you’re willing to do your part. Don’t accept those lies; you were created for holiness. With God, all things are possible.
Sometimes, although we know we are called to holiness, and we even get glimmers of the possibility of a deeper union with the Lord on a retreat or during a moment of prayer, we think we are too busy, or we have other problems to deal with right now. We are under the illusion that there is going to be some better time in the future for us to make that unreserved commitment to pursuing the path to holiness—that unreserved surrender of ourselves to the Lord with the practical decisions needed to make it real.
What is Needed
Each morning, we must wake up and try to put prayer time first. Even if we’re really busy, even if there’s a lot of stress in our life, there’s no better time in the future. I talk to retired people, and sometimes they say they’re busier now than when they were working. There’s always going to be something trying to distract us from seeking first the kingdom of God.
When I was engaged to be married, I only had a part-time job, and I was sitting on the floor of our sparsely furnished apartment, thinking, “How can I support a family?” The Lord gave me a Scripture passage that’s been foundational for my marriage and my work at Renewal Ministries. It says unbelievers are always worried about what they’re going to eat, what they’re going to wear, and what the future is going to bring, but seek first the kingdom of God and his holiness, and these other things will be yours as well, because your heavenly Father knows you need them. (See Luke 12:22-31.)
This is not the prosperity Gospel. It’s a solemn promise that God the Father knows what we need to fulfill the purpose for which He created us. If we put first things first, the secondary things are going to take their proper place in our life, but if we put the secondary things first, it’s going to cause a lot of stress and distortions, because the secondary things will never provide us what we’re seeking. They’ll never provide us with the security, peace, confidence, freedom, or love that we’re seeking. The only place we can find that is in God, and the other things that we need will then take their rightful place. I can tell you that this is the basis of my life, the basis of my wife’s life, the basis of our marriage, this is how we’re trying to live in Renewal Ministries. I encourage you to try to seek first the kingdom of God and his holiness and let the Lord provide what you need to carry out the mission that He’s called you to.
Four Principles and Two Decisions
Below are four principles that govern the spiritual life and two decisions to put us on a good path. These are from St. John Paul II’s Novo Millennio Inuente, where he said holiness is not just for a few special people but for everybody.
1. The spiritual journey is totally dependent on God’s grace. You can’t make it yourself.
2. Our effort also is necessary. We’ve got to do our part to dispose ourselves for the action of God in our soul.
3. There are painful dimensions to the purification process. St. John of the Cross said something that hopefully will take away some fear about this. He says God purges more intensely and quickly those who have more considerable capacity and strength for suffering, but the purgation is less intense for those who are very weak, like most of us. He lessens their temptations and frequently refreshes their sense to keep them from backsliding. St. Francis de Sales says the slow cure is the best cure. I’m on the slow cure path, and I’m excited about it. So, painful purifications are part of the process, but don’t be afraid of them.
4. Even though the journey requires effort, and even though there’s painful dimensions to the process, there is no journey more worth undertaking. Even if we make a little progress, it’s the most important blessing that could happen to our life. It brings us into a greater realm of freedom, a greater realm of love, and we can become more the person whom God created us to be.
St. Thomas Aquinas said there’s a difference between wishing something to happen and willing something to happen. Wishing something to happen without practical decisions is wishful thinking, and it will never happen. Willing something to happen, in order for it to be real, has to have some practical decisions connected to it. Here are two practical decisions I want to propose to you:
1. Believe the Word of God that you are called to be holy and that it’s impossible for you but it’s possible for God, if you do your part and cast yourself upon his grace and mercy.
2. Strive for that holiness without which no one can see God.
About the Author
Ralph Martin
Ralph Martin is president of Renewal Ministries. He also hosts The Choices We Face, a widely viewed weekly Catholic television and radio program distributed throughout the world. Ralph holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome and is a professor and the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He was named by Pope Benedict XVI as a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization and was also appointed as a “peritus” to the Synod on the New Evangelization. Ralph is the author of a number of books, the most recent of which are A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, The Fulfillment of All Desire, The Urgency of the New Evangelization, and Will Many Be Saved? He and his wife Anne have six children and sixteen grandchildren and reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Fr. Warren's Week Reflection: "Sir, we would like to see Jesus
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FRANCISCAN FRIARS of the ATONEMENT - SERVING OTHERS FOR OVER 120 YEARS - THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION from Fr. Bob Warren, SA - Volume 7 Issue 12
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sir, we would like to see Jesus
3-21-21
We hear in our gospel today about some people who have come to Jerusalem for the Passover. They have heard about this miracle worker Jesus. So, they approach a friend of His-Philip- and they make a request. “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” What would you do if someone made that request of you?
We want to see Jesus we want to know Him. What would you say? First, you might have to ask yourself a question. Why are they asking me? Probably, for the same reason that those strangers asked Philip. Because they think that, you know Him, that you have seen Him. Can you see Jesus? Yes, you can. Oh, you cannot see Him exactly as He was back then.
Not the Compassionate Healer, the Great Teacher because that is history. But, you can see Him. You see, He did not become human only that you might see Him after you die. He did not sweat blood in a garden only that you might know about Him like a smart theologian. He lived and died that you might know Him, love Him, have direct experience of Him NOW.
And, you see Him or know Him. The way He told you to, in your sisters and brothers. This is not just pious talk to keep us from beating up on each other. He meant it when He said, “When you take care of the hungry and thirsty, when you clothe the naked, when you visit the sick and those in prison. You are not just doing something nice; you are doing it to me.”
But, it would be a mistake to identify Christ only with the disadvantaged, see His face only in the crucified. All of us reflect the Face of the Lord because God’s own book tells us that we are made in His image and likeness. At this moment the Living Christ, the Lord who died for you, rose for you, this Risen Christ is alive in you. Do not take my word for it. Listen to His words the night before He died.
If anyone loves me, my Father will love them. And we will come to them and make our home with them. More than that, in a little while you will welcome the same Risen Christ. His body and blood and your body becomes a tabernacle. To know Christ, to see Christ does cost. Because it means that, you must journey with Him to Jerusalem and share His way of the cross.
And here our gospel is plain. It links encounter with Christ to experience of Lent. The clue, I solemnly assure you unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and it remains alone. Just a grain of wheat but if it dies it bears much fruit. My friends, Lent is nothing more than a religious joke. A caricature, if all it means is that I shift from steak to salmon, give up Godiva’s, limit my before dinner cocktail or tighten my waistline for the beach.
Lent is learning how to die. Not when I am 90 but today. Die to myself to all that is less than human in me. Less than Christlike. Scripture tells us that to be a Disciple of Christ you have to lose your life in order to find it. As time goes on, you experience increasingly some of what Christ went through in His passion.
And you find for all life’s joys and occasional ecstasies, human living can tear you apart. The question is-how does this affect you? What does it do to you? Does the pain that life can bring you lock you into yourself? Make you captive to your own misery?
So that nothing matters save your loss or your loneliness, your insecurity. Or does your hurt open you to others? Because you are beset with weakness, do you deal gently with the weak? When you watch the news, do you ever stop to think what it is like for the mother of the child who has just been shot or caught in the crossfire?
Can you experience the emptiness of some of the elderly in our land who live in nursing homes? Who have no future, no present, only memories? To feel hurt is to be human, to link that hurt to others is to be Christlike. Lent and Holy Week have an aura of sadness because it centers on suffering and death. But, there is also joy.
Because we know that all of His suffering and death was for one reason only. It was for you. Our Lord did not simply die He died for you. If He loves you that much, you must be quite extraordinary, very special. The last-no the best- you can do in return is do not simply live, live for Him. Make Him part of your life, so if anyone wants to see Jesus you can say, “Here He is.”
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Robert Warren, S.A.
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