This is the third installation of a series of posts I've been putting together on our blog (www.giftofself.blogspot.com). Its taking a specifically Catholic perspective on some of the issues in the election although not necessarily all of them would be considered major issues being discussed by the...
And this is my Valentine to myself. This Poe song has always gotten to me in such a special way. If you understand this - then you "get" me. Here are the lyrics, so that you, too, can sing along. I always sing along to this one. CONTROL by poe Don't you mess with a little girl's dream 'Cause she's...
CELEBRATING CREATION DAY AND CREATION TIME (A Pastoral Statement of the CBCP Permanent Council) 1. Today, September 1, in many parts of the world Christian churches are celebrating “Creation Day.” They have also set the period from this day to October 4 (the Feastday of St. Francis of Assisi) or...
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Martin Luther, Michelangelo, and J. Robert Oppenheimer all died today (February 18). The Volume VI of Will Durant’s The Story of Civilization is Reformation. Speaking of reformation in Germany in 1500s, one cannot but talk about Luther—one with high mind, quick wit, and sharp tongue, and that...
http://www.alternet.org/sex/99062/?page=entire The Christian Right Picks California for Culture War Election Showdown By Sandhya Bathija, Church and State. Posted September 17, 2008. Religious Right groups see California's marriage referendum this November as Ground Zero. Robin Tyler and Diane Olson...
Anyone who visits here regularly knows at least two things about me: I am Catholic, practicing in the Tridentine tradition (that's the old Latin, Pre-Vatican II version) and I am virulently anti abortion in all its forms. For any reason. No politically correct excuses of rape or incest. No...
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Archbishop of Canterbury meets with Chief Rabbis of Israel The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday met with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger. The following communiqué was signed: Communiqué of The Third Meeting of the Chief Rabbis...
I didn't write this, but it sums up how I feel about religion pretty accurately. A pig caused hundreds of Indians to kill one another in 1980. The animal walked through a Muslim holy ground at Moradabad, near New Delhi. Muslims, who think pigs are an embodiment of Satan, blamed Hindus for the...
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I use emotion for the many, and reserve reason for the few. - Adolph Hitler No, I’m no fan of Hitler’s, but there is no denying that his appeal to the emotions was effective in motivating one of the most civilised and cultured nations on Earth to the barbarity of war. To counter Hitler’s...
Indian Christians Ready to Keep Laying Down Lives Day of Fasting and Prayer Brings Wide Response NEW DELHI, India, SEPT. 9, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Indian episcopal conference says that the faith of Indian Christians is more important than their lives. Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil,...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24345546-5001028,00.html Church says sorry to Charles Darwin Article from: AAP From correspondents in London September 14, 2008 09:30pm THE Church of England will make an official apology to naturalist Charles Darwin for criticising his famous...
The pre-dawn pain express is in full effect again, and today was a break-through day in that I survived the whole dang ride - and encouraged a few extra miles by bombing into Tesuque and climbing out Bishops Lodge Rd. The guys were thrashed - which partially explains my survival, as does the fat I...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/religion-vs-science-can-the-divide-between-god-and-rationality-be-reconciled-955321.html Religion vs science: can the divide between God and rationality be reconciled? By Paul Vallely Saturday, 11 October 2008 ''A clergyman in charge of education for the...
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, joined some 600 Anglicans for a pilgrimage at world-renowned shrine of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in the south of France. The five day visit was sponsored by the Society of Mary and the Society of Our Lady of Walsingham, two Anglican...
Monday, September 15, 2008 Anne and I returned a few days ago from our daughter Elizabeth’s wedding on September 6 at St. Michael’s, Bristol, RI, where I served as rector for 12 years. She married a fine young man, Jared, whom she met during her college days. They live and work in New York City,...
