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VATICAN II BLUNDERS?
I was just listening to your podcast on Vatican II, and have a question. At mass, our deacon has told the altar servers that instead of bowing to the tabernacle as they pass in front, they should...Read more
Catholic apostolates blur the lines between power and authority
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
Encounter School of Ministry (ESM) recent opened a campus in our Diocese and I’ve been invited to complete the two year formation and to potentially provide spiritual guidance for their members. I just wonder if ESM...Read more
Purifying memories and emotions
New listener, I tried to search old blog posts. However, I was wondering if you could explain how to go about purification of memories and emotions. Is it in the protocol I’ve heard you talk about? On...Read more
Daily Reflections with
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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WHAT IS WRONG
If we are to find a total explanation of what is wrong with man, it must be sought within man himself. When we see a monkey acting crazily in a zoo, we do not say, “Oh, do not act like a nut.” But when we see a man acting foolishly we say, “Don’t act like a monkey.” You see, a monkey cannot stoop lower than itself, but man can. Because man is spirit as well as matter, he can descend to the level of beasts, though never so completely as to destroy the image of God that is in his soul. It is this possibility that allows the peculiar tragedy of man. Man would never be frustrated, he would never have an anxiety complex, if he were an animal and if he were made just for this world. Because of that summit, that peak, that desire for perfect happiness which he does not attain, he can become the seat of conflict.