. . . sends cannon ball to ABC’s Chuck Goudie’s court. G. says Leo C. failed to answer “numerous” calls about a sex-abuse matter about Christian Brothers, who have had nothing to do with Leo C. since 1991.
He may be an actor, but he’s from Chicago — and speaks the unspeakable about guns . . . more
. . . arguing the obvious, that bad guys ignore no-gun signs:
Vince Vaughn Wants Guns In Schools: Tired of hearing about school shootings? Actor and former Chicagoan Vince Vaughn apparently thinks more guns would help stop the heinous acts. Politico shares part of an interview the actor did with British GQ, where he suggested that schools would be safer if guns were allowed:
“In all of our schools it is illegal to have guns on campus, so again and again these guys go and shoot up these f——ing schools because they know there are no guns there,” he told the magazine.
He’s clearly not been keeping up with the news in Chicago, where more than 300 people were shot, 37 fatally, in May.
Instead, we moan and groan (correctly) but refuse to recognize the Wild West situation.
The presumed quick rebuttal misses the mark, telling how many were shot. Vaughn argues the more-guns-less-crime case, which precisely aims to reduce the bloodshed.
What the heck is it to be conservative?
From today’s Sardonic Ex Curia posting:
Parents may not be consenting to their moral relation; but consenting or not, they are bound to a long train of burdensome duties towards those with whom they have never made a convention of any sort. Children are not consenting to their relation, but their relation, without their actual consent, binds them to its duties; or rather it implies their consent because the presumed consent of every rational creature is in unison with the predisposed order of things. – Edmund Burke
How about that “predisposed order of things”? A conservative bedrock.
Pope Francis gets along with and encourages bad guys
Go get that bishop, sic him!
Behind many an attack on a bishop is an attack dog.
Spirituality vs. Religion
Not quite. Religion is for providing the motions to go through when you have lost track of spirituality. Go through them long and faithfully enough, and you have a chance of regaining or gaining spirituality. “I believe, Lord; help thou my unbelief” is your motto.
My good friend Joey once told me, “Religion is for people who don’t want to go to hell and spirituality is for people who have already been to hell and don’t want to go back.”
The first part of the statement definitely rang true in my early years of life. I went to Catholic church every week, said my prayers, gave a little, but always felt like something was missing. It wasn’t until I went into my deep depression that I realized what that was. A personal intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
Now this isn’t something that could be obtained by going through the religious rituals that I had been doing. I needed to put my faith into action. But how would I know that I was actually following God’s plan for my life?
Well I guess that’s why they call it faith because to be honest I didn’t…
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Big Impact Is Possible From New Court Case On One man, One Vote – The New York Sun
Big Impact Is Possible From New Court Case On One man, One Vote – The New York Sun.
Redistricting based on ELIGIBLE voters, not general population. Wld reconfigure landscape.
The Irish did what? Begorra!
How to view the Irish vote, from American Catholic:
Now that Ireland has voted to approve gay marriage, a few thoughts:
1. Catholic Ireland is now Anti-Catholic Ireland-The Irish have always found scapegoats useful as an explanation for Irish failings. Britain long played this role and the Church is now filling this role. This vote, for many of the voters, was a joyous opportunity to give a one finger salute to the faith of their ancestors.
2. Spineless Shepherds-With one or two exceptions, the Irish episcopate was worse than useless. Cowardice was their most notable attribute. Expecting these timeservers to stand up for Catholicism in a hostile environment is like expecting a wolf to become a vegetarian.
3. Pope-MIA-The Pope has endless time to waste on made up problems like global warming, and to make snide remarks about faithful Catholics, but he uttered not a word on this vote. In the current feeble state of the Church in the face of her enemies, the fish does rot from the head down.
4. No Representation-All the major parties in Ireland backed gay marriage, so the 38% of the Irish people who voted against it, a huge block of voters in a proportional parliamentary system like Ireland, effectively have no political voice.
5. Iron Triangle-In Ireland government, academia and entertainment were all overwhelmingly in favor of gay marriage. The group think on this issue makes the old Iron Curtain countries seem diverse in comparison. Continue reading
Did Archbishop Cupich blow an opportunity to defend traditional marriage?
Phil Lawler, of Catholic World News, thinks so.
A contributor to the Chicago Sun-Times reports that he had a friendly exchange with Archbishop Blaise Cupich on the topic of same-sex marriage, and reproduces large chunks of that exchange for his readers. Naturally the archbishop says that he does not support legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Yet columnist Neil Steinberg observes: “To me, everything the archbishop said, except for his conclusions, is an argument for gay marriage.”
That sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Yet if you read the entire column you may find yourself hard-pressed to cite evidence proving Steinberg wrong.
The archbishop “thinks” this or that, sounding an uncertain trumpet. Timid.
Later (much later): It’s not his job in such a case to say what he thinks but as teacher and upholder of Catholic doctrine (a little-used reference by all but traditionalist thinkers), he should telling us what’s what, authoritatively.
Battle is o’er, hell’s armies flee, sang British Catholics in the ’30s and ’40s
The very forcefulness of it would never pass in a church of today.
Finita jam sunt proeliaBattle is o’er, hell’s armies flee;Raise we the cry of victoryWith abounding joy resounding, alleluia.Christ, who endured the shameful tree,O’er death triumphant welcome we,Our adoring praise outpouring, alleluia.On the third morn from death rose he,Clothed with what light in heaven shall be,Our unswerving faith deserving, alleluia.Hell’s gloomy gates yield up their key,Paradise door thrown wide we see;Never-tiring be our choiring, alleluia.Lord, by the stripes men laid on thee,Grant us to live from death set free,This our greeting still repeating, alleluia.=====================================Simphonia Sirenum, 1695, translated by R.A.KnoxWestminster Hymnal, 1939
It’s joyful. Unalloyed joy, I might even say unapologetic..
