http://grigaitis.net/ This is the RSS feed of R. J. Grigaitis. It will include "RJ's Weekly Thought", updates to RJ's website, updates to "The Church of Christ is..." website, and updates to the "Catholic Apologetics Bible." en-ca Fri, 27 jun 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-27.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-27.html I have decided to take a two month break from RJ's Weekly Thought. It will return September 12th in a slightly different format as Spirituality in Erotic Language. Tell your friends, and have a great summer. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-20.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-20.html On the 25th day of July, the feast of St. James the Apostle, in the year 1968, the sixth of his pontificate, at St. Peter's in Rome, Pope Paul VI gave his controversial Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae. It was controversial because it declared that all forms of contraception are "intrinsically wrong" (some translations even say "intrinsically evil"). On September 27, 1968, at their Plenary Assembly held at St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada, the Bishops of Canada issued their even more controversial Canadian Bishops' Statement on the Encyclical "Humanae Vitae" , commonly referred to as the Winnipeg Statement. The Winnipeg Statement was more controversial because it can be interpreted to invalidate Humanae Vitae. Some even believe that the Canadian Church became schismatic when her bishops signed this statement. There has been ongoing controversy and misunderstanding ever since. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:01 MST http://hellburns.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#1419242900085517326 http://hellburns.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#1419242900085517326 Check out this review by Sr. Helena Burns. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-13.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-13.html You may have noticed something last week, Natural Family Planning (NFP) actually works! Not only does it work, aside from surgically mutilation, NFP works better than birth control. Why is this so surprising? Because most couples that use NFP have lots of children. Most take this as an indication that NFP doesn't work, but according to what I said last week, it does work. So why do they have so many children? The reason is that NFP works too good. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-06.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-06-06.html Many do not understand the difference between Natural Family Planning (NFP) and birth control. It would be more obvious if we didn't use the term birth control but unnatural family prevention. This may seem like a joke, but I'm quite serious. Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net/?doc=articles/ordinatio_sacerdotalis.html http://grigaitis.net/?doc=articles/ordinatio_sacerdotalis.html I added "On the Delict of Attempted Sacred Ordination of a Woman" to the article "Is Ordinatio Sacerdotalis Infallible?" Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-30.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-30.html There is a Catholic pharmacist that works at the drugstore where I fill my prescriptions that specifically stated when he took that job that he would not dispense contraceptives and the morning after pill. This is the only moral thing that a Catholic pharmacist can do. Unfortunately, there are other pharmacists that work at this drugstore that do dispense these immoral products. Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-23.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-23.html There is a raging battle today between evolutionists, who believe in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and creationists, who interpret the creation story in Genesis literally. Personally, I think this battle is a waste of time and energy that could be put to use for real science, such as the science of God, that is, theology. As usually, both extremes are wrong, and it is the middle ground that should be taken. Sadly, the theory of evolution has been falsely taught as scientific fact in schools, to which the creationists have retaliated by fighting for their theory to be taught as scientific fact in schools. Both theories shouldn't be taught as scientific fact but as theories, and ones that don't have much merit at that. Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:01 MST http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-16.html http://grigaitis.net?doc=weekly/2008/2008-05-16.html Franciscans are uneasy with the felix culpa (happy fault) in the Exsultet (Easter Proclamation). They're even more uneasy with the line "O necessary sin of Adam." The felix culpa seems to endorse the theological idea of the conditional predestination of the Incarnation, which I think ultimately leads to the "utterly depraved" heresy of Luther. Franciscans hold the opposite view of the unconditional predestination of the Incarnation, which I believe is supported with the theology of the body and other not-thomistic theological literature (if you don't understand what I'm talking about, you better follow these last two links). I still favour the Franciscan position on this issue; however, I have come to a resolve with the felix culpa. I no longer entirely reject felix culpa, but I don't entirely accept it either. I've come to the conclusion that this is beyond human comprehension, and my thoughts that follow will be equally uncomprehendible. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:01 MST