Mag Phenomenology Tayo

 The problem of freedom vs. grace, or free will vs. God's will, or our own effort vs. God's effort, is, according to Catholic  Encyclopedia , one of the three most important philosophical problems of all time. Let's just say one of three most difficult philosophical problems of all time that "ramifies into ethics, theology, metaphysics, and psychology." We're finished discussing atheism though or communism. What we have here is a nitty gritty problem that every believer problematize as they live their everyday lives and their faith or their belief in God. I have here though a differentiation of three belief system. You may say pelagianism is atheism, but it's actually theism also. Communism actually is telling the same thing. We don't need to believe in something we cannot verify. It is a barricade to accessing our true effort and it's real flourishing. Only that communism subscribes also to atheism, while pelagianism still believes God is still th...

You: Since reading that self-love is a kind of new religion by a psychologist atheist turned Catholic, I became wary of self-love. I forgot though the name of the author and the book. What does the Catholic church really teach about self-love? ChatGPT said: That’s a very good and discerning question — and one that many modern Catholics wrestle with, since “self-love” is often used in two very different senses today: one worldly, and one spiritual. Let’s look at how the Catholic Church actually understands it. 🕊️ 1. Two Meanings of “Self-Love” A. Disordered self-love (the worldly kind): This is what the psychologist you read about likely warned against — the self-centered kind of love promoted by secular culture. It’s the attitude that says: “I am enough, I am my own source of happiness, I owe nothing to anyone.” This kind of self-love places the self at the center instead of God. The Catechism warns about this: “Disordered self-love is the source of every sin.” — Cat...

 I think I'm not charitable. I'm a failure in helping others too. I mean I failed in addressing their need. I was asking God too to help me develop this virtue. Or address this weakness of mine. Is it stinginess or I'm just really really poor? Now Pope Leo XIV signed the document Dilexi te. But I haven't yet read it still, just seeing some quotes that addresses my heart's questions. Then Duflo & Banerjee hit the news, going to Zurich, October 2025. That I failed to appreciate their nobel prize winning economic idea last 2019. And ChatGPT-5, 12 October 2025, pointing to me a synthesis I can use. What is Duflo and Banerjee noble winning economic idea? ChatGPT said: Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee — along with Michael Kremer — won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (formally called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ) for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty . Here’s the essence of their Nobel-...