From the first post:

Fr. Peter gives an introduction to his theological series on Bl. John Duns Scotus in the context of a remedy for the modern crisis of faith, philosophy and culture in the world and in the Church.

Scotus on Wikipedia, New Advent

Duns Scotus’s Oxford by Gerard M. Hopkin’s

Google of Dunston, England

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Fr. Angelo contends that The Nativity Story by New Line Cinema is a good Protestant film which was the intent of the film. His only question is why so many well educated Catholic movie reviewers are calling it a good *Catholic* film.

Read a Review of the Movie by Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger

Resources:

• Early Review and Discussion
• Discussion of Labor Pains
• CCC 499 On the Perpetual Virginity
• John Paul II on the Perpetual Virginity
• Quoting John Paul II on Physical Integrity
• The Nativity Story Blog

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Watch this video by Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI, STD as he gives a short biography of Mother Mary of Agreda and how her Marian theology, which is so often portrayed as being opposed to Vatican II, is actually very much in line with it, anticipating the Council by 300 years.

Fr. Peter highlights a new book on this subject, Venerable Mother Agreda and the Mariology of Vatican II by Enrique Llamas, OCD, STD of the International Pontifical Marian Academy, which has been published by the Academy of the Immaculate. A heated discussion on this topic is being carried on at Mark Shea’s blog under the post “… skeptical that … ‘Mary suffered no birth pains'”. A comment by Sandra Miesel of Crisis Magazine about halfway down the comment stack started it off.

PDF samples of our new book are available online: the Table of Contents and Foreward (pp i-xii)

English translations of Mother Mary of Agreda’s works can be purchased from Tan Books.

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Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner continues his series The Golden Thread on the theology of John Duns Scotus. Here he gives a broad introductory view of the difference between religion and secularity. He explains how Scotus affirms the capacity to perform secular acts, which are morally neutral, and thus simple pleasures are not a sin. Most people would then say, “let’s live our whole life this way.” But Scotus also says such a life cannot lead to happiness. He then discusses why God enables us to do secular acts and how this sheds new light on the famous moral tests in the Bible, Adam and Eve in the Garden and The Rich Young Man in the New Testament. He addresses, concupiscence, original sin, the difference between the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil vs. the Tree of Life, between contentment and happiness, between living to do God’s will vs. striving for new experiences and between human autonomy vs. obligation and so the true meaning of freedom.

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Marcus Grodi, the host of Journey Home on EWTN and Deep in Scripture on WEWN, gives a hearty recommendation for Air Maria at the Catholic Marketing Network (CMN) Trade Show in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Mark Shea, convert to Catholicism, apologist and author gives a plug for Air Maria. He is coming out with a new book “Behold Your Mother” about how Mary helped him become a Catholic. He is a columnist at CatholicExchange.com and has a popular blog at markshea.blogspot.com and finally his own website at mark-shea.com. Wow! This guy is busy! Thanks Mark.

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Fr. Angelo Geiger discusses the Pro-life losses in the fall elections with hostess Corinn Dahm of “Face of Pro-Life.” He focuses on the philosophical error of relativism that is at the root of the abortion plague, including misinterpretations of the principle of separation of Church and state as well as some of the tactics of the pro-abortion media. This is the first edition of this long running series to appear on Air Maria. Thanks to Darlene Wagner for making these videos available!

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Using the ever-present highway signs, “Buckle-up, Its The Law,” Fr. Peter Fehlner, F.I. springs into the subject of obligation and freedom according to the teaching of Bl. John Duns Scotus. These signs demonstrate the paradox that the more independent we get from God, the more arbitrary law becomes, the more buckling-up we must do and so the very freedom we seek is lost and along with it our very personhood. Freedom, in the sense of autonomy from God, is not what makes us true persons, but rather love, and love is never more pure than when loving God. And loving God involves being thankful to God for creating us and redeeming us on the Cross. Using the old version of “thank you,” which is, “much obliged,” he makes the connection between love and obligation and thus between obligation and being a true person.

He covers law, obligation, freedom, secularity, communes, license, conscience, synderisis, pragmatism, the difference between contentment and happiness. Whew! all in less than ten minutes. So buckle-up! You’ll need it with this one…

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We are excited to present Fr. Maximilian Mary Dean, F.I. and Michael Grogan as they sing “I Will Lead You Into Solitude” written by St. Alphonse Ligouri in this first installment of our new weekly series “Immaculate Music.” This is the first song of a concert filmed live at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Binghamton, NY on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 22nd, 2005. This Concert has fifteen songs, each beginning with a short meditation, all of which you will be seeing in the coming weeks.

The CD / DVD set of this concert is available at our bookstore on MaryMediatrix.com. It is called “O Holy & Immaculate Heart.”

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Update: Notes and Explanations have been added. See the viewing page.

Using Christmas and the adoration of the magi and shepherds as a starting point, Fr. Peter outlines the key to Christian thinking according to John Duns Scotus, that is, contemplation of Truth. This is opposed to the modern mentality that says ‘I can’t believe unless I can analyze it.’ It is Mary who makes it possible for finite creatures like us to see the infinite God, for in the person of Jesus, Truth is made flesh. And in adoring our Lord, Mary and St. Joseph teach us to think like Christians and so enable us to be happy.

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