The Theology of Jane Austen-Part I
Guy McClung
November 18, AD2017
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Of course, there is no such theology. No such thing if the title above means to cite a book or treatise written by Jane Austen
This Present Darkness Cannot & Will Not Comprehend Christ Crucified
Guy McClung
October 17, AD2017
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Those in today’s present darkness cannot comprehend the crucified Savior. It is the same today as it was in the first century A.D., those who
Joyful, Fruitful Racism
Guy McClung
September 17, AD2017
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Around the world, from the local parish to the highest levels of the Vatican, the papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) has been interpreted by some to justify,
Jesus, You’ve Got Some Explaining to Do
Guy McClung
August 17, AD2017
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To His Holiness Jesus Christ, God the Son ATTN: God the Father ; God the Holy Spirit Most Holy Jesus, Recently I have had some
Harry’s Pain & Becoming God
Guy McClung
July 17, AD2017
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My friend Harry has been around for some time, and over his life he has experienced many different kinds of physical pain. So I was
Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis
Guy McClung
June 17, AD2017
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Is a prayer like this Okay? Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis My good friend, Captain Ronald Bliss (may he rest in peace now), on
Dali & Grunewald – Two Images of Crucifixion
Guy McClung
May 17, AD2017
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Two Images, One Lord It would be difficult to name a person who is the subject of more works of art than Jesus Christ. For
And With Whose “Spirit” ?
Guy McClung
April 17, AD2017
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“And also with you.” “And with your Spirit.” Six of one half a dozen of the other ? Mox nix ? Who cares? What difference
Jane Austen’s Morality Of Marriage
Guy McClung
March 16, AD2017
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In our time, according to one of several divergent moralities, an act is a heinous hell-damning sin, while another morality will validate that same act
How Can Imperfect Contrition Lead to Perfect Contrition?
Guy McClung
February 17, AD2017
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How can imperfect contrition lead to perfect contrition? To make a “good confession” and to receive absolution for sin, a sinner must be, according to
The PostPersons: Part II
Guy McClung
February 9, AD2017
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This is Part II of the PostPersons story. In Part I a future was described in which the Supreme Legislature of the United States, once
My Child Is Going To Hell
Guy McClung
January 17, AD2017
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Perhaps; but, in living faith, there is hope. Full disclosure: Yes, that is intentionally a “Made Ya Look” headline. It is also precisely how many
The Book of Job: Speak Rightly Of God
Guy McClung
January 1, AD2017
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At the end of the Book Of Job, God tells the acquaintances of Job, who have denigrated, accused, and chastised Job, to prepare sacrifices; but
PostPersons
Guy McClung
December 11, AD2016
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In 1970, if someone in America would have told you that all the laws against abortion in all the states (but two) would be overturned
Amoris Laetitia, Mercy Robots & Sinning In Heaven
Guy McClung
November 10, AD2016
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Many scholars and theologians think that, at best, certain statements in the papal Exhortation Amoris Laetitia are ambiguous, with some possible interpretations being heresy. For
Jesus Freak
Guy McClung
October 30, AD2016
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Recently, I posted pro-life comments on an article about a celebrity who said that he and his girlfriend were “eternally grateful” that Planned Parenthood was
New Truth? Jesus’s Mistakes? God’s Errors?
Guy McClung
October 12, AD2016
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In the article “The Ideal and the Real” discussing the Exhortation, Amoris Latetia (Joshua J. McElwee, Nat’l Cath. Reporter April 22- May 5, 2016), what
Rejoice Always! Really?
Guy McClung
September 27, AD2016
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This seems to be impossible. St. Paul tells us: “Rejoice always, pray continually, in all things give thanks.” (1 Thess 5:16-18). No Joy In Pain
Here I Am, Lord; About 68% Of Me
Guy McClung
September 13, AD2016
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Here Is a Good Part of Me For decades, I stood up in Church, often, and said “I have greatly sinned,” and then went out
Cancer God’s Gift
Guy McClung
September 1, AD2016
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Compared to eternity, even living to be a century old is nothing. I had truly self-sacrificing full of wonder nuns who taught me through eighth
Judas Pontius Kaine
Guy McClung
August 21, AD2016
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As a conscientious Catholic voter, who has examined the words and actions of the Catholic Democrat candidate, Tim Kaine, I have come to the conclusion
Augustine and Descartes: From Self to God
Guy McClung
August 1, AD2016
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Rene Descartes is known for the most well-known quote in all of philosophy, “Cogito, ergo sum” – I think, therefore I am. Apparently, when he
