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Tolkien, Newman, Catholicism and Today’s “Airbrushing of Religion”

Tolkien, Newman, Catholicism And Today’s “airbrushing Of Religion”

May 20, 2019

In recent weeks, long lines streamed into the Morgan Library to see a display of J.R.R. Tolkien’s memorabilia and his art, mostly drawings and watercolors. Other authors like William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor sketched as an avocation, but these pictures were very much an integral part of Tolkien’s symbolic world in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. Here on display...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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Heroic Courage

Heroic Courage

May 6, 2019

Every writer is familiar with the word “obelism,” which refers to an editor’s abbreviations in the margins indicating corrections to be made. An author in a passive-aggressive mood may counter by writing the Latin “stet,” which means to let the text remain as is. When the Temple authorities were scandalized that Pontius Pilate had ordered a placard for the Cross...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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BOOK REVIEW: Invest Yourself, How to Lead with Abundance

Book Review: Invest Yourself, How To Lead With Abundance

May 3, 2019

After going through his own “Road to Emmaus” experience, Catholic businessman John Abbate wanted to encourage business leaders at all levels to stay true to their faith-driven, ethical compass. To that end, and as a successful central California owner-operator of 37 McDonald’s outlets and one of central California’s largest employers, Abbate was inspired to author the book, Invest Yourself: Daring...

Thomas M. Loarie

(CEO, Bryologyx)

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Our Christian lives in the present era: Ultimately God has the last word

Our Christian Lives In The Present Era: Ultimately God Has The Last Word

May 1, 2019

In the radiance of the Resurrection, the Church relates to the emotions of the first witnesses: grief, fear, bewilderment, and then exultation. In each generation, believers experience all of these in various ways. On Good Friday our local custom is to meditate on the Seven Last Words, using meditations written by Blessed John Henry Newman. Because the reflections he wrote...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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The Ultimate Act of Humility and Glory

The Ultimate Act Of Humility And Glory

April 13, 2019

The more science shows of the universe, the more its beauty almost takes one’s breath away. There is nothing about it that could be called vulgar or in bad taste, for those are categories applicable only to what humans on our little planet do with things. It is possible to mock the harmony of the spheres with degrading human music,...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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BOOK REVIEW: Sam Zell: Being Known as Someone Who Makes Others Better is the Highest Praise Anyone Can Receive

Book Review: Sam Zell: Being Known As Someone Who Makes Others Better Is The Highest Praise Anyone Can Receive

April 11, 2019

Review of Sam Zell’s Am I Being Too Subtle? — I enjoyed reading Sam Zell’s Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight talk from a business rebel . Zell, a Chicagoan, is a self-made billionaire who founded Equity Group Investments and helped create today’s $1 trillion public real estate industry. While a distinct personality, he shares some traits with fellow billionaire...

Thomas M. Loarie

(CEO, Bryologyx)

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Respect for Human Dignity found in Civility and Decent Behavior

Respect For Human Dignity Found In Civility And Decent Behavior

April 10, 2019

As a schoolboy, George Washington copied out in elegant script the 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation. Later on, our first President tried to figure out how a head of state who was not a monarch should conduct himself with his fellow citizens. His solution was to be a gentleman, obedient to those rules of civility that...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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Humility and Sanity can Change the World!

Humility And Sanity Can Change The World!

April 4, 2019

Thirty-five years ago I admired the neo-Gothic buildings of a Catholic college in Westchester County. But I was surprised to find that the confessional in the beautiful chapel was being used as a broom closet. There had been some misunderstanding about aggiornamento, or bringing the practice of the Faith up to date. That was the College of New Rochelle, begun in...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

View Articles Father Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick's...

Lent, Easter and Changing Hearts

Lent, Easter And Changing Hearts

April 4, 2019

Going through Lent, we have been reading 40 Days, 40 Ways A New Look at Lent by Marcellino D’Ambrosio (Dr. Italy). A paragraph in Day 20 particularly caught my attention: “Modern media invades every nook and cranny of our lives. In various schools and seminars around the world, future advertising execs, graphic artists, and filmmakers are taught how to get...

Tim Von Dohlen

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BOOK REVIEW: The Former Double-life of Emmy Award-winning Journalist Spencer Christian and the Saving Grace of Family, Mentors and more…

Book Review: The Former Double-life Of Emmy Award-winning Journalist Spencer Christian And The Saving Grace Of Family, Mentors And More…

March 25, 2019

The double life of Emmy Award-winning journalist Spencer Christian and the saving grace of an intact family, great teachers and concerned mentors is an inspiring story worth telling, and reading. In his book, You Bet Your Life, author Spencer Christian shares his dual journey to national fame as an Emmy-winning journalist on Good Morning America, to the rock-bottom chasing of...

Thomas M. Loarie

(CEO, Bryologyx)

View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...

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Mary’s “Yes” in Today’s World

Mary’s “yes” In Today’s World

March 24, 2019

There is a law that the time required to complete a task matches the time available. The feast of the Annunciation fits conveniently in the Lenten cycle this year, as the season comes unusually late. Our Lady conceived when she said “Yes” to the Creator. Many today are saying “No.” In some parts of our country there is growth in...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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The Great Saint Patrick, Ireland Today, Nigerian Catholics and True Heroism

The Great Saint Patrick, Ireland Today, Nigerian Catholics And True Heroism

March 21, 2019

The holy patron of our archdiocese [the Archdiocese of New York] was a contemporary of Saint Augustine. While Augustine of north Africa became one of the greatest Doctors of the church, Patrick of Roman Britain humbly called himself uneducated, even though he was schooled in France by Saint Germaine of Auxerre and possibly Saint Martin of Tours, and was given...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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Mediocrity or Virtue: Our Choice Every Day

Mediocrity Or Virtue: Our Choice Every Day

March 14, 2019

In the history of Christianity, few people spoke more gracefully and truthfully than John Henry Newman. In the nineteenth century, this English teacher and preacher embraced the Faith. And then, with the grace of his conversion, he explained how, throughout history, God’s grace and truth had been sensed, intimated and expressed, even by those who had not received the fullness...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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BOOK REVIEW: Brother John and the Trappists, a response to a life in which something is missing

Book Review: Brother John And The Trappists, A Response To A Life In Which Something Is Missing

March 14, 2019

A Review of August Turak's Brother John: A monk, a pilgrim and the purpose of life.   Author August Turak, a successful entrepreneur in the software business, endured a personal crisis that led him to a Trappist Monastery in Charleston, South Carolina. While there, he began a decades-long journey to find the secrets to a life well-lived. Turak sought meaning and...

Thomas M. Loarie

(CEO, Bryologyx)

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Lent can change us, regardless of all else

Lent Can Change Us, Regardless Of All Else

March 9, 2019

Lent is an invigorating time for truth. The Truth Himself spent forty days in the wilderness combatting the Prince of Lies. He did it as our “champion.” A champion is more than someone who gets his face on a cereal box for having won contests. Go back to the thirteenth century and you will see that the word meant a...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

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Withdraw with Purpose

Withdraw With Purpose

March 3, 2019

The pilings on the east side of the Brooklyn Bridge are on the spot where the great Father of Our Country, having evacuated eight thousand Continental troops after their defeat in the Battle of Long Island, boarded the last small boat. In the mist, he did not seek safety until all his men had crossed the East River, earlier known...

Fr. George Rutler

(Pastor of St. Michael's Church)

View Articles Father Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick's...

National Legatus Summit: LEARN, GET DIRECTION, STAND FIRM

National Legatus Summit: Learn, Get Direction, Stand Firm

February 27, 2019

Pat and I recently returned from the annual Legatus Summit in Dana Point, California. For those not familiar with Legatus it is an organization of leading Catholic business men and women from across America who are Ambassadors for Jesus Christ. At the Summit, you hear nationally recognized speakers and learn the current status of things happening in government both national...

Tim Von Dohlen

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BOOK REVIEW: No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy

Book Review: No Turning Back: A Witness To Mercy

February 27, 2019

In this 10th Anniversary Edition of No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy,  the Very Reverend Donald Calloway, MIC, provides a compelling account of his journey from darkness to light. His struggles with severe drug and alcohol abuse, “free” sex, gangs, deception and theft take him down a road that seemingly has no return. By age 20, he “had experienced...

Thomas M. Loarie

(CEO, Bryologyx)

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