Father Ernesto has turned over the vampire posts to me, Father Orthoduck. He was reading one of the recent set of comments from a previous post that sparked a thought in his mind. The posts were two descriptions of the post-mortems of two people in the book, Dracula. However, the deaths and the established reactions […]
Calvin is freed!
And, because of the Incarnation, Life, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord, we, too, have been ransomed. Christ’s coming to Earth began the victory march that eventually overthrew the gates of hell and won the victory over Satan. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall […]
Tell it again, Sam, uhm, Pete, uhm, whomever
The slightly grubby man–rarely, if ever, a woman–comes up to you with the story above. And, you have heard it before more than once. It is one of the oldest stories used by panhandlers. It is repeated over and over because it is one of the more successful stories. In fact, Father Orthoduck has heard […]
Rubrics for gunfire in the Mass
Father Orthoduck is happy to reprint the following from Fr. Z’s blog. It is not the entire article. You will need to go there in order to read it, but it is quite a bit of the post. Enjoy the humor! From a reader: I have a question for you. Suppose during a EF Mass, […]
Wonderful news and some humor
Our oldest daughter has given birth to her first child, a daughter, Rachel. She was born weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long. Rachel is our third grandchild. Of course, we have been on the telephone a lot, and generally celebrating. So much for Nixon, China, and economics by Father Orthoduck. Meanwhile, Father […]
Thanksgiving comics
Watterson on possible gods
Yesterday, I wrote on the subject of theodicy. For those who do not remember, it is the defense of God, particularly with respect to the suffering in the world. That is, it appears that, given the suffering in the world, God must either not be a good god or must not really be all-powerful. In […]
Watterson on the existence of God
Of course, Watterson is tackling the problem of suffering in today’s comic strip. In the philosophy of religion and theology, the problem of evil is the question of whether evil exists and, if so, why. The question particularly arises in religions that propose the existence of a deity who is omnibenevolent while simultaneously also being […]
On visiting wounded soldiers
While Father Orthoduck does not agree with every line and approach in this set of comic strips, he heartily agrees with the sentiment. If you are in a church with a reliable senior high school group, what about visiting a nearby VA hospital? Some of your juniors and seniors could probably volunteer to be candy […]
Watterson — virtue is a pain!
Both the original Reformer, Jean Calvín, and the philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, had very negative views of human nature. Calvin believed in the total depravity of humans. This does not mean that they were devils, but that every part of a human being was depraved to the point that there was no such thing as good […]
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