John B. Manos

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Sr. Rita Marie on Whether We are Done with Fatima and How Pius X Nailed it: BFP 007

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/grq9jw/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_10_BFP-007-Sr_-Rita-Marie-on-whether-we-are-done-with-Fatima.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn the eve of the 100th anniversary of the last Fatima apparition, Sr. Rita Marie, a Sister Servant of the Eternal Word, joins us to discuss whether we are done with Fatima. She details many things about Portugal in 1917 that you never hear anyone discuss. These give a…

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Surviving Depressing Church News, Doom Porn, and Spiritual Vampires: BFP 006

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/s2zven/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_10_BFP-006-DePasquale-on-depressing-Church-news.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn episode 6, Landon DePasquale and John B. Manos talk about the drag that depressing Church news can have on one’s spiritual life and how to avoid it. You may not even realize how this problem creeps into your life… Spiritual vampires and how they suck all the energy…

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Feast of St. George and the “Revelations 12 sign”… end of the world?

Once again, being Catholic with normal daily devotions makes one “rapture ready” and apocalypse proof. Over the past year, I have seen here and there various reports of the astrological alignment occurring today. Evangelicals, in particular, have been positing that this all has to do with Israel (the state made in the 1900’s, not the Old…

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Terri Aluise, a Busy Mom on Saying the Rosary Daily, Consecration, and Heaven — BFP 005

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/t2s7pv/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_09_BFP-005-Aluise-Rosary-Consecration-Heaven.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf you are struggling to say your Rosary daily, wonder if your devotion today will mean anything in the future, or looking for a powerful way to step up your spiritual life, then listen to this episode with Terri Aluise. Terri Aluise joins John and discusses the need to…

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This is Why Fr. James Martin Makes no Sense – Your Annie Oakley Decoder Ring

I promise you that this post will become a decoder ring for you to read Fr. James Martin and others in the AmChurch. You’ll laugh and rub your hands with glee as you will be able to predict exactly what he’ll say about things. You see, he’s just a modernist, in my humble opinion, and he’s following…

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Which is Worse: China Banning Children from Church or Our Sub-Par Catechesis?

In the news today, reports are there that four provinces in China now ban children from churches.  The churches are warned not to allow parents to bring children or they will be severely punished. I was thinking about that. If successful, it will be a generation that has no memory of going to church with the…

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Accompanying Herod: Why did People Go out in the Wilderness to See John the Baptist?

 “Did you find everything you were looking for?” I remember the first time I heard that question.  I had been looking around that store for what seemed to be hours.  At one point, I asked a clerk in the store to help and they had to go get some help.  They never returned. As I…

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A biblical scene featuring John the Baptist in a red robe, speaking to King Herod and his court. A woman stands beside Herod, while another figure kneels on the floor. The text reads: "Kasper said that it is too difficult to make straight the way, so you should just desire to make it straight and not worry because it is the best you can do. So try some of that and see what you can do." The setting is ornate with rich colors, including reds, golds, and blues."

The Church of Wussies: this is why John the Baptist was Beheaded

I’ve gotten sick of hearing the phrase “oh, if they do that, it will cause a schism.”  Almost always there is some quasi-pastoral calculus as to why we should suffer a stupidity in order to keep the faithful in the Church. Communion in the hand, for instance. A stupid, mind-numbing, pernicious attack on true faith. Rather than correct…

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A collage of news headlines about Pope Francis declaring liturgical reforms irreversible. Headlines include "HIPPIES REJOICE! FELT BANNERS FOREVER BECAUSE POPE FRANCIS!" and "Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is 'irreversible'". The text is overlaid on images of Pope Francis and Vatican Radio website.

Pope Francis Endorses Felt Banners, Guitars, Carol King “Hymns”, Church in the Round

If you read the headlines today, it sounds like Pope Francis made an infallible pronouncement! (whoa, step back!). America Magazine proclaimed:  Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’  CRUX rallied with a howling:  Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’ and both seemed to…

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How churches, hymns, and liars lie today – BFP 004

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/cumykk/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_08_BFP-004-How-churches-hymns-and-liars-lie-today-Pius-X-says-be-bold.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode of the Bellarmine Forum podcast, John B. Manos discusses with you the two standards in today’s context: On one side, God is a Person (the Triune Person) – a living person who has thoughts, loves you, and became man. On the other side, God is a…

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