http://peregrinus.stblogs.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:11:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One cannot go one day where there is an article about how some group or governmental body trying to silence Christians in general and Catholics in particular when it comes to moral issues.  This seems to be especially true when it comes to the more “conservative” and orthodox the Christian ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/15/at-what-point/ While reading though the myriad of postings over on Facebook, a link to the chapter “The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed” in Hilaire Belloc’s The Great Heresies was posted. In there, Belloc hypothesizes that Islam (Mohammedanism as he called it in some instances) was not a new and/or pagan religion, ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/11/targeting-islam-for-evangelization/ One thing I like about the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (also known as the Latin or Tridentine Mass) is that it forces one to concentrate more on the Mass than the Ordinary Form of the Mass.  In my opinion the Low Mass requires more concentration than the High Mass ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/09/concentrating-on-the-sacred/ When I say the key, I am talking about fighting the plagues of Relativism, Socialism, Liberalism, Materialism, and Global Capitalism that have infected today’s society. Yes, some of these plagues were around long before the Protestant Revolt, but none really took hold until after the splintering that took place in the ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/08/is-christian-unity-the-key/ They say that Socialism is the ultimate “Nanny State”.  That is true in the sense that, to a varying degree based on the type of Socialism (with Marxism being the most extreme type where everything is controlled by the State). With the “nanny state” of Socialism, one does not have to ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/07/does-global-capitalism-and-socialism-stifle-self-sufficiency/ We are constantly bombarded with requests to boycott this or boycott that for many different reasons.  Usually it is because some person or group has been offended (sometimes valid, many time not) in one form or another. Boycotts are completely worthless without viable morally sound alternatives.  People simply cannot or will ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/06/alternatives-not-boycotts/ Yes, I know it sounds weird living in a society that is infected by plagues like Relativism, Socialism, Materialism, Liberalism, and Global Capitalism, but I am wondering if it could be a viable to completely living in today’s society. Many Catholics, including myself, belong to various third orders and/or confraternities that ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/05/could-lay-monasticism-be-possible/ I will admit, my prayer life has been a roller coaster for years now.  There are points, including recently where it has been extremely high and points where it has been practically non-existent.  Usually the lows come immediately after a period of extreme high.  I am currently at the point ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/04/setting-a-proper-prayer-life-level/ We all, at least most of us, have heard the following Bible story of the “Tower of Babel”: Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/03/tower-of-babel-two/ Many of know that yesterday was Solemnity of All Saints, but few remember that today is the Feast of All Souls. On this day, we are to pray and celebrate Masses for the soul of those departed that have not attained the rewards in heaven due to not being perfectly ... http://peregrinus.stblogs.com/2009/11/02/the-forgotten-saints/