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God’s creation – not a lot of hoo-haw

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Deacon Robert Banet

And that one over there is Rigel. It’s in the constellation Orion.

Oscar, you are a wonder.

Well, I just took this course in astronomy. And look, there’s Betelgeuse?

Beetle juice?

That’s what the ancients called it. It’s supposed to be many times bigger than our own star. Continue reading God’s creation – not a lot of hoo-haw

March 25th, 2017 | Category: Deacon Banet | Comments are closed

There goes the image of God

Third Sunday in Lent

Deacon Robert Banet

Look! There goes the image of God!

Image of God? Why, that’s just Stan Jargelski!

I know, but he was made in the image of God.

What are you getting at? Continue reading There goes the image of God

March 18th, 2017 | Category: Deacon Banet, Philosophy | Comments are closed

Hell and the fire that penetrates the soul without destroying it

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deacon Robert Banet

Why do you keep harping on hell? It’s so depressing.

Why? Because nobody else talks about it.

Well, thank God for that. It’s too depressing to think that a loving God would punish His creatures with never-ending pain.

St. Faustina visited hell and describes its torments: the loss of God, the perpetual remorse of conscience, the knowledge that this will never change….

Maybe St. Faustina just had a terrible nightmare. Continue reading Hell and the fire that penetrates the soul without destroying it

February 25th, 2017 | Category: Deacon Banet | Comments are closed
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