I am a Catholic, but everyday, I ask myself “Why am I Catholic?” The theology takes a lot of faith without reason. The Christian teachings could just as easily be identified as Buddhist, but the Buddhist doesn’t have to deal with questions about God made man. The Buddhist ethic seems more in h[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Commentary by Francis’
Does Mr. Trump and the GOP scare me? Sure they do, and I’m scared not just for myself but for a lot of other people as well.
I decided to watch Mr. Trump’s inaugural address. Powerful words which reminded me of why he was elected, not by a majority of the people but a majority of states. I saw his audience, almost all white working class people, his forgotten America that made the bulk of his electoral victory. Ther[...]
November 29th, 2016 - 11:50 am § in Misc.
Embarrasment
Since a lot of embarrassing memories from my past are surfacing, rather than bemoan them I might as well laugh at them and share some stories. One such story is my first attempt to wash a car. This was for Traffic Safety class, which I was given an Incomplete because I did all the bookwork […[...]
November 20th, 2016 - 4:32 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The right to life
Francis Jacobson What is the value of a human life? It’s not a rhetorical question but a real one. The Catholic Church teaches that all human life is of equal value, but this teaching is certainly not a reality. Conservatives state they are opposed to socialized medicine because it rations car[...]
October 27th, 2016 - 8:34 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: Riots?
“Call me what you will, but when Mr. Trump said “Make America Great Again” those words resonated with me. I could not agree that America was already great. How can you call a country great with such a high rate of incarceration, a high rate of crime, a high level of wealth inequali[...]
October 20th, 2016 - 9:06 am § in Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: A Dialog on the Post Trump Era
No matter which of the two is elected President, we are going to have four more years of chaos. NONE of what Ms. Clinton proposes will be enacted because Congress will do nothing. I think you are wrong. Mrs. Clinton is not Obama or Bill. She is brighter than Bill, a better politician than [[...]
October 9th, 2016 - 8:07 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Of St. John Paul II and the Donald
Yesterday I saw the concluding class of a twenty-session study on the history of the Catholic Church by a professor from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He spoke how St. John Paul II wanted to create “a culture of life and a civilization of love.” How did he do? It seems that a lo[...]
October 3rd, 2016 - 1:30 am § in Misc.
Francis Jacobson on Trump and The Catholic Media
Yes, most Catholics are opposed to Mr. Trump, and the “support” the conservative Catholic media gives him is based only on the abortion issue. Here is why I say that calling them racists is counter-productive. A Trump supporter will merely take those words and twist them into some sort o[...]
September 11th, 2016 - 7:57 am § in Misc.
Francis Jacobson: Why Trump Has a Chance
Francis Jacobson I have noticed tons and tons of posts, news stories and the like that show what a charlatan he is. Likewise, the same is true for Mrs. Clinton. My friendBryan will post something and comment “May it be his downfall.” Yet I know that it won’t, and I think I have a[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: When The Catholic Church Fails
If I were do it over again, I likely would have left Catholic Church and attempted some other spiritual discipline. It’s not the sex abuse scandal or the numerous sins of the past. I believe in repentance and forgiveness. It’s the fact that the “orthodox” laity, the New Evang[...]