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Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
These days when people are breaking the “Seven Deadly” publicly and unashamedly and even proudly, I thought this might be a relevant topic. Brief Introduction What is “sin”? In the New Testament, by far the most common word for sin is “amartia / ἁμαρτία”, an archery term which means being “off the mark” – the […]
Read More »I promised you a re-run this week, and here it is. This is Post 93 from November 24, 2018 (slightly updated) – part of my series on The Seven Deadly Sins. OK, so it’s cruel, just cruel, to talk about gluttony on the day after Thanksgiving *, our annual eat-too-much-and-get-indigestion-and-take-Di-Gel-or-ginger tea-or-whatever festival. I also ate […]
Read More »Enough! In my commentary, I always intend to work right up to the edge of politics, but never jump into the chaos down there. I have political opinions, of course, but that’s not my area of expertise. However morality is. And the political immorality, cruelty, crudity, vulgarity, lying, distortion of truth this year have gone […]
Read More »For this Post and the next one, you’ll see a whole bunch of subjects I’ve been saving up, none of which is long enough to require a Post of its own. Some are “editorials” from me. Others are from other sources. 1) Editorial: School Shootings Really, I didn’t intend to put this first. I […]
Read More »Since we began this topic two weeks ago, I’ve discovered very many editorials and articles about it in the press and online. I had no idea we’d be in fashion. A quick review, with a little additional information I’ve come across: Remember, Patriotism is a good thing. (See the first Post of this series.) Sadly, Christian […]
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