Category: A Sampler of Posts
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A desecration.
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1 comment on A desecration.In Lynn, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, the Eucharist has been stolen: "It is gravely sacrilegious," said [Rev. James] Gaudreau, after learning that the thieves made off with communion hosts. "We believe (the hosts) are the body and blood of Christ," Gaudreau said. The hosts were locked inside the tabernacle located on the first floor…
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A very surreal self-discovery.
Happy Catholic links to an article about synesthesia and also to an earlier post about her daughter Hannah’s type of synesthesia: I was at out with my daughters, Hannah and Rose, recently when Hannah suddenly turned to us and said, "When I hear words it means a kind of food in my head." We said,…
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Three things that become or are equated to body, or flesh, one way or another.
Genesis 2:24: …a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body [some translations: "one flesh."] John 1:14: And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us… John 6:51, coupled with 1 Corinthians 11:23-24: …the bread that I will give is my flesh…
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What it might mean to love Jesus.
When I read this meditation from Our World and Welcome To It, I knew I had to blog it—just so I wouldn’t forget it: But what does it mean to love Jesus more than yourself? …[h]ow would one really know that they love Jesus more than themselves? Do you love Jesus more than your spouse,…
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Gotten, and begotten.
I’ve been obsessively checking Chez Miscarriage for weeks, hoping I wouldn’t miss her baby’s birth story. It’s up now; look now, because it may be gone later. The author keeps no archives, so I’ve pieced my understanding of her history together from snippets I read in the comments. From what I can tell, the author…
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Better to give than receive—this stuff anyway.
I wish I could take out an advertisement in every church bulletin in the archdiocese with the following message: Dear well-meaning person, Please do not donate any clothing that you, yourself, would not want to be seen in. Also refrain from donating broken toys. Thanks ever so much. Sincerely, Your Favorite Charity Today, at the…
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Short Communication: “On Toast.”
It is unquestionably evident that the peanut butter toast must be bisected twice along the diagonal. This produces four (4) isosceles right triangles, in the case of square toast. (Applying this method to rectangular toast produces two obtuse and two acute triangles, which does not affect the following analysis.) Experiments indicate that the triangles are,…
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Who was that Melchizidek guy again?
Mark and I are in a couples’ study group associated with our former parish. We are reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in chunks rather than in a progression through the book; so, for example, we just finished a study of the seven sacraments. Holy Orders was tough for us to understand, in part…
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Time is not money.
I was trying, the other day, to explain to a friend why one homeschooling scheduling method (Managers of Their Homes) completely turned me off, while another (A Mother’s Rule of Life) appealed so much to me. The first (MOTH) entails making a detailed, regimented schedule for each child in the family and for the mother,…
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What to say to Bible-believing friends when they ask you whether your unborn baby is a girl or a boy, if you don’t do ultrasounds or prenatal testing.
Just quote Isaiah 45:10. Woe to him who asks a father, "What are you begetting?" or a woman, "What are you giving birth to?"
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Answer: Because the bracelets would take too long to explain.
Why is it always "What would Jesus Do?" Why isn’t it "What would Jesus tell ME to do?" Thank you and good night.
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If I believed this assumption, I would not be where I am right now.
Common assumption: "A mother who cares for her own children is isolated in her house with them all day, the monotony broken only by swim class and music lessons." Common corollary: "A parent (mother or father) who works to provide for the family’s material needs is away from the home and the children all day."…
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