I’ve been blessed to have many people point out with interest, reviews of Eat Pray Love before I made the mistake of innocently watching the movie. I have tried to read the book as it sits next my bed and stopped and started and stopped. I could tell you what I find offensive, but so… Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love Review Round-Up
Category: Around St Blog’s
So Harry Potter, again.
Priests will soon be ‘inundated’ with exorcism requests, asserts author “Soft forms of occultism are like Wicca and New Age,” he explained, adding that “Harry Potter contributes to that with over 400 million books being sold.” The popular book series, he claimed, has helped educate “younger generations in the language and the symbolism of the… Continue reading So Harry Potter, again.
Thomas Kinkade and the Sentimental
The First Things article everybody’s linking to today: There is nothing wrong, or course, with fantasy or with what C.S. Lewis called Sehnsucht, the inconsolable longing in the human heart for “we know not what.” What makes Kinkade’s cottage painting so dispiriting is that rather than being created to challenge or even inspire, to evoke… Continue reading Thomas Kinkade and the Sentimental
A consecrated soul can only be desecrated
“Priests have a power not of their own, and priests who abandon the priesthood carry with them a volatile power they cannot shed. A consecrated soul cannot be unconsecrated but only desecrated by pride and the guilt of pride. And when a desecrated priest ceases to offer worthy sacrifice, he may start to require sacrifice;… Continue reading A consecrated soul can only be desecrated
In defense of Corned Beef and Cabbage
The Suburban Banshee comes to the defense of corned beef-and-cabbage against the Authenticity Police — and shares the secret history of Irish cowboys! Who knew? Of course corned beef and cabbage is primarily an American Irish dish. What do you think the Irish were eating in Ireland back in the 1840’s, before they had to… Continue reading In defense of Corned Beef and Cabbage
Hate Mail from Third Graders
Elementary school students sound off on the demotion of Pluto HT Jen. When Hambet was in kindergarten, he came out of school one afternoon in tears because his teacher said that Pluto wasn’t a planet any more. He took that to mean that Pluto had been destroyed! It took a while to reassure him that… Continue reading Hate Mail from Third Graders
John Cardinal O’Connor on Scrupulosity
On Catholic Exchange: “If you think in terms of… an obsessive-compulsive disorder but add to it a spiritual and, most particularly, a moral component then you have what we call “scrupulosity.” Scrupulosity is so-called because the Latin word scrupulus means a sharp little stone. Everyone knows what it is like to have a little sharp… Continue reading John Cardinal O’Connor on Scrupulosity
Parable of the Talents: What of the Fourth Servant?
On Catholic Exchange: The point of this parable [of the talents] is pretty obvious. Even a child would tell you that it means we are supposed to use the gifts that God gives us. He will hold us accountable for what we do with them. It seems rather straightforward. Use our gifts well and they… Continue reading Parable of the Talents: What of the Fourth Servant?