A short article by Deborah Molinari on the special opportunities that mothers enjoy to assist in the renewal of the liturgy: Rooting the family in the liturgical year helps to produce lives which are God-centred and continues the formation and sanctification of the Catholic family that flows from the sacred liturgy. This in turn can… Continue reading “The Role of Mothers in a New Liturgical Movement”
Category: Catechesis
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Blah blah Internets blah blah easily distracted changing the way we think ooo linky to Amazon blah blah hold on let’s read this more carefully (emphasis added): The idea that our minds should operate as high-speed data-processing machines is not only built into the workings of the Internet, it is the network’s reigning business model… Continue reading Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Joseph: God’s gift to Jesus and Mary
Just lovely: Joseph in his very self, being a man, was a gift to Blessed Virgin. Against the rougher background of his manliness, the delicate, shimmering beauty of her holy femininity glowed with more luster. His was the hand that steadied her step over rocky ground. His the powerful arms that wrestled loads from their… Continue reading Joseph: God’s gift to Jesus and Mary
“Give Up Yer Aul Sins”
This is too cute: Little Irish children telling Bible Stories. HT Mary’s Aggies via Mark Shea
Faith isn’t a feeling
Wish I’d understood this in my twenties. Faith is not some state of feeling we get ourselves into. It is much simpler than that. It is simply believing in God and therefore believing everything he has revealed – no matter how we feel. “God said it, so I believe it, and that settles it.” Feelings… Continue reading Faith isn’t a feeling
“If if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and raises the dead like a duck….”
Colbert takes one of those “the Christians-made-it-up” “scholars” to school. HT: CMR Bart Ehrman colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes
I Keep Saying, But Don’t Take My Word For It
People much smarter than me have word it better than I ever could. In is letter regarding Barak Obama at Notre Dame (posted on American Papist), Charles F. Lennon Jr. Executive Director, Notre Dame Alumni Association writes: Rather, the University has invited the President to campus for what he’s done for racial equality, and for… Continue reading I Keep Saying, But Don’t Take My Word For It
I Can’t Believe This Discussion is Still Going Strong
It has been years now since pop culture has been embraced by Harry Potter madness and people seem to have long ago decided if they are for or against HP. Why keep beating a dead horse? I wonder why these books are the source of so much consternation… I’m sorry, I just can’t seem to… Continue reading I Can’t Believe This Discussion is Still Going Strong