William and Kate Royal wedding Anglican Church

I don't know about you but as I watched the William and Kate exchanging vows and then hearing Rowan Williams pronounce "What God has Joined together let no man put asunder," I couldn't help but snort. It just reminded me that the Anglican church was founded on divorce. Henry VIII severed his link with the Catholic Church and dragged most of England with him into schism, founding the Church of England. And all because he wanted a divorce from his wife so he could go after another woman. To hear the Anglican church pronounce those words in their wedding ceremony is just a mockery of marriage.

Spiritual combat

I want to recommend an excellent book By Jonathan Robinson titled "The Spiritual Combat Revisited". It is a renewing of the Catholic classic Spiritual Combat by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli. A book carried and consulted frequently by St. Francis de Sales. I can say that it is a tremendously useful commentary on Scupoli's book and Treats of sin and methods for its correction in your life.

Poor, Poor Kung.

This is a link to an excellent article by George Weigel skewering Hans Kungs view of Catholicism.

www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/04/an-open-letter-to-hans-kung

Newmans thoughts

John Cardinal Henry Newman offers a "Short road to perfection" for Catholics living in the world. It offers some useful advice.

www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations8.html