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Self-control then gun-control
The Las Vegas and Texas church shootings sparked anew the gun-control debate. While opium is the leading cause of death in American, over gun violence and car accidents, it cannot be ignored that individuals are murdered by guns. Something must be done. Jimmy Kimmel called for a common sense approach to gun-control. A reasonable, common…
The Baptism of Fire: Why Protestants Think They Don’t Purgatory, But Catholics Do with Landon DePasquale: BFP 010
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/dx38ji/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_11_BFP-010-Why-Protestants-dont-need-Purgatory-but-Catholics-do-with-Landon-DePasquale.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEver wondered why purgatory is so messy? And why do Protestants think it is wrong? Join in the discussion with Landon DePasquale and John Manos on Purgatory, Luther, and the Fr. Weinandy departure from the USCCB. St. Ambrose of Milan described it: “Before the resurrected lies a fire, which…
Kick in the Pants on the Four Last Things: BFP NOV17
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/3f2ru9/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_11_BFP-NOV17-kick-in-the-pants-on-the-four-last-things.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn today’s “prepper” society, we are often told to prepare for calamity by purchasing survival rations, and exchanging our cash for gold. That’s because they want us to be ready for the calamities they believe are inevitable. The Church has always had a “prepper” society, though. With November, when…
We Can All Breathe Easier Now that Fr. Weinandy resigned from the USCCB
Today, a dangerous force creeping into the Church was solidly quashed and quelled. After all, one must take firm and swift actions to keep the public order, right? After all, asking questions of the Holy Father is subversive and confusing to the laity. They might think the wrong thing. They might be encouraged to question his authority as…
Halloween Apostasy: Celebrating the Greatest Trick or Treat Disaster. Ever.
Once you understand the two reasons all apostates leave Mother Church, you will understand why people are commemorating Martin Luther this year. You see, Martin Luther was just a pedestrian apostate. His reasons weren’t that different from the others. The problem was that Luther hit the jackpot. And today, in the midst of Amoris Laetitia and similar confusion, people…
Fr. Hardon on How to Bring Lapsed Catholics back to the Church: BFP 009
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/7ttz8p/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_10_BFP-009-Fr_-Hardon-on-How-to-Bring-Lapsed-Catholics-back-to-the-Church.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadChances are you know many lapsed Catholics in your life. The statistics would suggest we each know at least four. I bet you know many more. So how do we get them back into the pews? How do we get them reconciled with God and living a life of…
On a Mission from God… Literally! with Father John Paul Zeller MFVA: BFP 008
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.podbean.com/mf/play/s5a46q/bellarmineforumpodcast_bellarmineforum_org_wp-content_uploads_2017_10_bfp-008-on-a-mission-from-God_-Literally-Fr_-John-Paul-Zeller-MFVA.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere’s only 125 of these priests in the United States. And there’s only a few over a 1000 worldwide. Father John Paul Zeller MFVA joins John Manos on today’s episode to discuss confession, God’s mercy, and the special graces given to him by a Papal mandate. Father John Paul…
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…
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…
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…
