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Of Miracles and the Messiah (Modernism Part 48)
Today’s readings: Acts 5:34-42 John 6:1-15 Today at Mass the priest said in his homily that today’s gospel about the multiplication of...
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Apr 29, 20223 min read
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Darkness and Light (Modernism Part 47)
April 27, 2022 Today’s gospel: John 3:16-21 “People preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.” (v.19b). Evil works...
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Apr 27, 20222 min read
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Who Is Your Father? (Modernism Part 46)
Today’s gospel: John 8:31-42 Once again, Jesus’ words two millennia ago have relevance for us in recognizing modernism in our Church...
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Apr 6, 20223 min read
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You Will Die In Your Sins (Modernism Part 45)
Today’s gospel: John 8:21-30 Once again, we have a definition of modernism that we can draw from Jesus’ words. He said to the scribes...
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Apr 5, 20222 min read
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The Poor Man Lazarus (Modernism Part 44)
Today’s readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1:1-6 Luke 16:19-31 Once again in the scriptures, we are given a good definition of Modernism. ...
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Mar 22, 20223 min read
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False Teachers (Modernism Part 43)
Readings: James 3:1-10 Psalm 12:2-8 Mark 9:2-13 One scourge in our Church today is false and even heretical teaching, done by liberals...
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Feb 22, 20222 min read
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Rebuking Peter (Modernism Part 42)
Gospel Reading: Mark 8:27-33 Why was Jesus so harsh with Peter, calling him Satan? After all, Peter was just concerned for him, not...
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Feb 22, 20222 min read
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Trust In God, Not Man (Modernism Part 41)
Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8 Psalm 1:1-6 1 Corinthians 15:12,16-20 Luke 6:17,20-26 “Thus says the Lord: cursed is the man who trusts in...
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Feb 22, 20223 min read
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Upholding Human Tradition (Modernism Part 40)
Gospel reading: Mark 7:1-13 The scribes and Pharisees were the religious authorities during Jesus’ time. They were intent on “keeping...
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Feb 11, 20222 min read
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The Role of the Prophet (Modernism Part 39)
Today’s readings: Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19 Psalm 71:1-6,15-17 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Luke 4:21-30 In today’s world of darkness and sin, in...
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Jan 30, 20223 min read
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David and Nathan (Modernism Part 38)
Today’s readings: 2 Samuel 12:1-7,10-17 Psalm 51:12-17 Mark 4:35-41 Many grievous sinners today might be like David. They still know what...
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Jan 29, 20223 min read
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Loving Neighbour (Modernism Part 37)
Readings: 1 John 4:19-5:4 Psalm 72:1-2,14-15,17 Luke 4:14-22 The basic reason why the Church is insisting and mandating that the unvaxxed...
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Jan 12, 20223 min read
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Sheep and Shepherds (Modernism Part 36)
Gospel reading: Mark 6:34-44 “When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
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The Gospel of Jesus (Modernism Part 35)
Readings: 1 John 3:22-4:6 Psalm 2:7-11 Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 Today “many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 Jn 4:1b), and...
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Jan 12, 20224 min read
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The Role of Mary (Modernism Part 32)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Reading: Genesis 3:9-15,20 We understand modernism to mean the embrace of the culture of the age,...
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Jan 12, 20223 min read
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The Lost Sheep 2 (Modernism Part 31)
Gospel reading: Matthew 18:12-14 Today, 99 of the 100 sheep are lost. If only one of the 100 were lost, that would be cause for...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Healing of the Paralytic (Modernism Part 30)
Gospel reading: Luke 5:17-26 The healing of the paralytic by Jesus involved two aspects, a spiritual healing and a physical healing. His...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Big State and Big Church (Modernism Part 29)
Gospel reading: Luke 3:1-6 Jesus was the victim of Big State and Big Church of the time. There were the tetrarchs and the hierarchs. The...
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
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Papal Teachings (Modernism Part 34)
Popes, as seen in the history of our Church, can be in error. Today there are more errors in the teachings of hierarchs, as modernism has...
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Dec 18, 20213 min read
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The Role of the Messiah (Modernism Part 33)
Today’s readings: Isaiah 45:6c-8,18,21c-25 Psalm 85:9-14 Luke 7:18b-23 Jesus came to heal the sick but brought the greatest healing,...
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Dec 15, 20213 min read
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