Is the Novus Ordo Licit?

"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine


“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”
Thomas Jefferson

In a couple of weeks I’ll be giving a talk here in San Diego based on The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis. I remembered that I had written some notes for our discussion group and posted them here. However, when I went to find them I discovered that I didn’t have a single index page with all the links….so here it is.
Chapter 1
“Introduction”
Chapter 2
Likings and Loves of the Sub-Human, Love of Nature, Patriotism
Chapter 3
Affection
Chapter 4
Friendship
Chapter 5
Eros
Chapter 6
Agape
Here are some other resources relating to The Four Loves which I think are helpful:

I’ve been wondering like Moses in the desert land
I need you to part the seas and take my hand!
Through the stormy waters to the other side
’cause you do impossible things
you do impossible things
yeah, there’s nothing on earth beyond you x2
I’ve been sleeping like Lazarus in the darkened cave
I need you to roll the stone and shout my name!
Through the darkness on into the light of day
Water to wine, sight for the blind
You say the word and the dead will rise!
The lame walk around, the lost will be found
’cause that’s just what you do…impossible things
Several times in the last couple of years, I’ve read the famous passage from Ephesians about husbands and wives which sometimes gets people up in arms. Below is a link to an episode from “The Naked Bible Podcast” where a Bible scholar goes through a similar “Household Code” from Colossians:


I saw in a Facebook discussion group a little while ago a Protestant post the above picture as definitive proof that Catholics worship Mary. The problem is that “worship” here doesn’t mean the kind of worship you give to God. Even today in the Church of England wedding vows, husband and wife will say “…with my body, I thee worship…”.
Speaking personally, I don’t like this elaborate poetic language in Marian devotion for just this reason – it’s too easy for non-Catholics to misunderstand what we believe.

Heres’ another devastatingly spot-on video from the folks over at Lutheran Satire. This time, Clint Eastwood reads the song lyrics to popular contemporary songs…