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This article may have been addressed to stay-at-home moms, but I found it a nice boost, as it applies equally well to stay-at-home-dads. All you have to do is switch the words: "Hey, [dada]! Yes, you with the baby in your arms… I see you, out there, sitting at your table, your desk, or your kitchen island, and I notice you are a little discouraged. You switched on the computer a few

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OSV presents a history of African-American Catholics.

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Elizabeth Scalia has a roundup to end all roundups- part fisking, part blogroll- on the deceptively misleading speech released by the President on the anniversary of RoevWade.

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I was surprised to hear PBS NewsHour mention the March for Life, however brief the mention. Yet, even they could not help but misrepresent the facts when they numbered the crowd in the thousands. That's like saying the World Youth Day event had thousands of participants. Oh wait. Would you refer to 400,000 marchers as 'almost a half million' or 'thousands'? The photos from this blogpost about

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Emily Stimpson on the HHS ruling: Most people in the culture are all for religious freedom, but they simply don’t get how this ruling jeopardizes that. They don’t know or understand why Catholics have a problem with contraception. All they know is what the culture tells them—that birth control is a social good, a basic human right which allows people to have control over their bodies and

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We’ve been trained by the media to believe that same-sex attraction is biologically determined, that it is unchangeable and damaging to attempt to change it, that it has no correlation whatsoever with decreasing mental health, and that homosexual relationships are equivalent to heterosexual relationships in every significant way, including stability. Therefore, homosexuality must be treated

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Well, the birth control pill has three mechanisms in preventing pregnancy.  The first two mechanisms are contraceptive (working against or contra the natural order) in their nature and the third mechanism is both contraceptive and abortive. The first mechanism works via the hormones within the contraceptive to prohibit ovulation and no egg (ovum) is released.  The second mechanism causes a

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This morning President Obama called New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to break the news. Secretary of Health and Human Services and pro-abortion Catholic Kathleen Sebelius just announced that the proposed mandate requiring all insurance plans to pay for contraception, sterilization and some abortion drugs is official -- and Catholics cannot escape. ...and the fig-leaf exemption for religious

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Shameless Popery: How Men React to Being Elected Pope: Over the course of the last two thousand years, fewer than three hundred Catholic priests have been chosen to head the universal Church on E...

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Santorum is referred to as a “pro-life statist.” David Boaz of the Cato Institute cites evidence implicating him in shocking ideological crimes, such as “promotion of prison ministries” and wanting to “expand colon cancer screenings for Medicare beneficiaries.” But Santorum is not engaged in heresy; he represents an alternative tradition of conservative political philosophy. Libertarians

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Fascinating: It is interesting that this secular and ecclesiastical principle also has theological counterparts – if we consider subsidiarity in the larger sense, i.e., in Creation.  St. Thomas Aquinas, following Gregory the Great and Pseudo-Dionysius in their descriptions of the ordering and interrelationships of the nine choirs of angels, discusses the ways in which the higher orders

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The apostles used Koine Greek, but they used it in a highly stylized and liturgical form right from the beginning.  People don’t go around saying things like “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” as they chat at the grocery store.  It is not ordinary chat say, “In Him, all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily” or to suddenly burst out with, “O

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You’re St. Justin Martyr! You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think that nature, history, and even the pagan philosophers were often guided by God in preparation for the Advent of the Christ. You find “seeds of the Word” in unexpected places. You’re patient and willing to explain the faith to unbelievers. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the

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Shameless Popery: The Prophetic Pope Paul VI, and the Consequences o...: Pope Paul VI (1977) Pope Paul VI gets a lot of grief from both conservative and liberal Catholics. His pontificate, which lasted from 19...

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Today in celebration of the Epiphany, we had a Twelfth Night banquet. We served pork roast (evoking the roast boar of Ye Olde Merry England). We served foods that were vessels of abundance, evoking the gifts of the Magi: Acorn Squash filled with a stuffing made with pecans and raisins, then glazed; Deviled Eggs, because eggs are poetically said to contain gold; Spinach Pies, because we

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Heaven is described as wedding feast and that just thrills me for I've always loved wedding receptions. You see people you haven't seen in ages. You reminisce with family members or friends that you grew up with who left for other destinations as adults, only to have years go by before seeing them again. A wedding reception is  a family reunion. It was so apropos for our Lord to begin

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"We should not choose our political leaders solely on their promises to bring us material well-being, but above all, for their moral rectitude or 'listening heart'." This quote came from this article in Crisis magazine, summarizing the advice our Holy father has given to Europe. The same can be applied to America. We have to elect leaders with a listening heart. Santorum has that in spades

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They were separated by 8 votes. EiGHT! Isn't that more of a victory for Santorum? C'mon people- we can't let another sleazy Republican take away our chances at pro-life victory! Vote Santorum. Look at who doesn't mind Romney: the pro-choice establishment. Because they know he won't threaten them. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they could declare Iowa a Romney victory. But the real

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Hail, O Mary, Mother of God, Virgin and Mother! Morning Star, perfect vessel. We salute you, Mother of God. Hail, O Mary, Mother of God! holy temple in which God Himself was conceived.   We salute you, Mother of God. Hail, O Mary, Mother of God! chaste and pure dove.   We salute you, Mother of God. Hail, O Mary, Mother of God! ever-effulgent light; from you proceeds the Sun of Justice.   We

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After a lengthy search, I have found the answer I was looking for:  The chief objection raised by the heretics to the virginity in partu is that, in the eyes of its adversaries, it makes our Lord's human birth and thus His human nature itself seem unreal. Does the doctrine not betray Gnostic or Manichean disdain for the flesh? Was it not a Gnostic, Valentinus, who taught that the Son of

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"John Paul II has left it to us to discover and explore the intimate connection between what he teaches in his catecheses on the body and what the Church teaches about Mary; in particular, what the Marian dogmas teach us about the human body. This is, indeed, virtually unexplored theological territory." Put out into the deep: read the first part and the second part of Fr. Calloway's

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The Virgin Mary is the greatest among creatures because she responded to God with her pure fiat, a total cooperation that intimately involved all of her being. Everything that Mary did she did with her body. For this reason, Sr. Mary Timothy Prokes is correct to point out that "the privileges celebrated in Mary are grounded in her body." (36) Without Mary the teaching of the Church on the

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Well, this is about the most conclusiveness I think I'll find: The Church’s teaching on Mary’s perpetual virginity was defined in 649 at the Lateran Synod by Pope St. Martin I. While this dogma declares that Mary was a virgin before the birth of Christ (virginitas ante partu), during the birth of Christ (virginitas in partu), and after the birth of Christ (virginitas post partum), it also

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What did it look like? How does it differ? It would have been what Eve would have experienced had she remained in the garden, therefore Mary is the only woman who will ever know what it is like. Canterbury Tales and New Theological Movement have been posting considerably on the subject, quoting many Church Fathers and the visions of St. Bridget and Anne Catherine Emmerich who describe Jesus as

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Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be true peacemakers, we must educate ourselves in compassion, solidarity, working together, fraternity, in being active within the community and concerned to raise awareness about national and international issues and the importance of seeking adequate mechanisms for the redistribution of

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  This was a question over which a surprising number of theologians gave fretted and pronounced their decrees. Canterbury Tales has posted on this subject, and it has given rise to an ongoing discussion with my wife on the subject of Mary's sinless labor and what elements of pregnancy result from original sin and which do not. Here are my initial thoughts on the subject. I profess belief in the

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Fatherhood means being: An authority without being authoritarian. The father, like God, shares in the authorship of life. He is an authority and therefore someone to learn from and be guided by. But his authority does not restrict the liberty of others. In fact, the purpose of fatherly authority is to cultivate and enhance liberty. St. Thomas Aquinas wisely pointed out that "the

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Vatican Insider provided the following report, but I can't seem to find the speech to which it refers; rather, I found the text of his general audience, which I posted below the line.  "The family – he explained to pilgrims – is a domestic Church and must be the first school of prayer,” because “a truly authentic Christian education cannot do without the experience of prayer.” It is important

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Since Christmas was on a Sunday this year, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Family today.At his general audience Wednesday, Pope Benedict talked about the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph being a model, especially of prayer, for Christian families. Earlier this year, Marist Father Anthony Ward, undersecretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments,

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Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents, all those young boys in and around Bethlehem, two and under, whom Herod had massacred in order to kill Jesus Christ.  Today we honor their sacrifice. And through our honoring of them, and worship of God, we seek to atone for the many sins against human life, beginning with abortion, and including other forms of murder, and

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Abbot Joseph has the answer right here.

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If the Mass is what we say it is, the wedding feast of heaven and Earth, the moment where God humbles himself into the physical, the veil is torn, we are consumed by and consume the Creator Himself, then the question should be, “How do we get The Liturgy into our art? How do we get The Holy Mass into our music? How do our marriages reflect the wedding feast of heaven and earth? How do our

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Today, we can touch our God. Today God’s own hand is stretched out to us. Remarkably it is the hand of an infant. And just like every infant does, he squeezes the finger of his mother, and ours too. Yet, do not be mistaken, this little hand made and fashioned us. From this little hand the universe tumbled forth and this little hand and steers the stars in their courses. This hand touches

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"In the child born in the stable at Bethlehem, we can- as it were- touch and caress God." -from the Pope's homily at Midnight Mass

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Catholic Herald offers this inspiration: Where do we seek peace in our restless lives? Do we surrender our hopes to the promises and power of a purely secular world, or do we turn to the child born at Bethlehem? Through the birth of his Son the Father spoke, as he had never spoken before, to the heart of a broken world. His Word was spoken not to the powerful of this world, but to

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He has revealed himself. He has emerged from the inaccessible light in which he dwells. He himself has come into our midst. This was the great joy of Christmas for the early Church: God has appeared. No longer is he merely an idea, no longer do we have to form a picture of him on the basis of mere words. He has “appeared”. But now we ask: how has he appeared? Who is he in reality?  

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Come to save us! This is the cry raised by men and women in every age, who sense that by themselves they cannot prevail over difficulties and dangers. They need to put their hands in a greater and stronger hand, a hand which reaches out to them from on high. Dear brothers and sisters, this hand is Christ, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary. He is the hand that God extends to humanity,

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We read that just after the Immaculate Virgin Mary conceived Christ, she went to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was six months pregnant with John the Baptist. This means that John the Baptist was six months older that our Lord Jesus Christ (Lk 1:24-27, 36). Add six months to June 24 and it reveals December 24-25 as the birthday of Christ. Subtract nine months from December 25 and it reveals

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What are the concrete attributes of sacred music? The Catechism (CCC 1157) teaches that sacred music fulfills its task according to three criteria: 1) the beauty expressive of prayer 2) the unanimous participation of the assembly at the designated moments, and 3) the solemn character of the celebration. All three criteria link sacred music intimately to the work of Christ in the liturgy and

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While challenging the Platonic dream of theoretical physicists, the multiverse idea does explain one aspect of our universe that has unsettled some scientists for years: according to various calculations, if the values of some of the fundamental parameters of our universe were a little larger or a little smaller, life could not have arisen. For example, if the nuclear force were a few

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 The Infinite One becomes an infant. An antiphon for the Christmas season says, How can we find words to praise your dignity O Virgin Mary, for he whom the very heavens cannot contain, you carried in your womb. An old Latin Carol (in Dulci Jublio) says, Alpha et O, Matris in Gremio – (Alpha and Omega, sitting in mommy’s lap). He who looks down on all creation looks up to see his mother. The

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I read two great articles about the Angels of Advent, one here and one illuminating Gabriel. What a great season is Advent, when we can understand Christ's coming in the flesh to better understand his coming at the end of all time.

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My pastor, for example, said to the assembled faithful following Mass on the First Sunday of Advent, with neither malice nor negativity intended, "Three or four weeks from now, it will be as though nothing has changed." I fear he is right, and this is why we must confront head-on the very real danger that the faithful sons and daughters of Holy Mother Church may ultimately find themselves

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My wife found this superlative pdf of the O Antiphons for her religion class, and I wanted to share it with all of you. It even has pictures. Someone put a lot of work into this, and until the Dominicans make their booklet available on their website, this is the best one I've found.

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According to George Marlin, she was: Yet despite her harangues against the Church and her insistence that “for the welfare of children, for the happiness of husbands and wives, and for the full realization of Women’s rights, birth control by scientific methods of contraception [should] properly and wisely be exercised,” she did make one exception to an otherwise thorough pro-choice agenda

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The documents will now be shipped to the Vatican for consideration. If the alleged miracle is approved by the Pope, U.S. Catholics could witness the first ever beatification on American soil in the Diocese of Peoria, said the foundation. On Sept. 16, 2010, Bonnie Engstrom and her husband Travis prayed fervently to Archbishop Sheen after she delivered a stillborn son. The baby, whom they

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Normally, I would not expect anything pro-marriage to come out of The Atlantic, but here it is: Our report suggests, in contrast, that in today's marriages both wives and husbands benefit when they embrace an ethic of marital generosity that puts the welfare of their spouse first. That is, both are happier in their marriages when they make a regular effort to serve their spouse in small ways

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It can continue there too, thanks to perinatal hospice. What an appropriate article to have discovered on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception!

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I've been trying without success to follow the exchange between the SSPX and the CDF. 'What bee is in their bonnet now?'  I ask myself.  Fortunately, we can rely on Jimmy Akin to break it all down for us in the most helpful way possible. Here's a sample: The L’OR author doesn’t spend a lot of time on the first two forms of assent, for these aren’t under discussion with the SSPX. Rather, it is

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What came into the church, in the wake of the second Vatican Council, was an unthinking acceptance of certain tenets of secular modernism – one of the most fundamental and insidious being utilitarianism – or the barbaric belief that what works is good. When this frightening aphorism was unthinkingly stood on its head, not only “what works was good”, but “what is good is that which works”,

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Vatican's Christmas tree lifted in St. Peter's SquareIf you watch the video to its end, you'll find an ad for an item on my Christmas Wishlist.

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From my pastor's homily at Mass this morning for the 2nd Sunday of Advent: "Before, we used to separate the liturgy from the Scripture, or we would make room for the Scripture during the liturgy; with the new translation, they are much more integrated. We can see now how much the liturgy borrows from Scripture. You might even say they are consubstantial with one another." At which point my

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JESSE TREE SCRIPTURES (The symbols are only suggestions) December 1 Creation: Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4 Symbols: sun, moon, stars, animals, earth December 2 Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:7-9, 18-24 Symbols: tree, man, woman December 3 Fall of Man: Gen. 3:1-7 and 23-24 Symbols: tree, serpent, apple with bite December 4 Noah: Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22 Symbols: ark,

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Of the few dissenters who actually read Humanae Vitae when it was issued, most misunderstood the Pope’s warnings. He was not saying that God was going to punish us with bad outcomes because we disobey Him and use the Pill. Instead, the Pope said that because contraception itself violates the natural law, the consequences will inevitably be bad. There are other consequences to the Pill that

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How appropriate that the new translation was unveiled at the beginning of Advent! Not only is it the beginning of the liturgical year, but it is also a time of searching and discovery. As we stumble over the new responses, we can think of the Magi following the unpredictable movements of a star, or St. Joseph banging on doors looking for a place to stay. If we are forced to pay extra

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There is much more in Familiaris Consortio to consider for meditation and study. What is clear throughout is that the Christian family has a supernatural vocation. The hope of Blessed John Paul II is that “each Christian family really become a ‘little Church’” and entrust itself to the example and intercession of the Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph and the Christ Child — the Holy Family. Let us

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Joe decries the End of Advent. Lord have Mercy!

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In reflecting on the beginning of Advent season, I thought about St. Joseph. St. Joseph waits in the background. Oh, he’s there, and we see him leading the donkey that carries Mary to Bethlehem for the census; we see him in the manger, adoring the Child with Mary, the angels, and the shepherds. But I think about him waiting…waiting for a baby to be born – his baby, the baby he will be

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I wish I had heard more of these statements and less of this, "Very shortly we will be moving on to the 4th, 5th, and 6th editions of the Roman Missal."

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My brother Andrew was born in this month of November. Fitting then, that we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle today, at the close of the month. There is also a St. Andrew Dung Lac, a companion Martyr of Vietnam named St. Andrew Nguyen, and an 8th century martyr of Iconocalsm named St. Andrew. I'd never heard of this November saint, a Theatine named Andrew Avellino. But he would have

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What the commission really needs to take on is the issue of the Mass texts themselves. Can we freely dispense with them and replace them with texts of our own composition and choosing? Or must we defer to the liturgy as we have received it and ennoble that liturgy with music appropriate to the task? This is the real question. To put the matter plainly, the Vatican needs to rewrite its own

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Obedience to the Magisterium is a virtue and is attained, with the help of God's grace, through the practice of such obedience. When the shepherds of the flock are obedient to the Magisterium, entrusted to their exercise, then the members of the flock grow in obedience and proceed, with Christ, along the way of salvation. If the shepherd is not obedient, the flock easily gives way to

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"In the twinkling of an eye, when all seems most bleak, when the banality of evil seems to be snuffing out the last light of goodness, in the face of the total antithesis of all that God has promised, in the midst of a world gone crazy with insobriety and anxiety, when it would seem that for which we have most hoped was hoped for in vain -- it is in this instant of love when the Lord will

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Winston Churchill once reflected that an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

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John Allen weighs in: In his major document on the faith in Africa, Africae Munus, or “Africa’s Commitment,” Benedict called the church to act as a “sentinel,” denouncing situations of injustice. The pontiff also took yet another swipe at neo-con ideologies. In his opening speech of the trip, he warned Africans that an “unconditional surrender to the laws of the market and of finance” is

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read more Does contraception hurt men too? Because contraception is definitely hurting women. Yet, nobody but the Church seems to care.

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BadCatholic has a most excellent post about not using contraception, which is where I found this photo.

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A todah sacrifice would be offered by someone whose life had been spared. Maybe they recovered from a disease or survived a deadly battle. The person who had scraped through would call his friends and family together and celebrate a todah sacrificial meal. A lamb would be sacrificed in the Temple by the priest, and then some bread would be consecrated just at the moment the lamb was

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From the exhortation, Africae Munus: 51. In the family, men have received a particular mission. In their role as husbands and fathers, they exercise the noble responsibility of giving society the values it needs through marriage and the raising of children. 52. In union with the Synod Fathers, I encourage Catholic men, within their families, to make a real contribution to the human and

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The Wisdom Books from the St. John's Bible. Vatican II Hymnal Papist cologne from Excelsis Pope Pius wall clock a better, stronger HDTV antenna Messy Baby Bib (a bib with elbows) from Mimi the Sardine, available at Hopscotch. Natural Tree Blocks (like an Ewok village for wooden gnomes!), also at Hopscotch. Fat, the cookbook by Jennifer McLagan Dishwasher-safe bamboo cutting board!

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Two recent blogposts have used the term 'blithe' to describe the attitude of some powers-that-be towards abortion and euthanasia. HLI America used it in this sentence, "Those who have closely followed research in the area of breast cancer must be stunned by NARAL’s blithe dismissal of a huge and growing body of evidence, based on a single, highly controversial report." While Barbara Kay of

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"Feminism should have made girls more confident. Paradoxically, the ideology removed them from the shelter of a sexually modest culture that put more of a premium on non-sexualized activities and inner worth and encouraged the materialism and premature sexualisation that exacerbate negative female relationships." Read the rest of what Barbara has to say here.

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Bellieni said he believes the debate in medical ethics has moved on from simply “pro-life” versus “pro-choice.” He said the divide is now between those who believe in “solidarity” and those who prioritize “autonomy.” The latter option, he said, is not in fact freedom but merely “a form of loneliness.” “The Church is not only pro-life but also pro-solidarity—a word much loved by John Paul II

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Clearly, the Netherlands needs our prayers.

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President Dolan has addressed the US Bishops. Here's a taste: Our world would often have us believe that culture is light years ahead of a languishing, moribund Church. But, of course, we realize the opposite is the case: the Church invites the world to a fresh, original place, not a musty or outdated one. It is always a risk for the world to hear the Church, for she dares the world to “cast

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Prof. Janet Smith comes to the rescue, from her masterful essay:Is it right to conclude, then, that couples must have as many children as they can care for well without neglecting other obligations? I can find nothing in Church documents that suggests this or which even suggests what size a family might be considered a kind of norm. Since in past ages, spouses have had little control over their

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I was appalled when I walked into the local JoAnn Fabrics on the day of Halloween-- everything orange and black had already been replaced by green and red. Christmas had already come and October hadn't finished yet.So I was very pleased to hear through the Facebook grapevine that Nordstrom's is taking a stand against pre-Thanksgiving holiday sales.I was even more pleased to read this article from

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Here is an excerpt from John XXIII's encyclical on the prodigious man honored today:42. St. Leo, therefore, maintained that the Bishop of Rome, as Peter's successor and Christ's Vicar on earth, is the focal center of the entire visible unity of the Catholic Church. And St. Leo's opinion is clearly supported by the evidence of the Gospels and by ancient Catholic tradition, as these words show:

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So today is the Feast of the Lateran Basilica. To honor the occasion, I have hung the flag of the Holy See in my front window, and I will keep it displayed until next week, the 18th, when we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St Paul. During that time we will celebrate the feast of Pope St. Leo the Great, who did more to define the papacy than any other one

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Planned Parenthood is trying to build a mega-facility in my hometown of Auburn Hills, MI.If they succeed it will be the largest in the state, which will have regional consequences.Please support Monica Miller and Citizens for a ProLife Society as they work to oppose this mega-facility from going forward as planned.Please join me in praying for Monica and all those working to oppose the powerful

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For the next 40 days I will be blogging at La Grande Vitae, the Grand Rapids 40Days for Life blog. You can find me there, posting my reflections as we pray & fast for an end to abortion.

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According to one analysis, Postmodernism is dead. I think that's stating the obvious; it's so closely aligned with the culture of death and the tyranny of moral relativism.All hail the Age of Authenticity!

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Yes, we will have a revised translation of the Roman Missal this Advent. Its necessity will be apparent when it invigorates our prayerfulness at Mass.But why the reform of the liturgy generally? That question is best answered here.

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The vigilant prayer to end abortion is fast upon us. Find a vigil in your area. If you live in Grand Rapids, MI, you can join the ArtPeace Project, through which the pro-life message will be proclaimed at that city's ArtPrize event.Please offer your fasting and prayers from Sept.28-Nov.6 in recognition of our collective sins as a people, our need for God's mercy, and our trust that in this nation

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Mark Steyn expresses precisely my dubiums regarding this shocking news:So a superior court judge in a relatively civilized jurisdiction is happy to extend the principles underlying legalized abortion in order to mitigate the killing of a legal person — that’s to say, someone who has managed to make it to the post-fetus stage. How long do those mitigating factors apply? I mean, “onerous

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The Baltimore Sun has a news article featuring Rocco Palmo, the mysterious blogger who writes Whispers in the Loggia. With his savvy, one would think he's a citizen of the Vatican, but it turns out he's simply the most well-informed layman ever.

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Virtuous Planet reflects on the need to preach the Gospel at all times.

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Brandon Vogt of The Thin Veil has posted the recipients of the Catholic New Media Awards. Some of the blogs I'd never heard of include: the winner of the Best Blog by a Religious award the bloggers at Natl. Catholic Register (oh wait, I know half of these guys) I have to Sit Down, which is Simcha Fischer's blog, who writes for Crisis and the Register. Hmm...but she wasn't nearly as awarded as

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Benedict interview from Catholic Culture MercatorNet forecasts the success of WYD in the long-term Catholic Herald marvels at the joy and resilience of WYD Sandro Magister notes the innovations B16 has brought to the event Spiritual communions at vigil when wind collapsed tents July 2013 in Rio and the theme will be Discipleship.

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During this prayer vigil, I urge you to ask God to help you find your vocation in society and in the Church, and to persevere in that vocation with joy and fidelity. It is a good thing to open our hearts to Christ’s call and to follow with courage and generosity the path he maps out for us. The Lord calls many people to marriage, in which a man and a woman, in becoming one flesh (cf. Gen 2

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Our Dear Papst has announced, in addition to Rio as the next WYD site, that he will name as the next Doctor of the Church a man who provided spiritual direction to some pretty heavy-hitters, one St. John of Avila. To learn a little more about this process of choosing Doctors, read Sandro Magister's informative post here.

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The seminarians of the Diocese of Gaylord are posting from WYDay.

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Our next American Cardinal commended the following prayer from the Spanish Liturgy of the Hours to the WYD pilgrims gathered to pray with him: Night does not interrupt Your history with man. The night is the time of salvation. At night You celebrated the Passover of Your people, while in darkness there swept the extermination. At night, three times Samuel heard Your name; at night were

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Reading about WYD in Madrid has occasioned the discovery of some great resources and new blogs that I'm just going to list here for future perusal: Vatican Insider Regnum Novum Virtuous Planet One Billion Stories Rome Reports What's inside the WYD pilgrimpacks? The official website John Allen's take on WYD (clearly addressing outmoded concerns of his peculiar readership. Curiously, the term

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I was passing through Green Bay today on the feast of the Assumption, and made a detour to Champion, WI. There you will find a darling little Marian shrine dedicated to the first and only approved apparition in the United States. Our Lady of Good Help appeared to Adele Brise in 1859 as described thus: "As they approached the hallowed spot, Adele could see the beautiful lady, clothed in dazzling

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Jennifer Bryson raises a troubling question: why do so many terrorists have large caches of child porn in addition to weapons-making materials?

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Barbara Nicolosi has furnished us with a searching look at the role of the Christian in the world of cinema, at times a scathing indictment, at other times a reflection on Beauty. I really wish she would put her money where her mouth is and actually produce a film that fulfills her long list of expectations. I tired of reading her blog a long time ago because she never gives concrete instructions

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in an interview made available by Sandro Magister:Q: In comparison with Europe, the United States seems to me much more religious. Is it really so? Or the desert of incredulity also advances?A: On the surface, that’s true. Americans are generally much more inclined to religious faith than Europeans. And it’s not just superficial. Many millions of Americans do take their faith seriously and do

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