I received through the post (not unhelpful) material reminding me of the atheistic assumptions of some libertarians and of Ayn Rand in particular, though Rand did not consider herself a libertarian. It should go without saying that the coalition I was calling for in part two could not extend so far as to include the likes of Rand. I do not regard Rand as a lover of liberty any more than I regard Lucifer as a lover of liberty; and that, as I said in part two, is essentially what I mean by "libertarian," though next time I will have a bit more to say to those who wear the label in a more technical sense.
Professor Farrow - have been wondering quite some time, at least over the past many weeks, why our prayer intentions at our Catholic Mass has not once asked for prayers for those suffering in the middle east? I do recall early on during the Ukraine conflict we were asked to pray for peace in that dispute, but we don't recall once where we either prayed generally for peace or specifically for the health and safety of innocent life in Israel and Gaza. Assume your Catholic parish follows the same guidance given to the US parish community? Thoughts on the rationale?
Praise be to GOD! This awesome reflection by theologian, doctor professor D. Farrow, is also a reminder of what the future pope, Saint John Paul II said (1976) as Cardinal Wojtyla on his visit to the United States referring to these 20th century times as the ‘Final Confrontation’—humanity’s greatest historical battle:
I received through the post (not unhelpful) material reminding me of the atheistic assumptions of some libertarians and of Ayn Rand in particular, though Rand did not consider herself a libertarian. It should go without saying that the coalition I was calling for in part two could not extend so far as to include the likes of Rand. I do not regard Rand as a lover of liberty any more than I regard Lucifer as a lover of liberty; and that, as I said in part two, is essentially what I mean by "libertarian," though next time I will have a bit more to say to those who wear the label in a more technical sense.
Professor Farrow - have been wondering quite some time, at least over the past many weeks, why our prayer intentions at our Catholic Mass has not once asked for prayers for those suffering in the middle east? I do recall early on during the Ukraine conflict we were asked to pray for peace in that dispute, but we don't recall once where we either prayed generally for peace or specifically for the health and safety of innocent life in Israel and Gaza. Assume your Catholic parish follows the same guidance given to the US parish community? Thoughts on the rationale?
Thanks as always --
DT
Praise be to GOD! This awesome reflection by theologian, doctor professor D. Farrow, is also a reminder of what the future pope, Saint John Paul II said (1976) as Cardinal Wojtyla on his visit to the United States referring to these 20th century times as the ‘Final Confrontation’—humanity’s greatest historical battle:
A) Between the Church and the anti-church;
B) Between the Gospel and the anti-gospel.
Let me add, “between Christ and the antichrist”.
-Deacon Lawrence Farley 2024.03.29, Good Friday.