Dwight Longenecker's Blog, page 196

Gimme back My Crucifix!

Have you ever been in one of those Catholic institutions–maybe a school or hospital where some well meaning, shallow minded sentimentalist has gone through and got rid of all the crucifixes and replaced them with those corny risen Lord crucifixes? Have you ever wondered why you don’t like them much? Well, I’ve figured it out. [Read More...]

Kissing Ugliness

Here is another article of mine for Aleteia published today. It is a meditation on Pope Francis kissing the man covered with warts and his embrace of another man whose face is horribly deformed. It goes to the heart of the matter and calls us to inner transformation. Why did Damian de Veuster go to [Read More...]

Peter and Francis

One of the great strengths of our new pope is that he is a natural master of the symbolic gesture, the powerful image and the memorable action. This picture says it all. If you’re a Catholic you know that Jesus really did his build his church upon the Rock of Peter, and when you visit [Read More...]

Joseph Pearce on Beauty, Truth and Goodness

Joseph Pearce contributes here to The Imaginative Conservative–writing on the “little Trinity” of Goodness, Truth and Beauty. These three are one in three and three in one. What is good is beautiful and true. What is true is beautiful and good. What is beautiful is true and good. Some however, hate what this little Trinity. [Read More...]

Two Popes and the End Times

Here is my latest article for Aleteia which discusses Pope Francis’ reference to R.H.Benson’s The Lord of the World and touches on two of Bl. Pope John Paul II’s sayings about the struggle between Satan and the church in the end times. Pope Francis says, “The people of God prefer to distance themselves from the Lord in favour of [Read More...]

My Favorite Hymn

Beautiful words by the most excellent hymnist in the English language: Charles Wesley who wrote no fewer than 6,000 hymns. Tune: Hereford.  Nice detail: the tune Hereford was written by Charles Wesley’s grandson, the composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley Sung by Rochester Cathedral choir.

Jesus Christ Prince of Thieves

Mgr. Charles Pope preaches here on the paradox of Christ the King reigning from the cross. Crown him with many crown, but first it is a crown of thorns. So here are two different men. Christ came to call sinners, thieves, if you will. Yes, we are all thieves, that is true. But pray God we [Read More...]

Fulton Sheen and the Anti Christ

This weekend is the Feast of Christ the King–reminding us that his kingdom is not of this world and therefore to be wary of any ideological system or world system or leader with plans to simply make this world a better place. Last week the Holy Father warned against the “adolescent progressivism” that is only [Read More...]

Help Me Help You

This week I’ve been running my annual Stick ‘em Up Campaign. In years past I’ve asked for personal donations. No more. Instead I’m asking readers to support my More Christianity radio show. If you want to make a donation you can do that right here and donate straight to the station, or you can donate  through the “Donate” [Read More...]

Review of More Christianity

Catechist Jennifer Fitz writes a great review of my book More Christianity over here. this is one of the best works of Catholic apologetics going: It is not for lazy people. What do you get: Nuanced, carefully articulated explanations of the Catholic faith for those who are viewing the Church through an Evangelical lens. What you [Read More...]