The sign of Jonah

The confrontations of Our Lord Jesus Christ with the priests became all the more intense as His earthly life approached its end. After presenting Him as a dangerous sorcerer who performed exorcisms with the help of demons (Luke 11:15), they began to continuously tempt Him with questions designed to give his adversaries the opportunity to incriminate Him. Mockingly, they even asked Him for miracles: “Master, we would see a sign from thee.” (Matthew 12:38) However, knowing the hardness of their hearts, the Savior only offered them one sign: “An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.” (Matthew 12:39)

There are Dragons.
Saint Augustine’s Interpretation of the Bible and the Traps of Evolutionistic Historiography

The Enigmas of the Old Testament

In a well known fragment from the book of Genesis we read the following:

“Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.” (Gen. 6: 4)

Many questions, only one answer

What is the difference between a medieval Gothic Catholic church built according to the canons of sacred architecture – Notre Dame de Paris – and a modern (i.e. modernist) church – The Cathedral of Our Lady in Los Angeles?

A techno-superstition

In an article published on The Remnant’s website about two months ago,^[i] I presented the theological argument that explains why the current state of our “fallen” world, due to the original sin of Adam and Eve, makes the existence of extraterrestrial beings implausible. In some commentaries, a possible demonic dimension of UFO phenomena has been mentioned (also referred to as UAP - “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena”). Therefore, certain readers, much like numerous members of other Christian communities, believe that little green men and their spacecraft are, in fact, manifestations of those fallen angelic beings called “demons.” There are numerous sermons, theological texts, discussions, and interviews circulating in which laypeople from various professions, or even some priests, argue that these phenomena are undeniably manifestations of dark, evil powers. We are thus dealing with a quite widespread opinion. This fact has convinced us that a serious discussion about extraterrestrial beings and the forces that might be at work behind their manifestations is necessary. While it cannot be ruled out, such a hypothesis should not be exaggerated to the point of becoming a sort of techno-superstition.

A significant part of the articles and discussions held in traditional and conservative Catholic circles describe and lament the current situation of both the world and the Church. If we notice that unlike the era before the French Revolution (1789), in our times sin has not only become widespread but has also been institutionalized through so-called “laws” that directly contradict the Ten Commandments and the Christian Gospel, this is an easily understandable fact. Instead of attempting to describe the extent of the social and institutional disaster of our days, I will simply state that everything proves the truth of the words of the Saint John, the Eagle of Patmos, who affirms that “the whole world is seated in wickedness” (1 John 5: 19). But what is the root of such a situation? What is lacking in the Church and the world today? The answer, I think, is self-evident: saints. We lack saints.