My virtual friends, who blog at Biltrix, penned a wonderful post yesterday that I want to share with you. Our Lady appeared to three Portuguese shepherd children in 1917. She prophesied the rise of communism in Russia and said that the way to end communism in Russia was to consecrate the nation to her Sacred Heart. I didn’t know about this when the Soviet Union, after almost a century of threats and saber rattling, just dissolved. I did know that... Read more
Cardinal Mahony has a “right” to attend the Conclave to elect the next pope, but at least one other cardinal has broached the idea that he should stay home for the “good of the Church.” “The common practice is to use persuasion. There is no more than can be done.” Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, told La Repubblica Daily. “Ultimately, it will be up to his conscience to decide whether to take part or not.” Archbishop Gomez, of the Archdiocese of Los... Read more
Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. I will give it all to you if you will worship me.” What would the world look like today if Jesus had said yes to Satan? What if, when Satan offered Our Lord all the... Read more
My new iPad sucks. The legislator who sits across from me also has a new iPad. His sucks, too. Why? Because they will not connect to the House of Representatives' wifi. My scratched and battered iPad Gen 1 connects to the House wifi like it was born to do it. (Which, I believe it was.) However the newer model appears to be pickier about who it associates with. It will connect to my home wifi without a quibble. But at... Read more
Puppet politicians are the order of the day in today’s campaign world. If an elected official crosses the party line, they may find themselves being attacked by their own party, instead of the other guys. Just ask former Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Halverson of Chicago. Rep. Halverson is the front runner in a field of 15 (previsously 16) candidates for the Congressional seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Junior. During her time in office, Rep Halverson racked up a mixed position on gun control.... Read more
This is a fascinating interview with Mother Delores Hart by Raymond Arroyo. Mother Delores was a rising actress before she entered the monastery. This discussion includes a film clip of Delores and Elvis Presley at a private party, playing the piano and clarinet together. Read more
Young nuns talk about their vocations. Read more
Young seminarians and priests discuss what their vocation means. Read more
Atheists in London have started their own church, called The Sunday Assembly. The first services were conducted by a stand-up comedian, whose homily seemed to amount to jibes at Christianity. The whole affair appears to have been topped off with a singalong. Trendy. Cute. And reflective of the deep human longings which atheism denies. People want faith. They need it. There is, in each of us, a God-shaped hole. We can try to fill it with all sorts of things,... Read more
The suggestion is late to the party, but it is about time it finally came. The Roman Catholic Bishops here in America have finally asked Congressional supporters of religious freedom to do what they should have done in the first place: Make the HHS Mandate a bargaining chip in political “cliff” negotiations. I’ve maintained all along that if the House Republicans had made the HHS Mandate the bargaining chip in the 2012 cliff fight over extending the debt limit, the... Read more
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