Donald P. Goodman III
01 Mar 1209
We constantly hear lamentations about the
plague of âmisinformationâ (and sometimes âdisinformationâ)
as if this is some strange new virus that has only recently
started circling the world. But what are we really talking
about when we use these terms? Is it new? And if not, why
do we need to rename it?
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Donald P. Goodman III
15 Feb 1209
We all want
to follow people, to see what the people and organizations we
love are producing. As producers, we all want people to
follow us, and to see what we send out to them. Both sides
want this to happen; but the information silos, or
âplatformsâ, all too often stand in the way. The solution
is an old and well-established one, easily accessible to
everyone: don't follow on a platform, follow on a
feed. Specifically, follow Goretti Publications on a
feed, but also everyone else. Feeds are anonymous;
feeds are decentralized; and feeds are an act of
respect passing from creators to consumers and back again.
They are better in every way than the information silos like
Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, and so on. See why and how
you can use them, today.
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Donald P. Goodman III
20 Jan 1209
We are sometimes
asked why our devotional materials regarding the Holy
Rosaryânamely, our brief guide to
the Holy Rosary and our Rosary
devotionalâdo not include the âluminous mysteriesâ
proposed by Pope John Paul II in 2002. This little post
attempts to explain why. It goes into the origins of the
Holy Rosaryâincluding its likely origin with St. Dominic
himself, along with what we can know about its origins
historically apart from thatâand its structure. Focusing on
the nature of the Rosary as âOur Lady's Psalterâ, we
conclude that the luminous mysteries were not a
good addition to the Holy Rosary, and should for that reason
be rejected. (As a part of the Rosary; as a separate
devotion, they are perfectly salutary.) At the close of the
post, we go over the common supports for the luminous
mysteries as proposed to those faithful to the traditional
Rosary, and why those supports do not work.
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