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Mary: a stumbling block for some

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deacon Robert Banet

To hear you Catholics talk, you’d think Mary was the fourth person of the Trinity.

Oh come on John, I thought you knew me better than that.

All those dead days you have,  all those processions, those prayers and litanies,  all those Hail Mary’s.  Jesus is the one.  Call on Him.

Yes, John, we agree on that one.  Jesus is the one.

Well, there you are! Continue reading Mary: a stumbling block for some

Where George Burns went wrong in “Oh God”

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deacon Robert Banet

You sure have an impressive collection, Oscar.

Yes, I really dig old movies.

Do you have “Oh God!”

Yes.  George Burns played God.

And they asked him if Jesus Christ was his Son.  And he said yes.

So far so good.  But then he went wrong. Continue reading Where George Burns went wrong in “Oh God”

Authority came from the Church before there was a Bible

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deacon Robert Banet

Ignatius if Antioch

What are you reading, Ollie?

It’s an ancient writer, Ignatius of Antioch.

Why on earth could that be of interest?

Oh, it’s about the early days of the Church, the problems they had and how they solved them.

Sounds kind of interesting.  What kind of problems?

Well, for one, there were preachers who were saying that you had to follow the old Jewish law of Moses and others that said Jesus was not a real man but only appeared to be so.  There had to be a way of telling the true from the false. Continue reading Authority came from the Church before there was a Bible