tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194627692011-07-07T18:23:42.677-05:00Interesting things Catholic <li>..the devil's in the details..</li> <li>... John 5 25-29 ...</li>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-4672520236807823922008-12-18T06:44:00.001-06:002008-12-18T06:59:19.865-06:00

Darn it. Just when we Catholics thought we had the Anglicans on the right path by replacing their head with a Catholic politician, it seems they don't need a head.So if they don't stand on requiring the King or Queen to lead them, what do they stand upon? Just simple stubborn seperation from the Church. And unlike Luther, they don't even claim a different theology. Just apart and liking it.I

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Riots and Chaos from the young. Teens on the street with matches and 100 Greek middle schools occupied and controled by the children.Sure sounds like the 60's only without fear of reprisal by the law and order folks who must be staying at home and watching it on TV.If there is a ressonance, let me predict more social disorder, rage and burning. Poor old Lyndon Johnson made promises for a Great

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It may happen yet. Since the Anglicans believe that the King or Queen of England are divinely appointed by God to lead their church, this should put an end to the sad division between us all these hundreds of years.A Catholic Anglican leader would be compelled to wipe out this old national church division, and move the high Anglicans to Rome where they belong.The low Anglicans would find no

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-34352304112663396272008-12-09T11:04:00.002-06:002008-12-09T11:19:27.192-06:00

I know it's not easy to balance all these competing human wants and desires regarding IVF. God made us to want children. And the thankfully nagging Church reminds us to have the children using God's methods.It is interesting that a sizable percentage of IVF folks perceive something to consider in their little baby embryos. And that this occurs to them only after their wants for a child have been

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-7596869329719456512008-11-23T10:41:00.003-06:002008-11-23T20:19:56.443-06:00

Wow, the readings today re Christ the King just shout of Judgement. ...The sleek and strong? Out!The goats? Out to the fire created for the devil and his angels....How much plainer could it be?...Show of hands please... who heard a homily today having anything to do about Judgement? I heard nothing....How encouraging. Could it be the mother's milk that the Priests think is all that we can

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-76469690852476891732008-11-15T05:32:00.003-06:002008-11-15T05:55:52.396-06:00

Tech leaders to unite world religions with the "golden rule".For probably good reason, they sound like competent High School Sophomores that have yet to take their History Class. With their high self-esteem I think they are expecting an "A" for effort and originality.They have simply arrived and had a bright idea regarding one of the most perplexing works of the devil ever invented.Of course,

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-65492216834929735242008-11-14T13:36:00.000-06:002008-11-14T13:43:11.007-06:00

Pray for the half of us who do not know what we are doing.+++Picture compliments of Jill Stanek blog.linkWho's going to the March in Washington DC in January? It's a worthy message for our new president as he unfolds his plan to bring the nation together.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-49499823669155537412008-11-13T15:36:00.001-06:002008-11-13T15:42:48.453-06:00

The U.N. is for talking. I'm surprised a little regarding the negative comments about having Saudia Arabia lead the "U.N. Faith Forum" that have come forth....It lends itself to humor I know. But, this is what inviting everyone to the table feels like.We shall see. And with Obama, we shall see more....link..."Humanity is in moral bankruptcy, and we are in need of being bailed out," d'Escoto said.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-70214089950873939152008-03-28T10:37:00.005-05:002008-03-28T10:54:26.859-05:00

Explaining the stages of his conversion, Allam said that “at some point I had to take action” after discovering that “the roots of evil are intrinsic to Islam, that [it] is physiologically violent and historically conflictive.” ...Yes Mr. Convert, that is it exactly. ...A clever religion founded on some angel's whispers. Plus an admitted fear of idol worship of the special prophet that rewrote

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-72930961663295944042008-03-11T16:20:00.003-05:002008-03-11T16:28:36.292-05:00

You know, in 90% of the cases, it's us... the adult generation that is responsible. Kids are kids because they're willfully ignorant and immature. It's us.Now what can we possibly do about it except teach Virtue. Not values.. Virtue. Do we know how to do that anymore? God, I hope so.linkAt least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens,

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-74154182476125525762008-03-10T15:28:00.003-05:002008-03-10T15:47:40.711-05:00

This Sunday, the Priest asked the congregation whether they wanted the short or long version of the Gospel reading on Lazarus. Great shock.. they wanted the long version. So nice! It goes along with my suspect that people who don't like worship and things sacred, would not be very comfortable in heaven either....Anyway, although Lazarus was raised from the dead, it was not an admission to heaven.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-41972459198625302612008-03-07T08:02:00.002-06:002008-03-07T08:29:07.647-06:00

This story referred by D.C. lawyer with tagline… “the human spirit shines through”. And to me, it’s nanny prohibition type meddlers run amok. And this from the State that elected Jesse Ventura their governor. Go figure.Anyway, let God sort it out. Religion in the past in this country was quite meddlesome. Now we pretty much leave petty things up to God. For really serious things we prefer man’s

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-59172378673554586422008-03-03T15:54:00.004-06:002008-03-03T16:26:34.616-06:00

Blood and daggers. Iraq Christians and Muslims. The Pope and Sikh leader's 'Kirpans' (daggers)....What in the world? Let's see. Sikh leaders carry sacred daggers, and are willing to forgo a meeting with the Pope since the security rules do not allow death implements at the meetings. I wonder what makes these daggers sacred to the supposed muslim religion of peace. ...Well, I really don't care

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-20534722570800552492008-02-28T10:15:00.002-06:002008-02-28T10:23:35.662-06:00

I was under the soft assumption that Bishop Sklba was pretty much a leftover from the Weakland disaster in Milwaukee. Although the one time I did see and hear them together, Bishop Sklba seemed like a nice, perhaps holy fellow.He must be smart and able, since he is in some important positions, and Bishop did keep him on after Weakland's banishment.Anyway, to his credit he said something very good

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-38899808666369183982008-01-15T05:18:00.001-06:002008-02-28T11:01:42.891-06:00

We hear that islum worships the same God as Christians. He's a tricky dude though.Jesus had done something displeasing to God and was punished. So all the people who 'thought' they saw Jesus on the cross, were really looking at Judas, but their eyes were lying.Jesus? He escaped to go hiding somewhere and of course was not raised from the dead since it wasn't him on the cross.Sound feasable? Nope,

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-56571026212430135342008-01-04T05:41:00.001-06:002008-01-04T05:46:38.133-06:00

Bishop John W. Yanta of the diocese of Amarillo said that Tuesday January 22 will be observed in his diocese as a "Day of Fast and Abstinence." Catholic priests in the diocese will celebrate in violet vestments, a symbol of penance in the Catholic Church. link ...bishop has declared his diocese will observe the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion in the United States

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-77304861984077719462007-12-26T05:16:00.001-06:002007-12-26T05:31:52.597-06:00

Surprising that I had the default assumption that anglicans would naturally be against abortion.I know they are splitting along homosexual and femine disagreements, but I thought a church that considers itself somehow close to Catholic would get abortion right. Not so.I must have given too much credit to anglicans having John Henry Newman before his conversion to Catholicism.And the theological

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-85818559222342086242007-12-24T05:17:00.000-06:002007-12-24T05:48:03.503-06:00

I am always happy to see the churchs generally swell the pews for Christmas and Easter. The Priests always throw in a welcome to 'visitors', and hope to see them again soon.---Some of this swelled population effect comes from regular parishioners bringing in their extended families and friends.---Some of this is Catholics drawn be the season's nostalgia and extra church decorations... the manger

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-60147376925184138242007-12-15T21:41:00.001-06:002007-12-15T22:03:30.030-06:00

What is it when man's eyes stare at the material and deny the spirit either good or evil? Man as human animal vs. man as human spirit.It is then "as we are born", vs. as we are born of God. The stuff of the cosmos. Dust in, and dust out, so make the best of it.And if that's the outlook, then mother and father become parent 1 and parent 2. No longer spouses, but partners in some strange handshake

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-86386234548030284712007-12-15T07:36:00.000-06:002007-12-15T08:05:02.295-06:00

If you run across early Christmas Cards from the 1800's, you can tell that times were very different.This article is a reminder that protestants, having set themselves back to sola scriptura, could not abide celebrating Christmas on any certain day since that exact date was not listed in the Gospels.Somewhere since the reformation, this pagan Catholic practice must have been dropped proudly. But

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-58909635148179632582007-12-09T18:05:00.000-06:002007-12-09T18:38:20.556-06:00

O Obama. Oh what 8 years of Democrats' thinking will bring us.As we cringe at VOTF rhetoric, we might expect to cringe much more as the President speaks, and speaks, and acts.A big shot at VOTF now a chief advisor to Obama. linkSo what is Obama's attitude toward Catholics? In his speech last summer to the Call to Renewal Conference he explained, "The majority of Catholics practice birth control

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-62928094257568209892007-12-07T12:46:00.000-06:002007-12-07T13:35:51.868-06:00

You know that in China, if you have the sniffles, or even worse a cough and cold... you can not go around face naked. You must wear a mouth filter or suffer shame. You see it all over, especially publicized in the government big meeting rooms.They're leading edge atheistic. You know the kind... better live long since that's all there is.I predict that the next big healthy thing coming to the not

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-14452887984310813772007-12-05T05:39:00.000-06:002007-12-05T06:05:39.319-06:00

7 Priests, one woman, $500,000.And it's worse really, because the dad did not want to care for the child, but rather kill the child.As nice as the Filipino people are, and as nice as their Catholic religion has made that corner of Asia, their native Priests have a reputation for having a problem with staying chaste. 3rd hand knowledge says that many have women on the side, and that it's accepted

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-2103447806064208022007-12-01T06:06:00.000-06:002007-12-01T06:48:19.799-06:00

It's World AIDS Day. And what is the common thought? We must 'fight' it.Much like people with cancer, who 'battles' or dies after a long 'battle' with disease, if you're a good guy, let's fight AIDS.And what is the common answer to AIDS? Condoms of course.Is there nothing humorous about a fight conducted with a rubber? I think it is very odd if not humorous.Well I must admit that to get the whole

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-41728109427945673902007-11-29T06:16:00.000-06:002007-11-29T06:47:09.572-06:00

Wow. What is it about St. Paul and Minneapolis that is driving their spirit? Something in the dirt?---We have the St. Francis Cabrini parish who proudly will "bless" homosexual partners... link---And then these sisters of which at least one is a clown "Rosey Red". ---Who's running things up there I wonder.---These women like something called Cosmos..---A view of the whole world as God's good

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-79685543465764159712007-11-17T06:34:00.001-06:002007-11-17T06:49:16.724-06:00

Ever since the Vatican brought up the subject, it has been running through my mind while driving that I ought to be more charitable. It has probably made some slight bit of difference.Well this study confirms it.. I live in a good driving State.The following state rankings were released for the 2007 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test:1. Idaho.2. Alaska3. Minnesota4. WisconsinIf you're in an

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-10548174335997953802007-11-15T05:37:00.000-06:002007-11-15T05:54:12.330-06:00

I saw some show somewhere sometime on PBS discussing how impassioned arguments within the same religious denominations can be over things an outsider would consider insignificant.A space traveler arriving on earth would have a tough time recognizing the differences between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics. They believe the same things, yet they stand apart from each other.Well, there is that

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-5600121661422134512007-11-07T05:33:00.000-06:002007-11-07T05:48:23.896-06:00

At a press conference in Rome on November 6, Vatican officials announced plans for a conference on the beginnings of human life, to be held at the Regina Apostolorum university on November 15-17. ---That's good I think. Church teaching on the beginnings of the soul at conception need to be clarified. Currently it's that the human soul is created at the moment of conception which of course is true

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-14128481060565700612007-11-02T05:47:00.000-05:002007-11-02T05:58:17.064-05:00

Some nice information on adoption that I was not aware of. Mainly that it does not have to be prohibitively expensive.The article also makes an interesting statement...Bradley referred to one of the biblical imperatives for true religion: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans.” (James 1:27).In "Orphans vs. American Dream," an article on

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-20818877635126000662007-10-25T05:45:00.000-05:002007-10-25T06:38:03.129-05:00

It's not really lying when one speaks from ignorance right? Right.Most ignorance is innocent. There is just so much to know, that conversation and controversy help expose the facts and change minds. I love controversy.But what is the correct response to invincible ignorance. Ignorance that will not change because of religious belief? Faith and reason is a big subject for Catholics. It makes us

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-67492781978228367982007-10-22T06:02:00.000-05:002007-10-22T11:22:17.024-05:00

This Sunday's readings theme.. the answer to prayers. Isn't a child's 2nd impression of God that He really doesn't answer prayers. I would think so. That's a tough thing for a child to know. The answers are God's answers, not human answers. Perhaps Weakland's tree story can help.I ran across this vintage Weakland '86 story at of all places the Call to Action site. And as it was with Weakland, you

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-40625788010943365412007-10-18T13:15:00.000-05:002007-10-19T05:21:55.777-05:00

I know it sounds trite, but Back to the Future helped me concretize the vague ideas I had back then about trying to imagine people my parent's age as once being young. I saw Marty's mother as young Marty's mother, and it helped me get over the delusion that most young people have about old people.... they have a hard time visualizing old folks as once being young folks.What was your take-away

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-14060007083994340302007-10-18T05:03:00.000-05:002007-10-18T06:17:02.055-05:00

Science claims and abilities, and what we do with that information.---Health, beauty, planet environment, smells, safety, genetics, quality of life issues. These are more and more directing us socially rather than being at the service of mankind's social snapshot.---Here's a Nobel Prize winner that suspects that intelligence is genetic. Well sure, our carbon selves are genetic. His social

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-90451627963866897272007-10-15T19:53:00.000-05:002007-10-15T20:13:00.451-05:00

It does seem Californicate needs some special pastors. And I am guessing striving to be all things to all people, the Bishops and Priests assigned there have a special outreach to our homosexual brothers.I really think it is that simple. That ministering in California brings one close to the mindset. And that sometimes then, the line gets blurry.Remember that Bishop that went over to the Rev.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-88264315412408569552007-10-12T05:28:00.000-05:002007-10-12T06:20:35.783-05:00

Catholic hospitals and adoption services used to be welcome and needed. But things have changed.---Health care has become a right, as has adoption. And rights change with time, whereas Catholic truths do not. We are stuck being Catholic. Which to me is a good thing, but obviously that does not hold for everybody. And hospitals and adoption have become an everybody thing.---It's simply time to

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-71031992186146674232007-10-03T05:06:00.001-05:002007-10-03T05:29:55.161-05:00

If you wished to abort a twin, which one would you choose?the pleasant one,the cute one,the taller one,the smart one,the healthy one?Perhaps you would choose the crabby, ugly, short, dumb, sickly one?It seems they have killed the wrong twin in Italy, and then had to kill the right one anyway. This was upsetting to the mother who was given 2 new children, and now has zero new children.If Italian

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-37916795707325192442007-10-02T04:57:00.000-05:002007-10-03T05:35:58.427-05:00

Of the 2 homilies I heard this past Sunday, and the Pope's midday audience, only the Pope mentioned hell... not by name, but but allusion.For those who live in comfort, the Holy Father continued, the parable is a stern warning. "We cannot say that we do not know what is coming," he said, reminding his audience that the rich man of Luke's Gospel "ends in agony in the flames" because of his

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-30186020640516162492007-09-29T04:57:00.000-05:002007-09-29T05:49:23.584-05:00

"There is no better way to prepare your mortal flesh for the kinkiest weekend on Earth than to nourish your bones and boost your spirit with a divine feast: The Last Supper With The Sisters, at Eureka Restaurant ... " This is the Folsom Street Fair poster that is causing all the noise. Way down at the lower left corner is the Miller Lite logo that Christian groups are asking Miller to remove, if

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-74362524083637489372007-09-25T06:29:00.000-05:002007-09-25T07:04:18.157-05:00

This Jesuit, Samir Khalil Samir, provides some important clarity regarding why islamists are so hard to understand with Western eyes and ears.linkI have imaginged them to be some seriously misguided spiritual folks. But as Samir points out, the spiritual has little to do with it. It's something social and political, that happens to be based on a prophet from around 616 or 666.From a social point

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-88754908672283781212007-09-22T16:28:00.000-05:002007-09-22T16:59:21.416-05:00

This Sunday's readings would be well placed here in America on July 4th.Still, since we're ramping up for some changes in high leadership, a prayer and a vote will go a long way towards ensuring that we might be able to lead "a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity".Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-72630070473481396762007-09-20T05:02:00.000-05:002007-09-20T12:10:38.671-05:00

It makes them happy to be on the forefront of something new and exciting. Gay bible and gay leadership.This Jefferts lady bishop understands that her American friends are so far advanced, it may take the rest of the world 100 years to catch up to their new reading of God's Word that now says all are welcome at the table without the admonition to sin no more.Two strong currents got them into this

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-5006812526769599002007-09-18T05:55:00.000-05:002007-09-18T05:59:53.167-05:00

Looks and sounds to high heaven like one of those TV preachers getting 'moved' by the spirit.For your entertainment...link

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-78344027178450817742007-09-18T04:41:00.000-05:002007-09-18T05:34:06.575-05:00

Attendance as a criterion of desire seems right.Noting the decline began in 1950 means that beyond Catholics, the decline started well before Vatican 2.That could mean that culture was moving downward anyway for some reasons, and that Vatican 2 was the trigger for Catholics, not the main reason for empty churches.It reminds me of the common public notion that we are all going to heaven. Yet how

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-4876324208428679512007-09-12T05:46:00.001-05:002007-09-12T06:30:49.179-05:00

"It is a sure bet that if Griffin had said, 'Suck it, Muhammad,' there would have been a very different reaction," Catholic league president Bill Donohue said in a statement posted on the group's Web site. He called on TV academy president Dick Askin to denounce Griffin's "hate speech" and on Griffin to apologize.---Just what reaction is Mr. Donohue looking for? ---link---Griffin's reaction to

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-51637165679249931672007-09-09T19:25:00.001-05:002007-09-09T19:46:23.981-05:00

Finally we are getting somewhere.Smokers have gone from the most accepted folks to the most scorned lepers. Smoke has gone from "smells like smoke" to "what's that awful stench?". People have apparently gotten so feeble that even walking past a smoker standing outside in the elements makes their heart race and induces cancer and early death.Anyway, we know that one's final illness is always

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-90926507309116644122007-09-08T05:05:00.000-05:002007-09-08T05:39:46.559-05:00

Charmin is doing a nasty thing with its marketing.Twice I've seen their commercial using Handel's Hallelujah Chorus complete with the sun's rays shing forth because the bears in the ad are so happy with their paper and it's results.Insensitivity to Christian images for sure... even the folks who only get to Church on Easter. And a pretty good indication that there is no serious Christian on staff

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Ask a child why they did something, and you're likely to get back "I don't know".---Answer the judge in a courtroom with "I don't know" and you're going to be treated with contempt.---It's lazy to not grow up. Everyone knows how babies are made. Yet the nine month separation between the act and the birth fools lots of people into not connecting the dots. How many people? The same number that

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And let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars...Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.Not one, but two... hmmm. Ol Akash must be a greedy thing. Would you trust your trip to the bosses of Nepal's

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For the love of our Hero, charity will overflow to our neighbor. There will be nothing to stop us caring for the people we meet as we journey to our quickly approaching goal.---Our hearts will pull us to join together like the company of angels we hear about at Mass in their hymn of praise Holy, Holy, Holy; Lord God Almighty.---The converted hearts of the throng of God's children changes the

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What if Miss Manners came to power and handed down laws and rules to prohibit embarrassment?If you are a reasonable person, you "should have known" that those "actions, comments, or displays" would have been unwelcome.Sounds like a rich script for a Twilight Zone episode. But no.. it's real in Canada. Could it drip down across the border into the northern blue states? I hope not, but what are

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ROME. Aug 29 (Interfax) - Pope Benedict XVI of Rome and All Europe welcomes Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow's initiative to promote inter-church dialogue, but said some terms must be fulfilled before a personal meeting with the patriarch could take place. ---"Patriarch Alexy has said on many occasions that he wants to promote dialogue and cooperation with the Roman churchs, and this is a positive

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My passport is not yet in order. The processing time as usual, is long.linkThe way to eternal life is narrow because it is demanding, requires commitment and denial of one's own selfishness, Pope Benedict XVI said today in his Sunday angelus address. He was referring to today's Gospel in which Jesus calls on his followers to strive to enter the "'narrow gate' to eternal life, because many shall

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You can't take Californicate too seriously. It's mainly Disneyland and Arnold.---The kindest thing to remember is that perhaps all these religions strive toward some understanding of God.---Less kind is to mention that monkeys and elephants and holy cows make up that understanding. More kind is to remember that St. Francis liked animals too.---What I didn't know is that hindoos say 'Ommmmmmm'

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The Pope here advises Priests. A post-Christian or never-Christian world puts us in a position much like the early Church. Tiny seeds that may be asked what is the reason for your Hope.The tough part of course, is that you will never be asked about your Hope, unless it is displayed so as to prompt the question. Long standing patience. And perhaps you will never be asked at all. Nevertheless, the

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There is goodness in the hospitality.And God's mysterious ways are always a marvel.But there's something odd here about the islum component I think. It reeks of fear and ignorance. Maybe even danger.linkThe Catholic Church has given a commitment that it will not try to convert members of other religious denominations taking part in inter-faith forums and volunteering facilities.It is also calling

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Lots of people don't believe in God. ---And for those of us who do believe, we have been given an unfair advantage; the gift of Faith.---"Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves."---I have seen the "works" in my life. This is most unfair, and I fear some payment is due to the devil in balance for such gifts. For whenever I am

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Why Anglicans? The reason is that this merry ol King could not get a divorce. To fix all things Roman, the King or Queen was made the head of the church. Now what would happen do you suppose if a Catholic were to become head of the Anglicans? Yup, that would be the end of that. No more Anglicans. Sort of like an ecumenical atomic bomb. They would immediately become Roman Catholics.Since logic

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Funny stuff sent from that lawyer on the East Coast. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/64643

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The descent of humility, generosity, charity, meekness, chasity, temperance, perserverance.---The ascent of pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, sloth.What would it look like in the extreme? It would look like us in our worst situations and opportunities. ---Thank Goodness that most countries' governments can keep the lid on our desires. Somewhere between feeding us, locking us up,

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-60303852449099060852007-07-26T04:50:00.000-05:002007-07-26T05:14:35.137-05:00

Who said it's OK for homosexuals to teach your children? You know, long days, long months, sharing, teaching... etc.Not in Malta perhaps.I still think that everyone knows homosexual men should not be around boys coming of age. That was the American Priest scandal of the 70's and 80's.I know, let's envoke 'safety'. That seems to trump all other rights lately. Safety of the kids... who can argue

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-27499941529911221902007-07-25T04:55:00.000-05:002007-07-25T05:29:55.402-05:00

A Priest I know keeps saying that 'those' countries use islum to keep control of their citizens. From my American viewpoint that sounded odd. It's just not in my living memory. A few hundred years ago we know that Europe and the particular churches identified with each other so closely that an act against religion was close to treason. But was it really the state that was using religion for

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-13068611714243700792007-07-24T05:20:00.001-05:002007-07-24T05:53:03.156-05:00

Christian Driving... The new opportunity for evangelism in the 21st century A.D.The Vatican has been made fun of for coming out with the 10 Commandments of Christian driving for Rome. But it's true. Most of the people we meet today are other drivers on the road. How better to present an example of adult Christianity to the unchurched?There are many reasons that driving brings out the worst in

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22 An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. 47 Jesus realized the intention of their hearts and took a child and placed it by his side 48 and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. For the one who is least among all of you is the one who is the greatest." 49 Then John said in reply

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I like controversy because people say things they might otherwise be silent about. It's good to know what's cooking under the lid.Other than the Missouri and Wisconsin Lutherans and high church Anglicans, I don't think the thousands of denominations consider themselves the one true church. I think it's rather that they have the definition that all baptized Christians belong to the one church

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-29548352249390635352007-07-16T05:30:00.000-05:002007-07-18T05:03:22.851-05:00

We Catholics know that other Christians often outshine us in works of charity. Good stuff.And with things like the recent $600 million payday for the now grown boys who played with now dead Father, a lack of responsible hierarchy and bank accounts can keep the lawyers at bay.Plainly, the Bible alone is a powerful message that can produce powerful results in persons and society.That said,

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Sometimes I wonder just how lazy it is possible for me to be. It's been almost a week since the Pope declared that he was Catholic.---Finally this nice gentleman comes forward on CNN to make all the usual counterpoints for me. Even better, he used to be a Catholic but has escaped.---Well, good luck to him. Not that he needs it because he's studying Scripture now.---link---For him to even suggest

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-21024756037842826272007-07-13T05:15:00.000-05:002007-07-14T04:43:04.583-05:00

Weakland in Milwaukee, Lugo in Paraguay, government Bishops in China.Bishops are local by design, and being human despite being ordained, the flesh and human touch can overcome the spirit.Lugo is different because he looks willing to resign. Win or lose, after it's over and politics takes its toll he will be back to being Lugo.As prodigal sons indelibly ordained, they will return.linkA

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The Partial Birth Abortion technique is so gruesome, that even in liberty loving America, only the fringe pro-abortion fanatics support it.---And I must hand it to Amnesty International's Larry Cox. Whereas most untrained people will save the point of an article for the last paragraph, he has placed all that is important in his letter to Bishop Skylstad in the third from last paragraph.---A

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Poorly catechized folks going to poorly truthful churches. Catholic folk-style religion can not compete with the lure of customer satisfaction.And there's no one that understands customer satisfaction better than American Marketing. Well, at least on the initial temptation side.Companies are always excellent on drawing you in with noisy generated hopes of excitement and fulfillment. Yet, struggle

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The original Dr. Feelgood. The guy who dips his finger into our heart and wiggles it.2,000 years ago we didn't have cell phone cameras or tape recorders, but still, we have the demon's words captured.“What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”Today's Gospel is one of my favorites, but

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What are they thinking? It's good to know.Some responses to a pro-child comment somewhere on the west coast.Hmmm...'Project Rachel' sound like the same folks who write "abstinence education" texts telling our youth that premarital sex makes you suicidal, and homosexuality is a psychiatric disorder. Anything to control people's sexuality, after all...Interesting no? This person sees no reason to

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-21950041140747221182007-07-03T05:01:00.000-05:002007-07-03T05:22:38.444-05:00

What is it about Missouri that figures into the "right" church?We have the Missouri Synod Lutherans who consider themselves the "one holy catholic apostolic church". Mormons, whose leaders have been told that Jesus will return to Missouri, oh.. and then Jerusalem later I guess.And then these no-beer folks. I really don't blame them much. Better safe than sorry. But should they decide someday to

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This might be interesting.Too many millions believe the fictional characters they relate to on television. As sad as that is, perhaps this will have good results.linkThe fall television lineup will include a show about Catholic priests. But it won’t be a tale about corrupt or dysfunctional priests, as some shows in the past have been.Rather, “Vows” – now in production for the American Movie

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The Liturgy of the Church is a moment where all the dimensions of our lives come before the living God. It is the place where we have an active encounter with God. It is the place, therefore, where we can rediscover the sacred in our lives. linkCertain settings demand their own particular etiquette. Dress at a wedding reception differs from dress at a sports event. Conversation in a bar is louder

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Warsaw, Jun. 29, 2007 (CWNews.com) - The Polish government will not accept the portion of the the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union that covers issues of discrimination on the basis of sexual preference. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has announced that Poland will not grant legal recognition to same-sex unions, saying that the step would violate the country's cultural

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I watched an hour of "All American Presidential Forum" on PBS last night.It was from Howard University, all Black, all Democrat. It will be an interesting 8 years for sure.Hillary got the only standing ovation when she said..."Let me just put this in perspective: If HIV-AIDS were the leading cause of death of white women between the ages of 25 and 34 there would be an outraged, outcry in this

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Here's a nice story from Archbishop Terrence Prendergast's installation homily.,,,link,,,He told a story from an 1856 book written not long after the founding of the diocese called The Christian Life by Thomas Arnold, who wrote that some converts from heathenism and ignorance, “were accustomed to leave their right arm unbaptized” to that this arm, not pledged to Christ, might continue to wreak

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Not much Catholic news today, but this is kinda interesting re: who can you trust.Doesn't seem like you can trust the Railroad with your well being. Even when they are not de-railing.linkPHOENIX -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man is missing after Amtrak personnel, mistaking his diabetic shock for drunk and disorderly behavior, kicked him off a train in the middle of a national forest, according to

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Is it just me, or does this look not too cool?I think the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Communication Campain can do a lot better.It seems like they put those boring homilies on a billboard. Be nice, and so what?link

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How about intoxication.When I was in grade school, the nuns stressed that in biblical times, wine was drunk regularly because water was scarce. They said this was not wine you could get drunk on, but more like grape juice.Nowadays I think they were telling a little white lie. Starting way back with Noah, folks got drunk. It’s part of life. It’s almost natural, although the grape juice does have

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The traveling exhibit of Papal things came to the local museum. Jewels, crowns, chalices, gold threaded vestments.I heard, and I'm sure many people thought, it was a sign that the Catholic Church is rich and the money would be better spent on the poor.And this regardless of Jesus defending the woman in the Gospel, pouring that expensive perfume on him, to the complaining apostles.Recently in

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-56270894953428985602007-06-23T17:37:00.001-05:002007-06-23T18:02:43.541-05:00

Men are generally crying more and more lately, or so I hear, and so I see on TV and PBS.Do you think it was like that with George Washington, Lincoln, Hoover, Roosevelt, JFK, your male ancestors pre 1970?But it is more than plausible with Clinton, both Bush boys, and the foreseeable future.If our dappled men in government cross from analysis to public crying which is something close to the

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-37338105299527376832007-06-23T05:02:00.000-05:002007-06-23T05:44:26.667-05:00

Quick, name a muslim country you would consider vacationing to for the multicultural experience..... nope, I couldn't think of one either.Oh I know, it's the dancing and ethnic foods that we most think of when we say multicultural appreciation.Wait, I don't know if dancing is allowed in Pakistan. I do know they have the bomb. I can really appreciate that little genie that got out of the

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-90949735278543619162007-06-22T05:46:00.001-05:002007-06-22T06:03:39.192-05:00

The people of the U.S.A. have had a mental blockage regarding the Guantanamo Bay prison.Over these past years, we have all known something is wrong with putting prisoners on foreign soil to keep them away from American Justice. But we have been immobileized from action or serious uproar.Now after Bush and Congress are at their lowest public ratings, people from all over, including Bush, are

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-45292509022679583832007-06-21T04:53:00.001-05:002007-06-21T05:04:36.197-05:00

It's hard not to like Amnesty International, unless you're a fan of Gitmo and those secret prisons the USA used in Poland after 9/11.Lately, AI is getting on the abortion bandwagon, and using rape and women's health (like our famous Supreme Court) as the excuse.linkUntil this year, Amnesty International was officially neutral on the issue of abortion. In April, the group’s executive board decided

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America the mob. No Christ, no manners, TV as a role model, isolated sexual objects, no parents, no future.Of course it could happen for some reason not yet revealed; Christ, manners, parents as role models, private loving married sex, and a future.linkDavid Rivas Morales died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an assault by an unknown number of black men following the car accident, which

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First the obligatory correctness... "It is simply untrue to suggest that this in anyway is an insult to islum or the Prophet Muhammed, and we have enormous respect for Islam as a religion and for its intellectual and cultural achievements," Brinkley said. The the living and breathing reality behind the correctness... Lawmakers in Paki-stan's lower house of parliament on Monday passed a resolution

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-42309757564161911552007-06-18T04:49:00.000-05:002007-06-18T05:00:57.127-05:00

Dialogue in the Middle East conjures up thoughts of Jimmy Carter. Yet it is still true that after all this time, Egypt has remained non-combative with Israel. Now we have the Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, and lesser threats. Who could work such a thing as dialogue now?No one comes to mind, but the Holy Father reminds us that we are all missing the point. There is only one solution, yet no one has any

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Crystal Ball humor.linkFirst of all, I must denounce, in the strongest possible terms, the anti-Islamic bigotry that animates much of the resistance to the establishment of nationwide Sharia Law in the United States.It is my position (and the Synod of Bishops supports me entirely here) that such resistance is both sinful and counterproductive. Sinful, first of all, because it is symptomatic of

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I have wondered why the EU refuses to include a reference to it's Christian roots in its constitution. Now I see it is the result of the usual suspects. Perhaps all of Europe besides Poland has become pagan. But still, it is interesting to see who is behind the motions to suppress the "rabble-rousing".linkTHE HAGUE, 10/04/07 - Premier Balkenende is not pushing for a reference to the

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They have Rowan in England trying to keep things together...Williams said the U.S. wing would have been better off deciding first to approve ordaining clergy in same-sex relationships before consecrating Robinson. "As it is, someone living in a relationship not theologically officially approved by the church is elected to a bishop--I find that bizarre and puzzling," he said. Williams does not

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Very bad news. I don't think that Israel can abide the Gaza Strip as a little Islum bloodground....Arab and Muslim states appealed for calm, warning that the fighting was threatening the Palestinian cause. The United States, Britain and the EU pledged continuing support for Mr Abbas, but his ability to lead the Palestinian Authority appeared damaged beyond repair....link

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-15350894637083951082007-06-13T11:09:00.000-05:002007-06-13T11:22:08.101-05:00

I have heard this same complaint about money and Mother Teresa's group before. I am guessing that the fact they have money in the bank is probably true.Mother's mission is caring, and the holiness it brings. If they have too much money, then I say so be it. The bank is the best place for it.Most reasonable people would say that with all the donations, the group should morph into something

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I don't know if the political machine will deliver Sam as a viable candidate, but I havn't heard anything bad yet.It sure seems that we would get some honesty from anyone so plain as to question abortion for raped women. That's an area where nobody treads.We have such a sorry excuse for a Catholic in Wisconsin's Governor Jim Doyle.. the difference couldn't be more clear.link"Rape is terrible.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011496260967345405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19462769.post-16245716694742967182007-06-09T16:03:00.000-05:002007-06-09T16:44:09.259-05:00

Exactly. This article makes a good point. “It’s very easy for someone to vote for this amendment if they think of the gay person as the ‘other,’” he said....Given America's live and let live attitude, the winning move from homosexual activists will be to be nice. Then we're really likely to leave them alone to do what they do....As he says.. “If you actually talk to [straight] married people,” he

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Bishop Thomas Tobin teaches nicely.This is the first time I have heard the Catholic politicians compared to Pilate. I wish I would have seen that plain and present parallel. A Bishop's teaching chrism is something wonderful to behold when they choose to use it.link Rudy’s public proclamations on abortion are pathetic and confusing. Even worse, they’re hypocritical. Rudy’s explanation is a classic

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Little by little Poland faces capitalism's power to persuade. Now will the people find enough people who don't care? Probably....I am old enough to remember when no stores were open on Sunday here. Just one brand of gas station did the 24/7 thing. ...Imagine all the lost sales! Imagine all the lost convenience. In 50 years it is nearly impossible to imagine what we have done to ourselves....link.

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A Sydney lawmaker from the ruling Labor Party, Tony Stewart, a Catholic, said Wednesday he was prepared to go to hell rather than oppose the legislation, which he said would save many lives.Opposition lawmaker Adrian Piccoli, also a Catholic, said there would be "outrage" if an Islamic cleric told Muslim lawmakers how to vote."The vast majority of Catholics don't believe that the church should

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Ya gotta have babies folks.linkMUHAMMAD is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No1 by next year, a study by The Times has found.Muhammad Anwar, Professor of Ethnic Relations at Britain's Warwick University, said: “Muslim parents like to have something that shows a link with their religion or with the Prophet.” Muhammad, which means “

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Maybe there's more to this story than is listed here. It's hard to imagine Kentucky's attitude if they really take the evil of killing babies seriously.The last time I drove though Louisville they still had rent-by-the-hour motels on the outskirts of town. Perhaps it's just a matter of a poor state with poor Catholic leadership. Perhaps it's just some kind of mistake. Perhaps the Bishop's out of

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