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Fr. Dwight Longenecker 2018-01-23T18:15:59+00:00

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My main blog continues to be available free of charge, and ten years worth of archived material is available without charge at Patheos here.

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Standing on My Head

“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton

Jesus: the Author of Authority

What I love about Mark's gospel is the immediacy of it. Right up front at the beginning, in today's gospel reading Jesus steps onto the stage and Mark makes is abundantly clear exactly who Jesus is and what he is about. And what he is about, is almost completely cut off from the popular imagination and image of Jesus. The popular Jesus is a mish mash of sentimental and wrong headed notions about him. He is the gentle Jesus meek and mild who goes out into the wilderness to find the poor little lambkin and bring him home with a

January 28th, 2018|0 Comments

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Join me in September for an amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land! Following publication of my book Mystery of the Magi, we'll be re-tracing the steps of the Magi and learning so much about Jesus and his times. We'll also be celebrating Mass in the Holy places, walking the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem, praying by the Sea of Galilee and so much more. The tour company we have worked with in the past is absolutely superb. They arrange everything and could not be better. They have now set up a webpage to get all the information and register

January 27th, 2018|0 Comments

Indiana Jones, Lewis, Chesterton and Why I Became a Catholic

There are three new uploads to the Archived Articles section today. This section of the blog is for Donor Subscribers. Donor-Subscribers also have access to the comments box, get discounts on my books, and the monthly "Boox Grab Box" which is a selection of free giveaways each month. In addition I negotiate discounted offers on Catholic products and Donor Subscribers will receive all podcasts free of charge as I begin producing them this year. This is also the way you can support this effort for the New Evangelization and keep the blog completely free of ads, pop ups and annoying

January 27th, 2018|0 Comments

Ten Reasons Why the Pentecostals Are Whooping the Catholics

We hear continual news reports that the Pentecostal Protestants in South America are stealing sheep from the Catholic fold at a record rate. Why are they so successful? The reasons are not just theological, but social, economic and political. The Social - With the breakdown of the traditional parish and village and population shifts to the cities, the Pentecostal churches are good at providing local, low cost fellowship centers where people find community and find a church home. Economic - Pentecostalism is usually linked with an aspirational mentality. This is sometimes pooh-poohed as mere "Prosperity Gospel." It can be that,

January 27th, 2018|1 Comment

How Should Someone Criticize the Pope?

There has been some feedback from readers who were disturbed by a recent post of mine encouraging folks not to fret too much about the pope and to continue to get busy at the local level doing what they can with what they have where they are. I still think this is the best advice for the majority of the faithful. What worries me about a lot of the online criticism of the pope is that much of it seems based on mainstream media headlines, the breathless articles from extreme right wing websites, the harsh criticism from alarmist bloggers and

January 25th, 2018|2 Comments
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