The Catholic Church as a Prominent Transnational Actor in the International Political System (Master’s Thesis), by Jesse Paul Petrush Tarlton. Submitted to the Central European Univerity (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, 2012. Available in pdf format (on this page) at the CEU Library.
In solidarity with the celebration of Pope John Paul II day in Poland.
“See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God.” (Ephesians v, 15-17 D-R)
The Excellence of the Rosary: Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin, by Rev. M. J. [Math Josef] Frings (New York: Joseph F. Wagner , 1912). With Imprimatur. May be read online on this page of Story of a Soul. May be read online, and available various formats, at Project Gutenberg (epub, mobi) and Internet Archive (pdf, epub, mobi).
“Ecology and the Common Good: Sustainability and Catholic Social Teaching”, by Russell Butkus and Steven Kolmes, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2007): pp. 403-436. Available in pdf format at the University of Portland.
Dieu, notre refuge et notre force, regardez le peuple qui crie vers Vous ; et, par l’intercession de la Glorieuse et Immaculée Marie toujours Vierge, Mère de Dieu, avec Saint Joseph, son très chaste Epoux, Saint Michel Archange, Saint Jean Baptiste, Vos Saints Apôtres Pierre et Paul, André, et tous Vos Saints, écoutez avec bienveillance et miséricorde, les prières que nous Vous adressons pour la conversion des pécheurs, pour la liberté et le triomphe de notre Sainte Mère l’Eglise. Par le même Christ notre Seigneur. Amen.
(And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci!)
A Place at the Table: Social Justice in an Ageing Society, by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2016). Available in pdf format at the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
A General and Critical Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture, by A. E. Breen (Rochester, N.Y.: John P. Smith, 1897). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive with another (and less clear) copy at Internet Archive; and also available at HathiTrust Digital Library.
“[I]t is not called divination, if a man foretells things that happen of necessity, or in the majority of instances, for the like can be foreknown by human reason: nor again if anyone knows other contingent future things, through divine revelation: for then he does not divine, i.e. cause something divine, but rather receives something divine. Then only is a man said to divine, when he usurps to himself, in an undue manner, the foretelling of future events: and this is manifestly a sin.” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, 2a 2ae, q. 95, a1c)
“In things done for the purpose of producing some bodily effect we must consider whether they seem able to produce that effect naturally: for if so it will not be unlawful to do so, since it is lawful to employ natural causes in order to produce their proper effects. But, if they seem unable to produce those effects naturally… they come under the head of ‘compact by tokens entered into with the demons’… [I]f in addition there be employed certain characters, words, or any other vain observances which clearly have no efficacy by nature, it will be superstitious and unlawful.” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, 2a 2ae, q. 96, a2c et ad1)
“Retrieving a Catholic Tradition of Subjective Natural Rights from the Late Scholastic Francisco Suárez, S.J.”, by Steven J. Brust, Ph.D., Ave Maria Law Review, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (Spring 2012). Available in pdf format through the index of issues at Ave Maria Law Review.
O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)
United States Institute for Peace Special Report: Catholic Contributions to International Peace, 19 April 2001. Available in pdf format at the United States Institute for Peace.
‘Behold, a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment… The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently. And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain. The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great… But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers…
‘For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left… Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest. And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel. And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever. And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.’ (Isaias xxxii, 1, 3-5, 8, 14, 15-18)
