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From The Department Of The Blindingly Obvious

There may be actual people who have no idea about fornication being a serious sin that could land you in Hell, but I think even popular culture knows. They flippantly joke about "living in sin," as if God doesn't exist. I'll bet our adversary is pleased.

On the more positive side, for those of you that need a good reason to do anything, St. Paul works for Jesus. You know, our Savior and Lord. If He says not to do something, I'm paying attention. I'm weak, too. But I'm going to affirm what he affirms, and condemn what he condemns, even if I must accuse myself.

I'm in Confession a lot. I guess what it shows me is that the Kingdom must be unimaginably majestic, if the Holy Spirit leads me there so often. If I may digress for a moment, it can be discouraging to struggle and fall into the same sin or sins repeatedly. I think, however, that it would be much more discouraging not to care anymore.

In other news, don't let Mark Shea read the comments; his head will explode. All together now: Pope Francis is a loyal son of the Church! There is actually very little doubt on the point. Watch the Wednesday audience, if you don't believe me. I've never heard a cleric bring up demons, hell, and sin as often as he does. He mentions Confession all the time, too. But that's just too much actual reality for the Greatest Catholics Of All Time, as Mark would say.

I think it's funny that if the New York Times even wrinkled its nose at George W. Bush, (God love him) these same Catholics would be denouncing them for hours, for "distorting the record." But with Pope Francis, all the media reports are 100% accurate. POPE FRANCIS! The Vicar of Christ? If anybody merits the benefit of the doubt, simply by rank and position, it's him. Nope. They are certain he must be a modernist, a communist, and a hater of the Latin Mass. Or not.

Whenever someone starts a blog comment off with, "Although I respect him as our pope,..." you can bet that they do not. Sigh. I just want everyone to know: when you've pushed me into mostly agreeing with Mark Shea, boy, we've got some problems! Just kidding. Sort of.

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