Yes, this is the Navy Hymn, but surely our gentlemen of the Navy will not object if I give the verses for all our services…. The melody (“Melita”) can be heard here. Get an mp3 of this hymn sung by the Navy Sea Chanters here. Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the… Continue reading Today is Armed Forces Day
Category: Current Events
Vatican Warns Catholics against Marrying Muslims
Nightmares
I have refrained from commenting on politics in regards to the war and partisan politics in this blog for many reasons. The biggest is that I never feel like I have all the facts. My gut always tells me that the info that gets filtered down through the media is half truths, or has some… Continue reading Nightmares
Camden’s Bishop has the Cajones Our Bishop Lacks
This is very telling: Assemblyman John J. McEneny is a Catholic who supports some abortion rights. The Albany Democrat said he backs Hubbard’s decision not to go down “the slippery slope of becoming judge and jury.” Well, duh, of course he does! “I don’t see priests making a judgment on the conscience of a person,”… Continue reading Camden’s Bishop has the Cajones Our Bishop Lacks
Mark Shields: Antipope
Or is that — a time-traveling antipope? My husband showed me this evening that Mr Shields has bestowed the red hat on “Cardinal” Joseph Francis Rummel. The time-traveling part comes from naming him a prince of the Church retroactively, since the good Archbishop (who was never made a Cardinal by any of the generally acknowledged… Continue reading Mark Shields: Antipope
Spin, spin, spin!
Did anyone else see Mark Shields spinning away last night on the Lehrer NewsHour? Every Friday, Shields and David Brooks do a little back-and-forth on a current issues, and last night they were chattering about Kerry. I wasn’t paying too much attention until the very end, when the host brought up Cardinal Arinze’s comments about… Continue reading Spin, spin, spin!
In Saturday’s Newspaper
there was an editorial by Ellen Goodman about how it is important to Catholics to vote following Catholic teaching-and somehow this is wrong:
Um, OK
Madonna: Friday Gigs Are Against My Religion Deeply religious superstar Madonna will play no Friday night gigs on her upcoming world tour – because the teaching of the Kabbalah forbids it. The “Holiday” hitmaker has pledged to respect the Jewish practice of Shabbat, the religion’s sabbath, by dining with her close family every Friday rather… Continue reading Um, OK