Archive for April, 2010
Bloggers in Real Life
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010This is funny. Blogger Mulier Fortis calls it “St. George and the … Ummm … Bee!”
Our Sacristan is on a well-deserved holiday for two weeks, and, as her assistant, I have stepped into the breach.
At the end of Mass, I started clearing a few things away in the Sacristy. Suddenly, I became […]
In Nebraska, New Law Limits Abortion for Fetal Pain
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Creative Minority Report has the story.
Without dragging out all the science (much of which actually shows that the unborn most certainly feel pain) here’s how I check if I like an abortion bill - I check my pro-abort freakout-ometer readings. And let me tell you something, this newly minted Nebraska law is […]
Standing with Pope Benedict XVI
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010…and standing up for him.
In this time of attack on the Holy Father, it’s imperative that Catholics know the facts. We’ve posted some here and here. Fr. Z is beginning a series on his blog to provide “fair and balanced reporting on clerical sexual abuse.” (He’s also encouraging readers to respond in support of the […]
Toward an End to Abortion?
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Some hopeful considerations on a rainy (at least here in Steubenville) Tuesday morning. American Papist offers 5 reasons (based on recent headlines) why he thinks pro-life advocates are being successful in killing abortion. A snippet:
3. Planned Parenthood and abortion activists are desperate to shut down these pro-life pregnancy centers. But all this has done (besides […]
Maureen Dowd Calls for Surrender
Thursday, April 8th, 2010This excellent article by Kathryn Jean Lopez is well worth the read!
Calling for Surrender
Maureen Dowd, unsurprisingly, hits back at New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan today (who has criticized some of her columns on the Catholic Church as well as the New York Times itself), though not substantively so much as with […]
“He is not here, but has risen.”
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb by Fra Angelico (Wikimedia Commons)
Readings for the Easter Vigil.
Readings for Easter Day.
From “Praying the Rosary with H. Lyman Stebbins“:
“But although we must do all our work while we have the light of life, God frequently does His greatest works in the dark. Darkness was upon the […]
“Into your hands I commend my spirit”
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
The Crucifixion from Korzenna (Wikimedia Commons)
“…but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. He who saw it has borne witness–his testimony is true, and […]
“My God, my God…” Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Psalm 21 (22 in current numbering), from the Albani Psalter. (source)
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.
Yet thou art […]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for April
Thursday, April 1st, 2010General That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance, and by dialogue among all believers.
Mission That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race.