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The Smoking Priest
Old Ideas Rising from the Ground
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Father James Farfaglia
I thoroughly enjoyed Steven Spielberg’s version of “War of the Worlds.” The special effects that Spielberg uses to show the aliens coming out of the ground are really cool. Heresies (yes, I did use that word) are like the aliens that come out of the ground. Harlan Ogilvy in Spielberg’s movie says it well when…
The Mystery of God and Communion
By
Father James Farfaglia
St. Augustine was once confronted by a pagan leader who showed him his idol and said, “Here is my god; where is yours?” Augustine replied, “I cannot show you my God; not because there is no God to show but because you have no eyes to see him.” The mystery of the Blessed Trinity is…
Did Jesus Rise from the Dead Naked?
By
Father James Farfaglia
There is something in the Gospel of Saint John that I never understood. Why did Mary Magdalen think that the Risen Jesus was the gardener? Gardener? What’s the deal? “Supposing him to be the gardener…” (John 20: 15). Think of a place on earth that is very, very hot. Think of a time when there…
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