Stephen K. Ray's Blog, page 484

Questions I Answered on Catholic Answers Live

Tonight I was on Catholic Answers Live answering Questions from Non-Catholics. Here is the audio link to listen on line. For more listening options, click here.

Here are the questions I answered:

1) Southern Baptist asked: "To what do you attribute the Catholic Church's unwavering stance on the Pro-Live Movement"?

2) Protestant asked: "If the purpose of purgatory is healing, why are prayers said to get people out quickly"?

3) Seventh Day Adventist: "How does the Catholic Church explain the change of worshiping from Saturday to Sunday"?

4) Baptist asked: "Why is there such a focus on the worship of Mary in the Catholic Church?"

5) An Assembly of God member asked: "Why is it necessary for Catholics to confess their sins to a priest"?

6) American Baptist asked, "Why is the Pope elected, since no one else in the Church is"?

Running in Catholic Heartland of Ohio

This weekend my son Jesse and are are driving through Ohio doing two Parish Missions. One at Immaculate Heart in Cincinnati and one in Russia Ohio.

While here we discovered the 2nd largest collection of relics in the Unites States. It was stunning and profoundly moving. (More at EveryTrail. See below.)

We ran a bit in the area and took some pictures. Click here to see and read more.

Pope Benedict on Pilgrimage

"To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history.

"To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendour and produced rich fruits of conversion and holiness among those who believe.

"Above all, Christians go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, to the places associated with the Lord's passion, death and resurrection."

–Benedict XVI (Nov. 6, 2010)

NEW! Stations of the Cross Talk

Check it out and buy it HERE. It is available in both CD disk or MP3 download (MP3 available very soon).

Learn the origins and history of the Stations, what led up to Christ's Condemnation to Death.

Steve then goes through each Station based on his knowledge of the Bible and Jerusalem and the "real" Stations.

Biblical, medical, geographical and spiritual meditations on each Station. Listen to an audio clip before purchasing.

——————————————————————

Companion Talk: The Pain of the Crucifixion. See it here.

Fighting for his Meal

Now that our grandson Dominic is out of the hospital we could take him for his birthday lunch.

Are Those Girls Real?

Our daughters (and wives) are bombarded with unrealistic expectations about how they should look! They should be glamorous, sexy, beautiful, thin in all the right places and bulging in others. They should be tall, blond . . .

. . . make sure your wives and daughters watch these excellent videos. By the way, us guys can be reminded of reality too (otherwise we look for unrealistic expectations too!)

Click here for Evolution of a Model's Face Once at this site, click on the option for Evolution.

Onslaught against your Daughter

Only Two Seats Left

Only TWO more seats available on our bus for the Beautification trip to Rome!
If you want to go, sign up quickly or the seats will be gone.
Click here for more information.

CatholicsComeHome.org Responds to the Idiot HBO Host Bill Maher – link fixed

This guy Maher is a jerk extraordinaire. www.CatholicsComeHome.org is a great organization (I am on the Board of Advisers).

here

CatholicsComeHome.org Responds to the Idiot HBO Host BillMaher

This guy Maher is a jerk extraordinaire. CatholicsComeHome.org is a great organization (I am on the Board of Advisers).

here

Bishop Explains Job of a Bishop

From my friend and Canon Lawyer Ed Peters: A remarkable essay by the Eagle of Fargo

Ironic.

One of the most important essays by a bishop on Canon 392 (the norm setting forth a bishop's fundamental duty to supervise the enforcement of ecclesiastical discipline in his diocese) never mentions Canon 392; one of the most important essays by a bishop on Canon 915 (requiring ministers to withhold holy Communion from certain pubic sinners) never mentions Canon 915; and in fact, one of the most important essays on canon law generally by a bishop since the 1983 Code came out, was not written by a canonist bishop and scarcely even mentions the Code.

Instead, Fargo North Dakota Bishop Samuel Aquila's (Bishop of Fargo) remarkable essay "Good Shepherd: Living Christ's Own Pastoral Authority" (here) shows how a bishop who thinks with the Church can't help getting the canonical big picture right at the same time. This should surprise no one, for canon law, in its turn, is all about getting the pastoral picture right.

Read more here: Read Here