This is another article I wrote for the Register. This one is about my surgery for breast cancer. I am having surgery today, beginning at 8 CST. It will run until about noon. I would appreciate your prayers, my friends. Rebecca BY REBECCA HAMILTON (Credit: Andrey Mironov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) I don’t believe that anyone ever asked me what I would do if I got a bad breast biopsy result. But if they had, I’m pretty sure... Read more
I wrote this post about family and thankfulness for the National Catholic Register. Here’s part of what I said: God’s blessings are circled with thorns, dressed with responsibility and laden with tenderness. God’s blessings are always blessings of love. St. Paul told us that “faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” Everything else — our achievements, our missions for the Church, and our many toys — will drop away from us and be left behind. Nothing abides... Read more
My uncle died last Sunday. I’m going to Dallas early next week for my appointment about the mass in my breast. All these things, plus a number I haven’t written about, have struck me mostly mute of late. I apologize to all of you for being MIA so much of the time. I have quite a lot to say about the things happening in the world, and I’ll try to get back to writing speed as soon as I can.... Read more
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned of a “third world war against humanity.” He described ISIS as “savage outlaws of religion.” From Al Arabiya News: King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Tuesday of a “third world war against humanity”, in the wake of the Paris attacks, describing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group as “savage outlaws of religion.” During an official visit to Kosovo, Abdullah said both Europe and Islam were under attack from the “scourge” of terrorism... Read more
Jenny McCarthy gives another viewpoint on the Charlie Sheen/HIV discussion. I didn’t know that the actors were obliged to reveal communicable things such as herpes, but I think, considering the intimate contact they engage in, it’s a good idea. It sounds as if Sheen failed to disclose. Do you agree with Jennifer that he should have? From Fox411: Jenny McCarthy is not throwing her support behind Charlie Sheen in light of his revelation this week that he was diagnosed as... Read more
Several Public Catholic readers remarked on the fact that I went silent last week. Truth was, I just got overwhelmed and needed a time out. I promised you I’d write an explanation. A post I wrote for the National Catholic Register, covers a lot of what is happening with me. Here’s part of what I said: It started as a routine mammogram. I re-scheduled it several times for various trivial reasons, not the least of which is that I don’t like... Read more
Actor Charlie Sheen has announced that he’s HIV positive. To be honest, I was a bit confused by all the hoopla surrounding this. Charlie Sheen, the poster boy for dissolute living, with the big daddy of STDs? No surprise there. Then, I watched a YouTube video of his announcement. The poor man’s a mess. He needs our prayers, as do the others who must live with this cunning virus. I wrote about this for Catholic Vote. Here’s part of what... Read more
ISIS has taken credit for the murder of the 224 people who were on board the Russian passenger plane that exploded last month. They have released a photo of the bomb they used to commit this crime. From AP The Big Story: CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board. The... Read more
Boko Haram used a suicide bombing to kill 32 people and wound 80 others in northern Nigeria yesterday. The attack occurred at a truck stop. Nigeria’s military has reported that it has stopped several suicide bombers recently. It has also killed and captured militants and destroyed Boko Haram camps. If this is true, it is a huge step forward and a big change for Nigeria whose military has often seemed to be colluding with the terrorist group. However, analysts says... Read more
Not all Muslims are terrorists. In fact, very few Muslims are terrorists. ISIS, despite its successes, is a tiny percentage of the world’s Muslims. Also, much of the Islamic world is itself at war with ISIS, trying to end this evil. At the same time, all of the recent terror attacks, such as 9/11, last weekend’s attacks in Paris, the bombing of trains in Spain, the massacre at the elementary school in Chechnya, and the repeated horrors within the Muslim... Read more
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