Entries by RVThomann

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Our Totalitarian Sexual Culture

Our culture is an oppressive culture that submerges the reality of the act of sexual exchange of love between a man and woman into a subterranean darkness into which little light is allowed to shine. Fornication, co-habitation, denial of biological sex are not only accepted but denial of such actions and attitudinal perspectives is met with active oppression. All signs therefore point to a totalitarian sexual culture. The answer is in Jesus Christ who announces love, ready to see with compassion but not to approve. Aligning with Christ risks one’s life in todays’ culture yet is necessary for a truly Christian response.

April 6, 2022 by

Beauty of Math in Christianity 1 – BEAUTY OF THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST AND THE DIRAC DELTA FUNCTION

Mathematical beauty is revealed in the unique impulse “function of Paul Dirac- an entity that is as mysterious as it is beautiful. That mysterious beauty enlightens the great event of Christianity – the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, the entrance of God as Man amongst. humanity. Here we explore the Spirit inspired metaphor of the Delta function for the Incarnation of Christ.

March 17, 2022 by

REDISCOVERING CHRISTIANITY

Confusion and Doubt in the Church Henri de Lubac, noted theologian and one of Joseph Ratzinger’s most influential early thinkers, writing in 1945 at the end of WWII, at a time of great confusion and doubt in the Church and about the Church, said very simply: “The big task consists then in rediscovering Christianity in […]

August 12, 2021 by
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THE CERTAINTY OF CHRIST’S LOVE

From Oct 18, 2015 Homily 29th Sunday Ordinary Time Isaiah 53: 10-11 Heb 4:14-16 Mark 10: 35-45 Mark 10:35–45 (NJB): 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him. ‘Master,’ they said to him, ‘We want you to do us a favour.’ 36 He said to them, ‘What is it you want me to […]

March 4, 2020 by
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THE CHURCH HAS LOST THE BIRTH CONTROL BATTLE – SUFFERING GREAT LOSSES

NOTE: This an expanded version of a paper published in Crisis Magazine on August 16, 2019, entitled “Artificial Birth Control, A Battle Lost”. https://www.crisismagazine.com/2019/artificial-birth-control-a-battle-lost The Dimensions of the Battle A battle is a confrontation between an enemy, invading to dominate and a friend defending to protect. In the Church, a most crucial battle has been […]

September 3, 2019 by

WHY BOTHER WITH A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE? PART I HUMAN REASONS FOR MARRIAGE

Marriage is in a crisis of universal proportions. The decline in marriage, since the 1960’s, at all societal and religious levels has been nothing short of catastrophic . (See my blog on “Sexual toxicity”: http://rvthomann.com/blog/category/moral-toxicity/ .) The consequences of this increasing lack of desire to enter into marriage, especially a Christian marriage are serious and […]

July 24, 2019 by

OUR MINAMATA CHURCH, THE SEXUAL TOXICITY OF THE SIXTIES –WHY THE DOUBT?

(This is the original and expanded version of a paper entitled “How the Sexual Toxicity of the 1960s Has Harmed the Churchhttps://www.crisismagazine.com/2019/how-the-sexual-toxicity-of-the-1960s-harms-the-church I have been rather astounded and amused at the controversy, indeed outright denial, surrounding Pope Emeritus Benedict’s recent essay which attributes a large portion of our current crisis in the Church to the […]

May 15, 2019 by