Wednesday, 24 July 2013

from John Adams

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“We have not government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitu...

A Serious Question for Women

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One of my dear friends, a widow from the States, is pursuing the road to perfection. When we see each other once a year, we discuss every...

Readers, read and weep-the American Church at its worst

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http://gloria.tv/?media=451170

I wonder what Jane would think of this...

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http://qz.com/107803/jane-austen-elbows-her-way-into-the-world-of-male-dominated-british-banknotes/

The Naivete of American Catholics

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I have been reading and watching some of the comments coming out of WTD today, and I am astounded at the naivete of Americans who are lay...

A Prayer Reminder

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Fr. Felix Cappello SJ   is the saint we are all praying to for Thomas Peters, at his father's request. Do not forget, please.

Our Lady of Aparecida Day

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Just a bit of the sermon by the Pope today at the Shrine to Mary at Aparecida. Timely thoughts...three attitudes he is reminded of today. ...

Comment of The Week

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"Man, your blog is good. A fountain of Orthodoxy."  Makes it all worthwhile....

Another Blog Poem-see more on the tag

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The Pool of Fire and Ash The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013

On Self-Denial And Perfection

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My Daily Bread was a popular book in the 1950s and 1960s. My parents had it on their bookshelf. It is a book of meditations on the spir...

What Some Catholics Do Not Understand-The Reason for Persecution

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"King Antiochus of God is revealed" a coin of the time of persecution Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed ...

By request from a reader on St. Bridget of Sweden

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Pray for Europe. Today is the Feast of St. Bridget of Sweden, one of the patronesses of Europe. The other patrons of Europe are St. Ben...

I shall be interested in WYD when...

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There is a saying, perhaps apocryphal, which is attributed to St. John Bosco. He said that he thought that one out of four boys had a voc...

On Liturgical Discipline Lost

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In every NO I attend in Ireland, about 25% of the congregation say some of the words of the Mass which are the words of the priests only. ...

Grace Is Not Fairy Dust--Ranting on Magical Thinking Again

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Grace is not fairy dust. Grace is the life of God given to us in several ways. There are also many posts on grace. One can use the search ...

Seeking Perfection in The 6th Century

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Thanks to Wiki for the Exeter Book First Page of the Poem The Wanderer Often the solitary one finds grace for himself the mercy of...

A repeat for pondering

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I wrote this last year and despite the signs of the times, this movement, will die in an age of barbarism. Even the revolutionaries got it w...