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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Forgive? Really?
I don’t know how he got there so quickly, but he did. Last week, Pierce O’Farrill was shot three times in Aurora, Colorado at the Batman movie. Yesterday, he forgave the assassin who tried to kill him, and unfortunately did … Continue reading
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Julius Caesar canonized!
Born Julius Caesar Russo in 1559, St. Lawrence of Brindisi was given the name Lawrence, when he entered the Capuchin Friars. He was a scholar and an excellent preacher. He held leadership positions in his order and established monasteries in Germany … Continue reading
When a Stranger Gives you $20
You are walking down the sidewalk, and a person walks up and hands you an envelope. Inside you find $20 and a slip of paper that tells you to spend the money on yourself by the end of the day. … Continue reading
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Lily of the Mohawks
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 near the town of Auriesville, New York, the daughter of a Mohawk chief father and a Roman Catholic Algonquin mother. When she was a young girl, a smallpox breakout killed her baby brother … Continue reading
I AM SIN
And interesting post by Mary Heller at the Catholic Jedi Academy . . . Monsignor Charles Pope wrote a thought provoking blog post entitled “The Many Disguises of Satan” over at the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. website. In that post he … Continue reading
By what right?
Given the recent events occurring in the USA regarding the upholding of the HHS mandate and the ongoing multi national push for same-sex ‘marriage’ it comes as a coincidental surprise that I found one of those ‘card’ posts on Facebook … Continue reading
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That Unholy War
After 150 years, disagreement on what to call it is indicative of the widespread disagreement over what caused it. There are at least twenty-eight alternate names for the American conflict of 1861-1865 known as the Civil War. Some prefer “The War … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, slavery, state rights
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The mountain climbing, Blessed-on-skis.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, died July 4, 1928, at the age of 24. I didn’t know who Blessed Pier Giorgio was until some years ago when the new youth director at our parish demoted the name of our youth center … Continue reading
Something Borrowed, Something New
Since becoming Catholic nearly 5 years ago, I have been increasingly intrigued by the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Not something I had ever heard of as a Protestant Christian. But I love the Sacred Heart for focusing … Continue reading
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