The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist bring it all home God has always been with us, but the Incarnation radically changed His manner of being “with us.” The most sacred item for the people of the Old Testament was the Ark of the Covenant, which contained several holy objects: the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, God’s word inscribed by God Himself; a jar of the manna with which God fed them in the desert; and Aaron’s... Read more
Well, I don’t know if I am a diva, but as the saying goes, it is an honor merely to be nominated! Read more
I’m thinking that when Steve Schippert began his blog, which he calls Threats Watch, he never thought he would be tracking a threat from his own Executive Branch and Congress. Does that sound a bit out there? Yes, I worry that it does. But this Executive Order, which Obama quietly signed while the world was distracted by Tiger Woods and weather, sounds pretty out there, too: December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order “Amending Executive Order 12425.”... Read more
I stumbled on to this tonight, while looking for another piece. In re-reading, I realized this is where I was, precisely 5 years ago, tonight. I do surely miss my brother. But I am so grateful for the lessons we learned together, in his last days. ANCHORESS CRASHES AND BURNS; FILM AT 11 Reposted from December 22, 2004 So, as sometimes happens in life, everything came to a head yesterday afternoon. After a so-so day at work, during which I... Read more
Write the Dominicans: The Baltimore Catechism asks the question, “Why did God make you?” and the answer, while straightforward, is also profound: He made us to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him forever in the next. He is our beginning and our end – we were literally made for Him, and our greatest happiness will be found in loving Him. Of course, He cannot force us to love... Read more
Writer Ada Calhoun has come out” as a Christian. (H/T HotAir) I especially liked this part: All of us need help with birth and death and good and evil, and religion can give us that. It doesn’t solve problems. It reminds you that, yes, those challenges are real and important and folks throughout history have struggled and thought about them too, and by the way, here is some profound writing on the subject from people whose whole job is to... Read more
“The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness, and everyone must choose his side.” — reported last words of G. K. Chesterton Write our Dominican friends: Today, on the shortest day of the year, the liturgy calls Christ the Dayspring, the Radiant Dawn. He truly is the Light which comes bursting into our darkness and shows us the way of holiness and peace. And while He calls Himself the light of the world, He also tells us... Read more
So, Bookworm is sounding bummed out as she is quoting Mark Steyn: The liberal wing of the party—the Barney Franks, the David Obeys—are focused beyond November 2010, to the long-term political prize. They want a health-care program that inevitably leads to a value-added tax and a permanent welfare state. Big government then becomes fact, and another Ronald Reagan becomes impossible. See Continental Europe. Optimism is still a virtue, and I am forever battling my inner cynic, but I’ve said frequently... Read more
Again a nice meditation from the DSMME’s and Julie at Happy Catholic joins in the exposition: O Key of David, O royal power of Israel, controlling at your will the gate of heaven: come, break down the prison walls of death for those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death; and lead your captive people into freedom. The Key of David opens up something utterly new – something never before imagined – the God who loves us so... Read more
Once again, the sisters give us a nudge: O Flower of Jesse’s stem, you have been raised up as a sign for all peoples; kings stand silent in your presences; the nations bow down in worship before you. Come, let nothing keep you from coming to our aid. Read more
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