Happy Feast Day!!! St. Thomas Aquinas!

I knew I would be blogging today,..not because of some angst ridden issue with the Church, politics, the crisis in Haiti, or any other rant that people have become accustomed to through my writings. Today is the feast of St Thomas Aquinas! Sadly most Catholics know Thomas as the name of a school or just another saint in the calender,..well...Our brother 'the Dumb Ox' stand up and take a bow!

Being that I consider myself a relatively young Catholic and belonging to a movement which calls for an authentic reform,..Thomas Aquinas indirectly became my mentor especially during my initial conversion when I thought 'truth' didn't exist. It took me a year to read his Summa Theologica synthesizing Aristotelian thought with the Christian mind, and all the while I felt like someone had turned on a faucette of knowledge. Oh yeah Thomas wasn't known for his looks, as well, there was the incident where he chased a woman with a piece of iron used to stroke firewood,..but all in all, we owe our modern universities in part to his movement, scholasticism. Towards the end of his life Thomas underwent a mystical experience of God, declaring all that he wrote was straw. A truly amazing grace filled experience. His Summa, of course remained unfinished. Today Thomas stands as a doctor of the Church, and his writings are returning to their proper place within the seminaries especially in the training of new priests.

Saint Thomas Aquinas,....Ora Pro Nobis!

A Little Update,...

Well as of last week it would seem that I lack a certain seratonin level in my brain. That being said, I needed to do a certain brain retreat as to why I am the way I am...Hmmm, let's see,..I'm a 32 year old male with a wonderful girl, financially secure and in reasonably good health, yet for some reason, I can't find my smile, (I've been told,...professionaly...that I've lost it) so during this self imposed exile, this blog will act both as my emotional outlet and my conduit to the world. Yes, I know this paragraph is a little irractic, if not downright nonsensical, yet try to enjoy this behaviour and chalk it up to my 'being' medicated...lol!

A short time ago, I decided to compile a list of 'things' which annoy me to levels resulting in an epinephrine/dopamine/adrenaline cocktail the likes of which can only can only be compared to hurricane Katrina. My parents, two wonderful people who support my every decision find themselves amidst my emotional whirlwind as best they can, trying to give support and advice to 'cheer' me up...For that I thank them. For the next few days, I will try as best as I can to find that 'happy place' that I have been longing for. This blog, my faithful readers will hopefully visualize the journey through my eyes as I try to recapture my sanity.

Saint Thomas Aquinas,..Ora Pro Nobis..

-M

Global Warm.......err... 'Climate Change.'

I find it truly humourous that the left leaning pundits while taking a page out of George Orwell's 1984 try to rewrite and or create history all the while serving their destructive political agenda and nobody attempts to question it. Michael Voris over at Realcatholictv has a great commentary on this fraud,..er fad. It would seem the last few years since the Al Gore propaganda,..er movie came out, our individual psychologies have been assaulted by lies and half truths in order to advance an agenda known as population control. Throughout the nineties we were fed a steady dose of a leftist agenda known as global warming. Apparently these holes in the ozone layer were going to consistantly heat up the earth until we microwaved ourselves out of existence. Unfortunately, they didn't count on scientists disproving a nonsensical theory thereby shining a light on socialist verbal diarria.

You see, since 1998, the world actually has been getting colder. Now this could be due to an impending polar shift which in theory is due around 2012.(You've heard of the movie?..) Back to the issue at hand, because the earth has been getting colder, the socialist/communist lefty marketing director needed a new slogan. So wadda you get? Gone from our vocabulary is 'global warming,' the new term is 'Climate change.' The scary thing is that most people don't connect the dots and are still wrapped up in Obamamania. Personally, I'd rather subscribe to Hulkamania.

St Faustina(Divine Mercy) Pray for us!

Peace.

Merry Christmas,..btw four priests on the french side should get a life!

Merry Christmas Fr Anctil! Amazing how the Resurrected Christ can speak all languages but in Quebexico He has to comply with the norms of the office de la langue francaise. First off, without going into specifics, has anyone been to a french parish? Well,..excepts for a few elderly patrons it seems to be devoid of any kind of life whatsoever. Yup,..the 'Spirit of Vatican II' is alive and well in those parishes whereby heterodoxy is preached as if it were dogma and marxists run amok disguising themselves as advocates for social justice. It would be like attending a policy meeting of Quebec Solidaire. People,.. I think that when it concerns matters of faith,.we need to be as inclusive as we can. (caution; Lefties who read this should not see this as an endoresement of political correctness, but an invitation to common sense.)

The Church's history in Quebec came to a climax with Maurice Duplessis, a premier often skipped when the french school system is speaking about Quebec. You see, Duplessis together with the hierarchy in Quebec (notice my words...)ruled Quebec with an iron fist. Oh yeah, he never really won any constituancies on the island of Montreal,..but that's another story. Influencing voter tendencies with parish priests from there pulpit saying things such as 'Le ciel est bleu,..L'enfer est rouge!' (Heaven is bleu, hell is red)had an enourmous impact upon les Canadiens Francais. Although they complain about not being in power especially in the work force, the reality is that most off the island could not read. Then of course came the quiet revolution, and with it the demise of Quebec clericalism, replaced by a false nationalism replete with marxist socialist undertones. To any Quebecois (which btw doesn't exist but I'll humour you...) read the writings of Pierre Bourgault and compare them to Rene Levesque. It is coincidental, that this period saw the end the of Vatican Council II, especially Pope Paul VI's 'humanae vitae.' (For more dark satire check out Quebec's divorce and marriage rate compared to the rest of Canada.)...Oh well,..I've ranted, but I think you get my point,..the world is coming together, yet some gang of separatissss want to pull it apart. As far as Quebec's culture being protected,..you don't have to suppress another culture in order for your own to flourish. Ask yourself the question, would Quebec's french face thrive on its own without Canada protecting it? (Section 33 of the constitution 'Notwithstanding clause'...)Imagine an isolated Quebexico, which BTW wouldn't just walk into Nafta having to refuse foreign investment because of a lack of french character?,..Yeah, good luck! Go tell a bunch of little kids that no more McDonalds, Six Flags(La Ronde) and american music because it does not comply! What currency will we use? Where's the army? What are our borders?

All this rant because four idiot priests put their foot in their mouth. Don't like english? Fine. Another excuse to go back to latin. This post is erratic, I know my ADD kicked in early.

Ciao.

Buon Natale

C'mon people some freakin' Common Sense!...Please!

Okay so I've been away for a while, meaning that I haven't blogged in a little over a week. Well, there are two primary reasons for this. One Christmas shopping is something that I look forward to as much a root canal,..and secondly, I've been studying...While during the day I pose as everyone's favorite muscle bound theologian and marketing guru,..at night, I nurture these muscles by engaging in weight training and core exercises. Aside from keeping my body in shape, it has also served to preserve my sanity to no end. The stress of everyday life can emotionally find itself an outlet with people who engage in drinking, drugs or other vices,..while I have tried to turn this into a positive,..err...somewhat.

Back to my prospective exam. Without going into the specific company or governing body that will administer this exam, it will take place in early January and will consist of both multiple choice and practical questions. The theory I am not worried about, however the essay might prove troubling as it will involve a potential case study and my approach to it. I plan on writing a blog post when I am done giving some harsh criticism which offend a lot of personal trainers. Oh well,..(gotta get back to studying...) lol!!!literally!

God Bless,..

Obama snubs Harper, still more fallout from Pope's invitation to Anglicans....Challenge Issued.

It would seem an eternity since I last blogged or at least commented upon something of merit going on? But why? I'm sure we all lead mundane lives and reading the newspaper can account for a great number of us suffering from high blood pressure,..(yes, even at 32!). Oh well, two things are sticking with me this week. The first is the fact that Barrack Obama (the high priest and pseudo messianic figure of liberalism himself...) has snubbed Prime Minister Harper regarding a phone call to international leaders while pledging to commit an extra 30 000 troops to Afghanistan. Our local AM Radio station CJAD(the voice of disgruntled angry anglophones)was awash with an onslaught of the elderly. Was it justified?,..Your freakin right it was! We as Canadians lost troops in Afghanistan and were very much involved,..I think the President should receive a letter from the parents of all those dead soldiers to remind him of his brain fart. The funny thing is how the lefties will try to spin this one!

On a second note, I had a conversation with someone regarding the Pope's invitation to traditional anglicans. This individual pointed out to me that this was a step backward in ecumenical relations and the Pope should be more pastoral and respective of other people's 'faith traditions' whatever that meant. The funny part was that this individual is Catholic! (you know the 1960s progressive kind...)Anyway after absorbing this verbal diarrhea for a few minutes and feeling the need to go to the bathroom (number 2...) I began to mount my defense, at which point I was cut off, (information will always be received by the mode of the receiver...) and promptly informed by this individual that I was narrow minded and practised a type of 'Pope-idolatry.' Weeeellll,..the only thing I learned from this 'dialogue' with a liberal, is that it wasn't a dialogue, it was instead a monologue. People, the 1960s are over, it is time to get back to basics, soooo this individual reads my blog, doesn't have the courage to comment, so I'll make it easy for ya! I challenge you to a debate, whereby the money raised will go towards an authentic social justice issue. This debate will be moderated, so that I can get my points in (does that scare you?) and whereby the winner won't be the one who yells loudest, but the one who puts forth the most logical (Logos) arguments. IF you accept, (which I doubt you will) I would gladly promote it. I have kept your information private, but it seems that if you have an opinion, it should be defensible.

Contact me by email.

God Bless

Catholic Lighthouse Media....(PQ too!)

In life like in anything else, searching for something that gives meaning can often become a mundane if not endless quest to better one's self. We can see it happening within the ranks of the 'New Age' movement whereby an individual will attempt to change their perspective on 'things' by searching for there inner divine, or whatever crap Oprah Winfrey is currently proselytizing. Whether it is called the 'Secret'or Yoga, Zen Buddhism or simply socialism, all act or attempt to act as conduits for life's most complex problems. The question of whether or not these techniques have any truth to them is not called into question, because quite frankly it satisfies a person's emotional needs at that particular moment. Enter my latest venture. Yesterday I had the priveledge/blessing of meeting Cynthia Bredfeldt from Catholic Lighthouse Media. What I encountered was at once an individual who undertook a journey of faith as well as a devoted mother who wasn't afraid to wear her faith on her sleeve. This projects attempst to reach parishes with inspirational CDs and books by such authors as Tim Staples, Fr. John Corapi, Fr. Larry Richards, and Scott Hahn to name a few. Sadly the parishes where I live still have book shelves stocked with literature by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Qur'an and /or the Book of Mormon. The missing piece of the puzzle is solid catecheses alongside authentic inspirational messages. Well, folks it is coming! To all my readers within the Montreal Area, I will be attempting to visit a parish near you! Stay tuned!

On a side note, since this blog covers both Religion and politics,..this past weekend has me reporting on the PQ's national convention. YESSS!!(Can you believe I missed it!?) Oh well, among such motions passed by our favorite xenophobes of eternal francophone assimilation paranoia were suggestions regarding extending bill 101 (the draconian law regarding the predominance of french...)into cegeps! Imagine, we will be telling adults that they can't be trusted with making the so-called right decision to enter french college, therefore must be coerced to make sure french doesn't allegedly dissapear...

Long live Quebexico!

Peace.