It’s Last Call! Msgr. Charles Pope is here to discuss the devil's four tactics of deception, division, diversion, and discouragement and how to combat them.

Pints: Last Call Ep. 35

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The Hell There Is - Msgr. Charles Pope: https://tanbooks.com/products/books/the-hell-there-is-an-exploration-of-an-often-rejected-doctrine-of-the-church

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Matt Fradd All Access Ep. 25

This is a sneak peak! I post video essays like this every Friday, exclusively to DailyWire for All Access members. Hope to see you there! https://get.dailywire.com

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"Pocket Guide to the Rosary" is available here: https://a.co/d/0cGASjCB

Why did the Church stop talking about hell? Monsignor Charles Pope on demons, exorcism, angels, and the call to repent.

Ep. 600

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The Hell There Is by Msgr. Charles Pope: https://tanbooks.com/products/books/the-hell-there-is-an-exploration-of-an-often-rejected-doctrine-of-the-church

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THE ERROR OF ARIUS ABOUT THE INCARNATION

In their eagerness to proclaim the unity of God and man in Christ, some heretics went to the opposite extreme and taught that not only was there one person, but also a single nature, in God and man. This error took its rise from Arius. To defend his position that those scriptural passages where Christ is represented as being inferior to the Father, must refer to the Son of God Himself, regarded in His assuming nature, Arius taught that in Christ there is no other soul than the Word of God who, he maintained, took the place of the soul in Christ’s body. Thus when Christ says, in John 14:28, “The Father is greater than I,” or when He is introduced as praying or as being sad, such matters are to be referred to the very nature of the Son of God. If this were so, the union of God’s Son with man would be effected not only in the person, but also in the nature. For, as we know, the unity of human nature arises from the union of soul and body.

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RESTORATION OF MAN BY GOD THROUGH THE INCARNATION

We indicated above that the reparation of human nature could not be effected either by Adam or by any other purely human being. For no individual man ever occupied a position of pre-eminence over the whole of nature; nor can any mere man be the cause of grace. The same reasoning shows that not even an angel could be the author of man’s restoration. An angel cannot be the cause of grace, just as he cannot be man’s recompense with regard to the ultimate perfection of beatitude, to which man was to be recalled. In this matter of beatitude angels and men are on a footing of equality. Nothing remains, therefore, but that such restoration could be effected by God alone.

But if God had decided to restore man solely by an act of His will and power, the order of divine justice would not have been observed. justice demands satisfaction for sin. But God cannot render satisfaction, just as He cannot merit. Such a service pertains to one who ...

Has anyone else just now heard of this linked news report and found it disturbing? Apparently, not only is the Fort Hood shooter scheduled to be executed, but the military intends to livestream it to the masses as if it was some kind of public spectacle. While our Catholic Church has affirmed the death penalty to sometimes be a licit act (even if her prudential judgment declares it generally inadmissible nowadays), it looks like a safe bet that this will not deter many from committing crimes, but only embolden other enemies seeking notoriety or “martyrdom” and encourage Americans to nurture ungodly bloodlust. Besides this CBS report, the New York Post’s YouTube channel is also reporting it, and its comment section is full of signs reinforcing my latter point. So far, this seems to be more evidence that while the American Right may not be guilty of the societal depravities of the Left, many of them are still not Christlike people by their own merits. God have mercy on us. 🙏

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🐟 No Meat Fridays: What Every Catholic Man Should Know

📜 It's Still the Law of the Church

In recognition of Friday as the day of the Crucifixion, Canon Law calls for abstinence from eating meat on all Fridays of the year (Canon 1251).

The Catholic Church has required abstinence from meat on Fridays for centuries. The practice is rooted in the Church's call to penance — a weekly reminder that Christ died on a Friday, and that we are called to unite our small sacrifices with His great sacrifice on the Cross.

🇺🇸 What About American Catholics?

The bishops of the United States have determined that outside of the Fridays of Lent, Catholics may choose to substitute another penance that is particularly meaningful to them — although they continue to recommend abstinence on all Fridays for Catholics.

How sad, therefore, that most Catholics have wrongly interpreted this as meaning simply that "we don't need to abstain from meat on Fridays anymore," without replacing that abstinence with another form of ...