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.
Category: Parenting and Family Life
“The Role of Mothers in a New Liturgical Movement”
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”
Very Sweet
column by Danielle Bean at Inside Catholic
I Tried to Come Up With Some Thoughts
on this article, but I am drawing a blank. The only thought that comes to mind is how backwards we are as a culture. Just throw the concept of race out already. Done. Finish. As long as you have race, race is going to be an issue.
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
MIchael Pollan on Julie, Julia, and the Food Network: How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them ourselves? For the rise of Julia Child as a figure of cultural consequence — along with Alice Waters and Mario Batali… Continue reading Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
Don’t know if I should laugh or cry
Making Babies: A Very Different Look at Natural Family Planning But another reason for NFP’s allegedly high success rate is that couples who use it are prepared to welcome children and so don’t blame NFP for unexpected pregnancies. Four of my own five children came the NFP way — that is, totally unexpectedly — and… Continue reading Don’t know if I should laugh or cry
The importance of marriage
Cate Flanagan in TIME Magazine: There is no other single force causing as much measurable hardship and human misery in this country as the collapse of marriage. It hurts children, it reduces mothers’ financial security, and it has landed with particular devastation on those who can bear it least: the nation’s underclass. Two lovely links… Continue reading The importance of marriage
Update on the colic thing
A few months ago, I was whining about the stress of taking care of family and a colicy newborn. Gabriel is nearly five months old now. He is very happy, he smiles, giggles, and talks all the time, and he loves his siblings. He is thriving well and is pleasantly plump. Note the little sausage… Continue reading Update on the colic thing