December 28, 2003
The Feast of the Holy Family
Today is the feast of the Holy Family. On the liturgical calendar, this feast is relatively new, being established as a "feast" day in the year 1921 by Pope Benedict XV. Yet we find the meditation and tradition of the...
December 25, 2003
The Lesson of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope this day is full of peace, joy, and happiness for each and every one of you. I likewise hope that each of you take time today to reflect on the event that is the very...
December 24, 2003
Do you hear what I hear?
Angels celebrate the birth of Christ in heaven tomorrow, I hope you celebrate with them. From all of the DeoOmnisGloria contributors, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! God bless - and don't forget that it's Jesus' birthday!...
Meditations on the Birth of Christ V: Who do you say that I am?
I think it’s easy for us to conceptualize the birth of Jesus as if it were metaphor. But we must keep in mind that this was a literal event in history. The second person of the Trinity actually became man...
December 22, 2003
Meditations on the Birth of Christ IV: The Weakness of God
This is a classic passage in the book Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen. It’s an excellent look at Jesus’ life, as you will see from this passage. Here, Sheen is writing about the infant Jesus: No worldly mind would...
December 21, 2003
Meditations on the Birth of Christ III: the Silence of Mary
Romano Guardini is fond of noting the “stillness” and “quiet” the surrounds the incarnation of God into the womb of Mary (the new Ark of the Covenant). Part of this quiet lies in the silent assent of Mary to the...
December 20, 2003
A Gift for the Holy Father and the Church: Adoration for Vocations
Click here to register your hours of Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations. By the way, if you don't participate in Eucharistic Adoration, I highly recommend it. You won't believe how your spiritual life can grow by just spending an hour...
Meditations on the Birth of Christ II: The Gifts of the Wise Men
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh and why did the Wise men give these gifts? There are many interesting tidbits behind the gifts of the magi. First and foremost, did you notice that the number of Magi (wise men) is...
The Illogic of deifying Science
We live in a world where scientific principles seem to rule all. Scientific fact is treated as if it were unarguable and unchangeable. Science has become deified to virtually the entire population. So what’s wrong with this? It doesn’t recognize...
December 19, 2003
A Critique of Peter Jackson's Interpretation
Lord of the Rings is the perfect book trilogy. It captures the essence of Catholicism without ever mentioning God and while keeping the action flowing. Now we finally have all three movies on film, so what's the consensus? Here's an...
December 18, 2003
Meditations on the Birth of Christ I: Swaddling cloths and the Manger
Throughout the next week, I’ll post a few mediations on how the Scriptures treat the Birth of our Savior. Today’s is straight from St. Jerome: Luke 2:6-7. And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered....
A Beautiful Christmas Story
About a week before Christmas, Mom bought a new nativity scene. When she unpacked it, she found two figures of the Baby Jesus. "Someone must have packed this wrong," Mother said, counting out the figures. "We have one Joseph, one...
The French and Religion
I thought this was an excellent look at the French situation over at Extreme Catholic. For those who don't know, the French are moving to ban public, visible evidence of faith in schools from any of the major religions. This...
December 17, 2003
A Quick Review of The Passion
Some of the contributors to this blog have a brother studying for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome. He wrote this to us the other day: Hey family! So yesterday seemed to be another ordinary day going...
A great quote from Sheed
This is an excellent quote explaining the nature of obedience to God's Will: "We are not baptized into the hierarchy; do not receive the Cardinals sacramentally; will not spend an eternity in the beatific vision of the pope. Christ is...
December 16, 2003
Is the DaVinci Code being Left Behind?
Click here for an excellent article on two books: The DaVinci Code and the Left Behind series. The Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Chicago exposes the two books for what they really are: garbage. It starts off very insightfully: There...
December 14, 2003
Baptism: The Gateway to Life
Allow me to begin by apologizing to several of you for the delay in writing this article. I promised this article over a week ago to some of our fellow bloggers but other obligations have kept me from having the...
St. Cyprian on the Church
I’ve been reading some of the Early Church Fathers and I periodically post a section one of them has written. This is from St. Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, and was written around 250 A.D., before the Bible had been...
December 13, 2003
Sola Fides 1: Are we saved by faith alone?
Sola Fides or the doctrine of “faith alone” is a detailed subject that requires careful study. Because of this, I’m breaking it down into a series of articles that take one aspect of Sola Fides and examine it in light...
A Prayer for Fathers
Lord God, author of all wisdom, Teach me how to do my work as a father according to Your will. Enlighten my mind that I may understand what to tell my children when it is necessary to give them...
Confession and the Bible: Understanding God’s Will
Confession is one of those practices that protestants take issue with. I often hear, “Why can’t I simply confess my sins to God?” People are uncomfortable openly discussing their faults – this of course plays into God’s hands, since it...
December 12, 2003
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dear Lady of Guadalupe may you continue to be our guide in defending life at all stages and thank you for ever leading us to your divine Son, our Lord Jesus Christ....
A Bone to Pick with Dr. Dobson: Masturbation
Even though I greatly appreciate most of the work Dr. Dobson has done over the years, I think his books on parenting especially those dealing with boys and teenagers should be avoided because he condones masturbation. As a former sex...
December 11, 2003
Thoughts on the Devil
I’m reading through some of the writings of the Early Church Fathers and I came across this passage by Saint Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage from 246 to 258 A.D. when he was martyred. I thought it was an excellent...
December 9, 2003
How God works
Occasionally I write short stories examining some aspect of how God functions in our lives. They are written by a mere man, so they are simply reflections of how God might take care of us. I thought I'd post one...
December 7, 2003
Biblical Mary, Part II
One thing we can all agree on (hopefully) is that Jesus came from the line of David. The Lord promised David that a king in his line would one day rule all nations, and he would reign forever (2 Sam...
December 6, 2003
Dave Armstrong and 50 Proofs for the Papacy
In an excellent book, “A Biblical Defense of Catholicism,” Dave Armstrong sets out fifty proofs of the pre-eminence of St. Peter, the first pope of the Catholic Church. I was so impressed, I have to list them here. I do...
December 5, 2003
Exploring Reincarnation
Reincarnation goes in and out as the belief du jour among ‘cutting-edge’ intellectuals. This always surprised me since the belief is so unreasonable. I always wondered how reincarnation believers explained the sheer increase in humans over the years. Where did...
Apostolic Tradition: What does it mean?
I would like to begin this article by getting the definition of Apostolic Tradition "straight from the horse's mouth" so to speak. Other bloggers have referred to the dictionary to explain that meaning of "tradition", but an American, English dictionary...
December 3, 2003
Biblical Mary; Part I
Mary’s role in God’s plan of salvation is absolutely crucial. In a way, Mary is the new Eve. Eve’s disobedience immersed all humans in the bondage of sin. On the contrary, Mary’s obedience to God opened the way for the...
December 2, 2003
A Call to Prayer
Greetings dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ. May His peace and love be with all of you. I just wanted to bring to all of our readers attention that we have had a lot of our Protestant...
December 1, 2003
The Birth Control Pill and Abortion
I have a question for protestants. How can you say the birth control pill is fine, but abortion is not? Here's why I'm asking: The birth control pill can act as an abortifacient. This means that the birth control pill...
