David Ancell / Sunday, February 02, 2003 / Comments(0)
This morning, I had a quite ordinary moment of grace. I have thought about how I do so little penance. I’m not much on mortification. I was told by a priest that God will invite me to it when the time comes, and I won’t be so resistant.
This morning, I got to Mass at about my usual time. The parking lot for 9 AM Mass was full. This is unusual for this Mass. I got there, and there did not appear to be any seats. Well, it’s time to do penance. Later we were told that there were seats up front, but I didn’t go up there. I did decide, however, that I could find a pew after Communion that was vacated by a member of the Iscariot Society.
I praise God that he gave me just what I was in need of. I put up a little resistance, but I was able to do it by his grace.
Category: Posts imported from Danger! Falling Brainwaves, Uncategorized
David Ancell / Saturday, February 01, 2003 / Comments(0)
Read this post by Kairos on the nature of dissidents. Here he attacks the idea of “meeting people where they are,” expounded upon in this sickening article (of which I wish I had time to dissect and comment).
In the comments, I said the following:
I read the article referenced in Seattle Catholic. Quite disgusting, actually. I see nothing wrong with “meeting people where they are,” but there it is worthy of hellfire to leave them there.
Truthfully, I find this “take people where they are” approach to be meaningless psychobabble in the vast majority of cases. I lump this right with the term “closure” when used as though it were something to be brought to a tragic event.
Category: Posts imported from Danger! Falling Brainwaves, Uncategorized
David Ancell / Saturday, February 01, 2003 / Comments(0)
This church in Nashville posts the Sunday homilies on the web. Take a look at this one. It seems to me that he is trying to downplay the importance of Church teachings on human sexuality.
Well, he’s right in one sense that we will not go to Heaven by chastity alone. However, lack of chastity may be enough to send a soul to Hell. Futhermore, we should be concerned, and grieved, by the scandals of our day.
Category: Posts imported from Danger! Falling Brainwaves, Uncategorized
David Ancell / Saturday, February 01, 2003 / Comments(0)
I saw a car today with a bumper sticker that said: “On the advice of legal counsel, this bumper sticker does not contain a message.”
Category: Posts imported from Danger! Falling Brainwaves, Uncategorized