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Chris Cuomo: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God’
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/14/15
Chris Cuomo: ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God’
“...the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."
(John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961)
It isn’t often that a member of the media reveals the philosophy behind his ... Read More »
Saints in Eucharisitic prayer
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/10/15
Saints in Eucharisitic prayer - 3rd sunday of lent. March 8, 2015 (year b)
“whoever drinks the water i shall give will never thirst; the water i shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life”. (john 4:14)
The water that Jesus promised the ... Read More »
Swimming Upstream
Posted by Bob Herz on 3/07/15
Swimming Upstream
With the addition of a “morality clause” to its high school teacher’s handbook this winter, the Archdiocese of San Francisco became the latest in a string of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses to wade into the next phase of the culture wars concerning Catholic teachings on sexual morality and religious practice.
In ... Read More »
A Plea for Intolerance By Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/28/15
A Plea for Intolerance By Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Many a modern preacher is far less concerned with preaching Christ and Him crucified than he is with his popularity with his congregation. A want of intellectual backbone makes him straddle the ox of truth and the ass of nonsense...Fulton j. sheen
America, ... Read More »
Message of Pope Francis for Lent
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/23/15
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2015 “Make your hearts firm” (Jas 5:8) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor 6:2). ... Read More »
PRESIDENT COMPARES ISLAM TO CHRISTIANITY
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/21/15
PRESIDENT COMPARES ISLAM TO CHRISTIANITY
In his National Prayer Breakfast speech last week, President Barack Obama said: “And lest we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the ... Read More »
MANLINESS AND FREEDOM OR BEASTLY SLAVERY
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/07/15
MANLINESS AND FREEDOM OR BEASTLY SLAVERY
What if I were to tell you that there is a deadly drug circulating, a nefarious poison that can be found everywhere - at work, at home, in your car, even when you are outdoors. If allowed to get a hold of you, it ... Read More »
Does religion Have a Role?
Posted by Bob Herz on 2/01/15
Does religion Have a Role?
The French now know what 21st-century war will be like for them: no foreign army trying to take control of the country, no nuclear apocalypse, but homegrown terrorists, trained abroad and killing in the name of their religion.
The massacre of the editorial staff ... Read More »
No God Condones What?
Posted by Bob Herz on 1/17/15
No God Condones What?
At the National Prayer Breakfast [in 2009], President Obama seemed to signal that he has seen the light and is abandoning his radically pro-abortion agenda.
At least, that’s the only reasonable conclusion one could make after hearing the President, who says he’s a Christian, also ... Read More »
Journeys Home
Posted by Bob Herz on 1/11/15
Journeys Home
On New Year’s Eve of 1993, out Baptist friends had us over for two reasons: to usher in the new year and to try and save us from our lunacy. We had been studying the early Church for months now and they saw the effect it was ... Read More »