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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection November 8, 2018
The Left Is Organizing “Response Events” In 900 U.S. Cities On Thursday To Protest The Firing Of Jeff Sessions – End Of The American Dream
The Left Is Organizing “Response Events” In 900 U.S. Cities On Thursday To Protest The Firing Of Jeff Sessions – End Of The American Dream: Well, that escalated quickly. On Wednesday, President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and by the end of the day major leftist organizations had already put together protests in 900 U.S. cities to make a "public demand for action to correct this injustice". It truly is amazing how rapidly these groups were
Why giving to the poor is NOT actually charity
Why giving to the poor is NOT actually charity: We own the things God gives us, but yet they also belong to others. This is a hard truth, and one I don’t much like. It’s one of those places in life where holiness stops being a comforting ideal a…
The widow of Sunday’s Gospel had at least 3 reasons to keep her money. Here’s why she didn’t
The widow of Sunday’s Gospel had at least 3 reasons to keep her money. Here’s why she didn’t: Jesus wants everything, no matter who you are. In the Gospel for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B, Jesus observes a widow giving a small sum of money to the temple treasury, and praises her…
What do Catholics believe regarding cremation? --Aleteia
What do Catholics believe regarding cremation? --Aleteia: It is now an accepted practice of the Church, but still has a few rules behind it.
Two Kinds of Jesuits - The Imaginative Conservative
Two Kinds of Jesuits - The Imaginative Conservative: Whereas heroic missionary effort and martyrdom seemed the hallmark of the first Jesuits, the second generation moved in a different direction... (essay by Dwight Longenecker)
No, homosexuality is not a risk factor for the sexual abuse of children | America Magazine
No, homosexuality is not a risk factor for the sexual abuse of children | America Magazine: Sexual orientation by itself is irrelevant to child sexual abuse. The risk factors include impulse control problems and substance abuse, and offenders take advantage of situations in which they are trusted.
McCarrick's Seminarians » Maureen Mullarkey
McCarrick's Seminarians » Maureen Mullarkey: Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick interests me less than the seminarians who kept mum for so many years. The saga of this man is far larger than the story of Ex-cardinal McCarrick interests me less than the seminarians and priests who kept mum about his sexual predation, in part out of concern for their careers.
It's Worse than You Suspect: We Can't Think our Way Out of Decline - Public Discourse
It's Worse than You Suspect: We Can't Think our Way Out of Decline - Public Discourse: Given our splintered, irresolute wills, Alan Jacobs’s concept of thinking that “we can do better,” even if “we ought to,” is not enough. It’s going to take more than hope and a checklist.
Miters and Millstones
Miters and Millstones
I once heard a homily on the vocation of priests, which concluded
with this challenge to the young men of the parish: “If there’s not at
least some part of you that wants to be a priest, then you don’t know
what a priest really is.”
At the time, being in my mid-20s and not far removed from my own discernment days, this struck me as a profound and underappreciated point. For one, it cuts against the notion of the ordained priesthood as some sort of ecclesial selective service; some men get their number called, some don’t. But what struck me most about the priest’s point was his confidence in the universality of the claim. He was making a subtle yet strong statement about what it means to be, not just a priest, but a man.
And he was right. There is something of the essence of manhood to be found in one who stands forth from the rest, for the sake of the rest, and makes an offering of sacrifice on behalf of those entrusted to his care. He does not lord his authority over his people; he lays down his life for them. Without equivocating too much about particular vocations, that’s a fair description of the vocation of all men. https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2018/11/08/miters-and-millstones/
At the time, being in my mid-20s and not far removed from my own discernment days, this struck me as a profound and underappreciated point. For one, it cuts against the notion of the ordained priesthood as some sort of ecclesial selective service; some men get their number called, some don’t. But what struck me most about the priest’s point was his confidence in the universality of the claim. He was making a subtle yet strong statement about what it means to be, not just a priest, but a man.
And he was right. There is something of the essence of manhood to be found in one who stands forth from the rest, for the sake of the rest, and makes an offering of sacrifice on behalf of those entrusted to his care. He does not lord his authority over his people; he lays down his life for them. Without equivocating too much about particular vocations, that’s a fair description of the vocation of all men. https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2018/11/08/miters-and-millstones/
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments: The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s tyrant — followed by 4 million people — because the U.S. government required it to do so.
Cdl. Burke: It’s ‘diabolical’ for Church to accommodate herself to culture of death | News | LifeSite
Cdl. Burke: It’s ‘diabolical’ for Church to accommodate herself to culture of death | News | LifeSite: The Church 'gives the impression of trying to approach this culture, which is truly a culture of death, and somehow accommodate herself to the culture.'
BioEdge: Did the leader in California’s governor’s race assist his mother’s suicide?
BioEdge: Did the leader in California’s governor’s race assist his mother’s suicide?: Gavin Newsom makes a startling admission in interview with The New Yorker
Gavin Newsom, the Next Head of the California Resistance | The New Yorker
Gavin Newsom, the Next Head of the California Resistance | The New Yorker: Like many Democrats in the Trump era, Newsom aims to harness the alarm of moderates, the rage of progressives, and the widespread yearning for a new politics, Tad Friend writes.
Fr. James Martin: Pope appoints ‘gay-friendly’ bishops, cardinals to change Church on LGBT | News | LifeSite
Fr. James Martin: Pope appoints ‘gay-friendly’ bishops, cardinals to change Church on LGBT | News | LifeSite: 'Just look at what has happened in the last five years--since Pope Francis has been elected,' Martin said.
Your boss is now more likely to train you up, thanks to a dwindling talent pool
Your boss is now more likely to train you up, thanks to a dwindling talent pool
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612391/your-boss-is-now-more-likely-to-train-you-up-thanks-to-a-dwindling-talent-pool/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=owned_social&fbclid=IwAR0XFyTmBIuACuzRcmcT7rILBUc-zWewIYe0wwNazqH2lDy-WgPVAxUw45k
The Disorder of “Differently Ordered” - Crisis Magazine
The Disorder of “Differently Ordered” - Crisis Magazine: Recently, it has come to light that some Catholics are seeking to change the wording in the Catechism of the Catholic Church by replacing the word “disordered” with the phrase “differently ordered.” I believe that this intention is, in and of itself, disordered. Please allow me to explain. The Root of Relativism In every case where I have encountered …
Why bishops’ appointments seem on hold - The Catholic Thing
Why bishops’ appointments seem on hold - The Catholic Thing: Pope Francis has to appoint a number of U.S. bishops to fill empty sees and replace bishops reaching retirement. In...
Science and Catholic Teaching: Human Life, Sacred from Conception on
Science and Catholic Teaching: Human Life, Sacred from Conception on: The human develops contiunously from conception to natural birth, as embryology studies show. Time constraints for abortion are arbitrary.
Abuse accusations bring scrutiny for McCarrick's charity fund
Abuse accusations bring scrutiny for McCarrick's charity fund: Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s roles included service on the boards of at least two foundations that gave over $500,000 combined to his personally overseen fund at the Archdiocese of Washington over a decade’s time.
U.S. donors balk at pope's request for $25M for Rome hospital
U.S. donors balk at pope's request for $25M for Rome hospital: The Vatican is facing another financial headache after donors to a major U.S. Catholic foundation balked at a request from Pope Francis to foot a $25 million loan to a scandal-plagued Rome hospital.
Cardinal O'Malley elected chairman of Papal Foundation
Cardinal O'Malley elected chairman of Papal Foundation: Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston has been elected chairman of the Papal Foundation’s board of trustees.
Catholic bishops ask Israel to repeal law excluding non-Jews
Catholic bishops ask Israel to repeal law excluding non-Jews: Top Catholic prelates in Israel are asking the government to repeal the recent Nation State Law, which they say paves a path for discrimination against non-Jewish citizens.
People unable to give have become slaves to possessions, pope says | National Catholic Reporter
People unable to give have become slaves to possessions, pope says | National Catholic Reporter: Life is for loving, not amassing possessions, Pope Francis said.
In fact, the true meaning and purpose of wealth is to use it to lovingly serve others and promote human dignity, he said Nov. 7 during...
In fact, the true meaning and purpose of wealth is to use it to lovingly serve others and promote human dignity, he said Nov. 7 during...
Arizona rejects renewable initiative that spurred nuclear retirement fears | S&P Global Platts
Arizona rejects renewable initiative that spurred nuclear retirement fears | S&P Global Platts: Arizona voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative to require electric utilities to get 50% of their electricity from renewables by 2030, up from the current mandate for 15% renewables by 2025.
Fr. Warren's Week Reflection November 7, 2018
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DiNardo, USCCB head, was bishop during years diocese hid priest's abuse | National Catholic Reporter
DiNardo, USCCB head, was bishop during years diocese hid priest's abuse | National Catholic Reporter: The Diocese of Sioux City admitted Oct. 31 that it had concealed for decades the identity of a priest who had abused dozens of Iowa boys, as reported by the Associated Press. One of the bishops during...
Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection November 7, 2018
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Europe’s Iran Dilemma – LobeLog
Europe’s Iran Dilemma – LobeLog: by Julien Barnes-Dacey & Ellie Geranmayeh Earlier this week, Denmark’s foreign ministry accused Iran of planning an assassination on Danish soil. According to Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen,…
How Saudi "Donations" to American Universities Whitewash Its Religion
How Saudi "Donations" to American Universities Whitewash Its Religion
by Raymond Ibrahim • November 7, 2018 at 4:00 am
- Saudi funding of an American academic "doesn't mean that he's bought and paid for." Rather, "there is a kind of silencing effect. It's more about what doesn't get written about... there may be some self-censoring on certain topics you don't raise unnecessarily, topics that are sensitive to the Saudis." — from a Washington, DC "insider," quoted in Vox.
- "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the heartland of Islam, the birthplace of its history, the site of the two holy mosques and the focus of Islamic devotion and prayer. Saudi Arabia is committed to preserving the Islamic tradition in all areas of government and society..... The Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the Kingdom and Shari'ah (Islamic law) is the basis of the Saudi legal system." — Website of the Saudi Arabian Embassy, Washington, DC.
- A Saudi fatwa — in Arabic only — entitled, "Duty to Hate Jews, Polytheists, and Other Infidels," was written by Sheikh Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (d. 1999), former grand mufti and highest religious authority in the government. It comes from the fatwa wing of the government, meaning it has the full weight of the government behind it.
George
Mason University and George Washington University (pictured) in the
Washington, D.C. area, have each received tens of millions of dollars in
Saudi-affiliated funding, according to a report in the Daily Caller. (Image source: Ingfbruno/Wikimedia Commons)
Why
would the center of illiberalism, religious fanaticism, and misogyny
ever sponsor the center of liberalism, secularism, and gender equality?
This
is the question that crops up when one considers the largesse that
human-rights-abusing Saudi Arabia bestows on the leading universities —
those putative bastions of progressive, free thinking — in the United
States.
According to a recent report in the Daily Caller:
"... elite U.S. universities took more than half a billion dollars from the country [Saudi Arabia] and its affiliates between 2011 and 2017. Saudi Arabian interests paid $614 million to U.S. universities over a six-year period, more than every country but Qatar and the United Kingdom."
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13260/saudi-donations-american-universities
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13260/saudi-donations-american-universitiesXinjiang's Re-Education and Securitization Campaign: Evidence from Domestic Security Budgets - Jamestown
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Hard Times Test Farm Belt’s Loyalty to Trump - Bloomberg
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Wilbur ‘Killer’ Ross Isn’t Worried About the Trade Wars - Bloomberg
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The Iranian Canary in the Coalmine – LobeLog
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China’s Expensive Gamble on New-Energy Vehicles | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Remarks by Henry M. Paulson, Jr., on the United States and China at a Crossroads – Paulson Institute
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Republicans lock down Senate control - The Boston Globe
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Charlie Baker coasts to reelection - The Boston Globe
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After Morality - The Catholic Thing
After Morality - The Catholic Thing: Randall Smith: Trying to teach morality by laying out a list of “rules” is like teaching calculus by giving answers from the back of the book.
Erdogan's Hooligans Came Knocking on NYU's Doors - The Globalist
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A Cry of the Heart to Our Bishops: Please Restore Order to the Church!
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The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft
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When children are separated from their parents their genetics change
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Who wants to think of death? I do, and I want you to, and here’s why
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US Drones and the Khashoggi Murder - The Globalist
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Can One Million Barrels in Oil Exports Help Tehran Survive Fierce Sanctions? | Asharq AL-awsat
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Why a U.S.-Chinese War Could Spiral Out of Control
Why a U.S.-Chinese War Could Spiral Out of Control: A future conventional conflict between the United States and China could slide into a nuclear crisis more easily than we think.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Newspapers examine U.S. bishops' responses to abuse allegations | National Catholic Reporter
Newspapers examine U.S. bishops' responses to abuse allegations | National Catholic Reporter: The Boston Globe and the Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers teamed up for an article published in both daily papers Nov. 4 that examined ways it said the U.S. bishops have failed to police themselves ev...
From public policy to personal choice, God invites us to choose life | National Catholic Reporter
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Anger erupts in Egypt after massacre of Christian pilgrims | National Catholic Reporter
Anger erupts in Egypt after massacre of Christian pilgrims | National Catholic Reporter: The Coptic bishop of this city south of Cairo, Anba Makarios, spent the weekend trying to comfort mourners after two buses carrying Coptic Christians were ambushed Nov. 2 as they left a monastery here...
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Indifference - Community in Mission : Community in Mission
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Indifference - Community in Mission : Community in Mission: The Gospel for Tuesday of the 31st Week features the Lucan version of the parable about a man who gave a banquet. (In the Matthew version, Jesus refers to him as a king and I will refer to him that way in this post.) When all was ready, the servants were sent out to fetch …
Divisions at synod on sex abuse send wrong message, survivor says
Divisions at synod on sex abuse send wrong message, survivor says: A survivor of clerical sexual abuse and an advocate for fellow victims has said she is disappointed in the Church’s handling of the issue during last month’s Synod of Bishops on youth, saying the lack of a unified consensus is thwarting any progress that could be made.
The Point of Gosnell | Charlotte Allen | First Things
The Point of Gosnell | Charlotte Allen | First Things: Our daily blog content exclusive to the web hits on hot topics in both religion and public life and will keep you informed and entertained all week.
Bishop Barron's Gospel Reflection November 6, 2018
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Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 486
Reading 1 Phil 2:5-11
Brothers and sisters:Have among yourselves the same attitude
that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and, found human in appearance,
he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Gospel Lk 14:15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him,"Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God."
He replied to him,
"A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.
When the time for the dinner came,
he dispatched his servant to say to those invited,
'Come, everything is now ready.'
But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves.
The first said to him,
'I have purchased a field and must go to examine it;
I ask you, consider me excused.'
And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen
and am on my way to evaluate them;
I ask you, consider me excused.'
And another said, 'I have just married a woman,
and therefore I cannot come.'
The servant went and reported this to his master.
Then the master of the house in a rage commanded his servant,
'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town
and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and the lame.'
The servant reported, 'Sir, your orders have been carried out
and still there is room.'
The master then ordered the servant,
'Go out to the highways and hedgerows
and make people come in that my home may be filled.
For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'"
China upgrades nuclear reactors to wean itself off coal - Nikkei Asian Review
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Faith leaders call on US to address complicity in causing migrant caravan | National Catholic Reporter
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'A Child Is Always a Blessing,' Affirms Pope Francis - ZENIT - English
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Rome Pressures Publisher to Restrict Book on Whistleblower Viganò
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Rome Pressures Publisher to Restrict Book on Whistleblower Viganò
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Deconstructing Trump’s foreign policy
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Why the U.S. Can't Control MBS
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Anti-Semitism must be banned from society, pope says | National Catholic Reporter
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Also, he said, "the Hol...
Also, he said, "the Hol...
US Diplomatic Vacancies Are Straining Alliances - Defense One
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Brexit Is Teaching Britain Its Place in the World | RealClearWorld
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The most important science policy issue in every state | Popular Science
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Will Iraq Become Another ‘Lesson Lost’ Like Vietnam? | The American Conservative
Sjursen has a great piece in The American Conservative today about how
the Army refuses to publish this massive report, generated years ago by
former Gen. Ray Odierno and his team, in part sources say, because the
brass today doesn't want to "air their dirty laundry." But others say
it's flawed anyway because, not surprisingly it promotes the
Odierno/Petraeus 'surge.'
Sjursen says beyond all that, the whole thing is flawed -- here's why: https://www.
This is why we lose wars.
Will Iraq Become Another ‘Lesson Lost’ Like Vietnam? | The American Conservative: The Army commissioned, then sat on a 1,300-page evaluation of the war. It probably fell short of the truth anyway.
Abuse discussion may overshadow racism letter at US bishops' fall meeting | National Catholic Reporter
Abuse discussion may overshadow racism letter at US bishops' fall meeting | National Catholic Reporter: The U.S. bishops' long-awaited pastoral letter against racism is in danger of being overshadowed by discussion of sex abuse at the church leaders' annual meeting in November, but two bishops who worke...
A Cry of the Heart to Our Bishops: Please Restore Order to the Church!
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Mohammed bin Salman: Too Big to Fail – LobeLog
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US soybean sales to China down 94 percent amid Trump tariffs: report | TheHill
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Monday, November 5, 2018
Austrian labs key to future of Iran nuclear deal | Daily Mail Online
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It Will Be the Best of Futures, and the Worst of Futures
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9 Popular films that nurture our belief in life after death
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Why America Can't Play Russia off Against China | The National Interest
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Tracing a Meme From the Internet’s Fringe to a Republican Slogan - The New York Times
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Tech Billionaires’ Obligation to the Cities Around Them - The Atlantic
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12 Examples That Show That America Is Far More Messed Up Than When You Were A Kid – End Of The American Dream
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Trump's Empty State Department - The Atlantic
Trump's Empty State Department - The Atlantic: In 18 countries, the White House has yet to designate a U.S. ambassador. That includes Australia, a close ally to America that is beginning to look to China instead.
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