Dwight Longenecker's Blog, page 131

Iron Lady Film – Masterpiece or Mess?

My contribution to The Imaginative Conservative website this week is a review of the film The Iron Lady –a biopic on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Many criticized the film because it focussed on the retired premier’s dementia and did not laud her political achievements sufficiently. This is to misunderstand both the film and the art form. The [Read More...]

Distorted Desires

I have been asked to contribute a new series of articles for Catholic Exchange on the Seven Deadly Sins Here is the first one: an introduction to the seven deadly sins. The seventeenth century poet Thomas Traherne is known for his joyful and positive spirit. He affirms that human souls are driven by desire, and that [Read More...]

How to Use the Lord’s Prayer as a Spiritual Weapon

I once attended a seminar on the deliverance ministry conducted by the author and psychiatrist Kenneth McCall. During the questions and answers three rather excitable women told Dr McCall that there was a witches coven meeting in their town and they wondered how to get rid of it. Dr McCall was a very softly spoken [Read More...]

Foolishness and Fullness

Here is my latest article for ZENIT. It counters the Church of Nice with the challenge of total transformation in Christ The main problem with Christianity today is that it has forgotten these astounding ambitions promised in the New Testament. Christians of all sorts–and Catholics especially–have turned Christianity into a bland exercise in trying to [Read More...]

St Patrick? What Has He Got to Do With a Parade?

My goodness, what a lot of huffing and puffing over the St Patrick’s Day parade in New York City. Some homosexuals want to march in the parade and Cardinal Dolan is the head honcho of the whole big folderol. Some Catholics are therefore up in arms. Cardinal Dolan is a wicked, corrupt bishop in their [Read More...]

This Will Make You Cheer Up!

If there are such wacky and wonderful things in life, then you’d better cheer up and praise God.

St Patrick’s Day Parade: What Would Jesus Do?

Some Catholics are up in arms over Cardinal Dolan agreeing to be the Grand Marshall of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York which has been infiltrated by homosexual activists. Elizabeth Scalia has stirred the pot with this post comparing Dolan to Jesus who ate with sinners, did not condemn the woman taken in adultery, [Read More...]

Come to England With Me!

Are you planning to come on the exciting pilgrimage to England with me and my friend–the author and biographer Joseph Pearce next June? We’re going to have a fantastic time visiting the sites associated with the English Martyrs, celebrating Mass in ancient churches and combining this with visiting the pilgrimage trail of famous English converts and [Read More...]

Jesus’ Ancestors: Murderers, Cheats, Prostitutes, Refugees, Adulterers…

Today is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and at mass this morning I inflicted upon the faithful the long genealogy of Jesus at the beginning of Matthew’s gospel.  It’s here if you want to read it. I did so for a good reason. The genealogy is a very  unusual document. Firstly, it is [Read More...]

Truett Cathy: What If We All Stayed Home On Sunday?

Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-Fil-A has died. Like Colonel Sanders he was a true Southern Christian gentleman. I was somewhat disappointed, however, that Truett Cathy didn’t wear a white linen suit, a ribbon tie and carry an ivory topped cane. He famously decided to keep his restaurants closed on Sundays to give his employees [Read More...]