Last Sunday, in our parish in Makati, we had a procession for the Feast of Christ the King.
Three white-robed sacristans walked in front: the one at the center carried a pole with a mounted cross, the sign of the Son of Man that Constantine saw in the heavens, the night before the decisive Battle of [...]
Archive for November, 2008
26 Nov
Book Review: “Exorcism: Encounters with the Paranormal and the Occult”
The Ateneo Catechetical Instruction League (ACIL) asked me to give a talk this afternoon on the paranormal and the occult. I have given the same talk last year when I was still a facilitator of ACIL-Escopa, about a week after Fr. Jose Francisco C. Syquia, Director of the Archdiocese of Manila Office of Exorcism, [...]
22 Nov
Back to the Future in 1968: Rahner on Humanae Vitae and the Present Ateneo Dissent
In September 1968 issue of the America magazine, Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. summarized the views of his fellow Jesuit, Karl Rahner S.J., published in Stimmen der Zeit, on the then recently published encyclical of Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae. The summary is long, but two points struck me:
In the first place, Rahner points out that [...]
21 Nov
Benedict XVI on Monasticism
Monastic life is “a reminder of that which is essential and has primacy in the life of all the baptized: to seek Christ and place nothing before his love,” the pope said during a meeting Nov. 20 with members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
“In virtue of the [...]
19 Nov
Islam: Sum of All Heresies?
Last March 2008, the Department of Philosophy of the Ateneo de Manila University sponsored a book presentation, The Sum of All Heresies: the Image of Islam in Western Thought by Professor Frederick Quinn, adjunct professor of History at the Utah State University. I haven’t attended the presentation, but the book’s synopsis sounds surprisingly apologetic:
Current [...]
17 Nov
Reproductive Health Bill: A Misnomer
When we say we are healthy, we mean that we have no disease or ailment: we can walk, talk, hear, see, touch, and taste as a normal person. When we are not healthy, as when we have a fever, our body shivers, our foods taste bland, and our balance uneasy; we drag our legs, [...]
15 Nov
Feast of St. Albert the Great
Today, November 15, is the Feast of St. Albertus Magnus, my patron saint. Here are some excerpts about him from the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Known as Albert the Great; scientist, philosopher, and theologian, born c. 1206; died at Cologne, 15 November 1280. He is called “the Great”, and “Doctor Universalis” (Universal Doctor), in recognition of his extraordinary [...]
15 Nov
Standing up for the Gospel of Life
CBCP Pastoral Statement on Reproductive Health Bill
“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).
Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative power of God (CCC 2258). The Church carries out the mandate of the Lord to go and proclaim to all the nations [...]
14 Nov
Our Greatest Moral Responsibility: To Convert the Contraceptive Mentality
An audio tape by Father John A. Hardon, S.J., S.T.D. -
Eternal Life , P.O. Box 787, Bardstown, KY 40004-0787, 502-348-3963, 1-800-842-2871. What follows are my excerpts of the excerpts from the tape. Please see end of this document.
In my judgment, the contraception mentality is the single deepest issue facing Western society. Notice, I call it [...]
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