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In Memoriam
2008-04-03 02:09:00
In honor of Pope John Paul II on this, the third anniversary of his death, I present the following poems: In Memoriam : The Beginning by Alfred Loyd Tennyson and Fulfillment--Apocalypsis (from the second panel of his Roman Triptych) by Pope John Paul II.Karol Wojtyla, requiescat in pace. - - - - - -In Memoriamby Alfred Lord TennysonThe BeginningSTRONG Son of God, immortal Love,Whom we, that have not seen thy face,By faith, and faith alone, embrace,Believing where we cannot prove;Thine are these orbs of light and shade;Thou madest Life in man and brute;Thou madest Death; and lo, thy footIs on the skull which thou hast made.Thou wilt not leave us in the dust:Thou madest man, he knows not why,He thinks he was not made to die;And thou hast made him: thou art just.Thou seemest human and divine,The highest, holiest manhood, thou:Our wills are ours, we know not how;Our wills are ours, to make them thine.Our little systems have their day;They have their day and cease to be:They are but broke...
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On the Stigma of Stigmatics
2008-04-03 01:25:00
Almost a month ago, "Steve" emailed me the following question:I saw on TV that Padre Pio's body was exhumed for veneration. I tried to search for more info online because the segment was brief. Unfortunately, I ended up coming across some hostile Web sites claiming that Padre Pio was a fraud, and that someone at the Catholic Hospital in Rome referred to him as a psychopath. It further alleged that miracles like incorruptible saints are frauds because either the bodies have been proven to have been treated, or there is gross exagerration/wishful thinking. It also claimed that the Stigma ta is false because the wounds appear differently and in different locations for Stigmatics.I am certainly not an expert on this subject, but I will try my best to respond to the points that you have raised.First of all, concerning the accusations that Padre Pio was a "fraud," the Church definitively put that matter to rest when they declared him a saint.You have to keep in mind that canonization is n...
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A Sincere Faith and A Life Well Lived
2008-04-02 22:18:00
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lo'is and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you.-- 2 Tim 1:5My grandmother died on Thursday. Margaret Sue Greenwell Hardesty was 76 years old. She had 12 children, 33 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. I should have posted this sooner, but it has been difficult to write.Echoing the words of St. Paul, I am reminded of a sincere faith when I think of my grandmother. Sometimes, when I was little, I would stay at her house whenever I got too sick to go to school. One of the reasons I always loved staying there was that she had statues, and icons, and pictures of Jesus all throughout the house. The most comfortable place in the world was on her couch, underneath a blanket, with those Catholic images all around me. Even now, so many years later, I can think of that and it helps me to relax."Granmommy," as we called her, was a good and holy woman. She walked to Mass every day, she someh...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 4/2/08
2008-04-02 15:04:00
Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction -- where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth: this has been exactly reversed. Nowadays the part of a man that a man does assert is exactly the part he ought not to assert -- himself. The part he doubts is exactly the part he ought not to doubt -- the Divine Reason. Huxley preached a humility content to learn from Nature. But the new sceptic is so humble that he doubts if he can even learn. Thus we should be wrong if we had said hastily that there is no humility typical of our time. The truth is that there is a real humility typical of our time; but it so happens that it is practically a more poisonous humility than the wildest prostrations of the ascetic. The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from stopping: not a nail in his boot that prevented him from going on. For the old humility made a man doubtful about his...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 4/1/08
2008-04-02 02:03:00
We shall never make anything of democracy until we make fools of ourselves. For if a man really cannot make a fool of himself, we may be quite certain that the effort is superfluous.-- G. K. Chesterton, The Defendant- - - - - - - - - -Jesus took care of his mother, spoke to her, gave her for a son the disciple he loved, and said to that disciple, Behold your mother. As Saint John here represented all peoples, our Savior commanded us all in his person to honor and serve the Blessed Virgin as our Mother. It was, nevertheless, a great consolation to that afflicted Mother to hear the voice of her only Son. She knew that by adopting a second son she ceased not to be the mother of the first, whom she regarded as her Creator and her God. The holy virgin accepted Saint John as her son in the same way as she accepted, at the same time, all the human race as her children. Mary accepted this trust because she clearly saw that it was the will of Christ, and that people, after having treated him...
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Too Close to Call
2008-03-31 22:12:00
Since there is no clear winner in the current poll, I'm going to let it run for another week. Maybe as more people have a chance to vote, one answer will jump ahead of the other. Right now it's tied, 11-11.Make sure you vote in the poll in the sidebar, and check back next Monday (4-7-08) to see the results and to vote in the new poll. Also, don't forget that after you vote (or when you click on the link to see the results), you'll see a "Comments" link that you can click on and leave your thoughts on the current poll. I'd imagine that there is some debate over this one. Let's hear what you think!Pax Christi,phatcatholic
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/31/08
2008-03-31 07:07:00
As Mr. Blatchford says, "The world does not want piety, but soap -- and Socialism." Piety is one of the popular virtues, whereas soap and Socialism are two hobbies of the upper middle class.-- G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World- - - - - - - - - -When Christ is lifted up on the cross do not let your inward gaze dwell only upon the appearance he had in the eyes of the wicked, to whom the word was addressed through Moses: Your life will hang before your eyes; night and day you shall be in dread, and have no assurance of your life.Oh the marvelous power of the cross, the glory in the passion! No tongue can fully describe it. Here we see the judgment seat of the Lord, here sentence is passed upon the world, and there the sovereignty of the Crucified is revealed. You drew all things to yourself, Lord, when you stretched out your hands all the day long to a people that denied and opposed you, until at last the whole world was brought to proclaim your majesty. You drew all thing...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/30/08
2008-03-30 16:00:00
Every man is dangerous who only cares for one thing.-- G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill- - - - - - - - - -He is the One who brought us out of slavery into freedom, out of darkness into light, out of death into life, out of tyranny into an eternal kingdom; who made us a new priesthood, a people chosen to be his own for ever. He is the Passover that is our salvation.It is he who endured every kind of suffering in all those who foreshadowed him. In Abel he was slain, in Isaac bound, in Jacob exiled, in Joseph sold, in Moses exposed to die. He was sacrificed in the passover lamb, persecuted in David, dishonored in the prophets.It is he who was made man of the Virgin, he who was hung on the tree; it is he who was buried in the earth, raised from the dead, and taken up to the heights of heaven. He is the mute lamb, the slain lamb, the lamb born of Mary, the fair ewe. He was seized from the flock, dragged off to be slaughtered, sacrificed in the evening, and buried at night. ...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/29/08
2008-03-29 15:00:00
The modern humanitarian can love all opinions, but he cannot love all men; he seems sometimes, in the ecstasy of his humanitarianism, even to hate them all. He can love all opinions, including the opinion that men are unlovable.-- G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to "Hard Times"- - - - - - - - - -Gentle First Truth is teaching you and leaving you as a commandment: to love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself. He gave you the example, hanging on the wood of the most holy cross. While the Jews cried, "Crucify him!" he cried out humbly, meekly: "Father, forgive those who are crucifying me, because they don't know what they are doing!" Look at his boundless charity! He not only forgives them, but excuses them before the Father. What an example! What a teaching! The just one, who never had the poison of sin in himself, suffers at the hands of the unjust to atone for our sin! Oh how ashamed we should be to follow the teaching of the devil and sensuality, more concerned about ...
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Answering the "Fundamental Questions": Part 2
2008-03-28 19:28:00
This is the conclusion of my response to the challenge sent to me by "E.L." See Part 1 for Questions 1-4.That said, on to Question #5:(5) Is the resurrection a resurrection of the dead or the living? Why did Jesus not agree with Martha when she connected the resurrection to the Last Day? Has the resurrection already taken place and if so when?To answer the first question, the resurrection is of the dead. In other words, when Jesus comes again, the bodies of all who have died will rise again and be united once again with their souls. The righteous souls will receive glorified bodies. The wicked souls will receive bodies that will only add to their torment.Why did Jesus not agree with Martha when she connected the resurrection to the Last Day? From what I can tell, he did not actually disagree with her. Instead, I think he simply refocused her attention. Here is the passage in question:Jn 11:21-27 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 An...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/28/08
2008-03-28 19:22:00
Cruelty to animals is cruelty and a vile thing; but cruelty to a man is not cruelty; it is treason. Tyranny over a man is not tyranny: it is rebellion, for man is royal. Now, the practical weakness of the vast mass of modern pity for the poor and the oppressed is precisely that it is merely pity; the pity is pitiful, but not respectful. Men feel that the cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is injustice to equals; nay, it is treachery to comrades. This dark, scientific pity, this brutal pity, has an elemental sincerity of its own, but it is entirely useless for all ends of social reform. Democracy swept Europe with the sabre when it was founded upon the Rights of Man. It has done literally nothing at all since it has been founded only upon the wrongs of man. Or, more strictly speaking, its recent failure has been due to its not admitting the existence of any rights or wrongs, or indeed of any humanity. Evolution (the sinister enemy of revoluti...
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Answering the "Fundamental Questions": Part 1
2008-03-28 03:06:00
I recently received the following challenge from "E.L.":I see on your website that you are interested in defending the Catholic Church. May I suggest that in order to do this you should be able to answer the following fundamental questions:What is the difference between the Kingdom of Heaven ruled by Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God the Father?What exactly is the New Covenant? What does the New Covenant promise?Why is Baptism connected to the Kingdom of Heaven? What does baptism do for us?What is the Church? Is it a building or residence as Scripture suggests? Who lives there? What is the connection between the pope and the Church? Does the pope have authority to govern the Church?Is the resurrection a resurrection of the dead or the living? Why did Jesus not agree with Martha when she connected the resurrection to the Last Day? Has the resurrection already taken place and if so when?If God gave us dominion or ownership rights over creation did He also give us ownership rights ov...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/27/08
2008-03-27 19:17:00
For human beings, being children, have the childish wilfulness and the childish secrecy. And they never have from the beginning of the world done what the wise men have seen to be inevitable.-- G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill- - - - - - - - - -Not only need we feel no shame for the death of the Lord our God: we should put all our trust in it and take pride in it, since having taken up himself the death he found in us, he has promised that we shall find our life in him, a life we could never have of ourselves. If he who was sinless so loved us as to be willing to suffer what we had deserved for our sins, then surely he who has justified us will gladly give us the recompense of the just. Will he not reward his saints according to his faithful promise, when he took upon himself, guiltless though he was, the punishment due to the guilty?And so, let us confidently acknowledge and openly declare that Christ was crucified for our sake, proclaiming it with joy and pride, not ...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/26/08
2008-03-26 18:05:00
It is one of the mean and morbid modern lies that physical courage is connected with cruelty. The Tolstoian and Kiplingite are nowhere more at one than in maintaining this. They have, I believe, some small sectarian quarrel with each other: the one saying that courage must be abandoned because it is connected with cruelty, and the other maintaining that cruelty is charming because it is a part of courage. But it is all, thank God, a lie. An energy and boldness of body may make a man stupid or reckless or dull or drunk or hungry, but it does not make him spiteful.-- G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World- - - - - - - - - -Determined to give his disciples an example they could imitate, our Lord himself became one with them by assuming a human soul like theirs. This enabled him to enter into their sentiments and thus to sow the seeds of comfort in their hearts. He acquainted himself with their fear in order that the knowledge of his resemblance to themselves might restrain them...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/25/08
2008-03-25 17:59:00
Fearfully plain the flowers grew,Like a child's book to read,Or like a friend's face seen in a glass.He looked, and there Our Lady was;She stood and stroked the tall live grassAs a man strokes his steed.Her face was like a spoken wordWhen brave men speak and choose,The very colours of her coatWere better than good news . . .'The gates of heaven are tightly locked,We do not guard our gain,The heaviest hind may easilyCome silently and suddenlyUpon me in a lane.'And any little maid that walksIn good thoughts apart,May break the guard of the Three Kings,And see the dear and dreadful thingsI hid within my heart.'G. K. Chesterton, Ballad of Alfred- - - - - - - - - -Today's feast, recalling the extraordinary way in which the Virgin conceived, celebrates the beginning of our reconciliation and proclaims the unerring disposition of God's mercy and power. There is a profound and wonderful mystery hidden in this conception by which the bond of our transgression is canceled, the divine i...
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Poll-Release Monday #47
2008-03-24 19:24:00
Here is your new poll question for this week:True or false? It is better that the universe be destroyed than that one sin be committed.I like these possibly-controversial poll questions :D This one, like my last 4 or 5 polls, comes from the USCCB's Quiz on the Catechism, which, I'm finding, is not always very good at wording it's questions. But, it sparks conversation and it gets people thinking, so that's good.As for last week's poll, here are the results: True or False? The indispensable element which makes a marriage is the consent of the spouses. True: 18 (78%)False: 5 (22%)The correct answer is: True. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we read: 1626 The Church holds the exchange of consent between the spouses to be the indispensable element that "makes the marriage" (CIC, can. 1057 § 1). If consent is lacking there is no marriage.The canon cited above reads as follows: Can. 1057 §1 A marriage is brought into being by the lawfully manifested consent of persons who a...
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Daily Dose of Discernment: 3/24/08
2008-03-24 19:14:00
Social reformers have fired a hundred shots against the public-house, but never one against its really shameful character. The sign of decay is not in the public-house, but in the private bar; or rather the row of five or six private bars, into each of which a respectable dipsomaniac can go in solitude, and by indulging his own half-witted sin violates his own half-witted morality. Nearly all these places are equipped with an atrocious apparatus of ground-glass windows which can be so closed that they practically conceal the face of the buyer from the seller. Words cannot express the abysses of human infamy and hateful shame expressed by that elaborate piece of furniture. Whenever I go into a public-house, which happens fairly often, I always carefully open all these apertures and then leave the place in every way refreshed.-- G. K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw- - - - - - - - - -Jesus Christ, the immortal God, came not to save himself but to save those condemned to death; he suff...
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"Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" (Jn 13:9)
2008-03-21 02:40:00
Something unique is going to happen in Mass today. The priest is going to wash the feet of a dozen or so men from the congregation. A lot of people have questions surrounding this event: "What does it mean? Why only men? Why only their feet?" Catholics United for the Faith has written an excellent article on this topic: The Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday. I would like to summarize what is written there, with the hopes that you will go and read the article for yourself.What does it mean?In the footsteps of Peter, some people get a little overzealous about foot-washing. They think everyone should be able to have their feet washed, and not only their feet but their hands and their head too! But, what they fail to realize is that such a use of this washing is contrary to the very purpose and meaning of the washing.This action is not for the laity....it's for the priest. It is to remind him that, as a man who stands in persona Christi (in the person of Christ), he is called to serve a...
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The Results Are In!
2008-03-19 18:30:00
The final votes have been counted for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards. You can view the entire list here.I didn't do half bad, with 7 finishes in the top-20 and 1 top-10 finish:Best Apologetics Blog: 7thBest Designed Blog: 14thBest Overall Blog: 16thBest Written Blog: 19thSmartest Blog: 19thMost Informative/Insightful Blog: 20thMost Spiritual Blog: 20thBest Individual Blog: 21stI'll be honest, I was hoping to do better in the Apologetics category this year, but that's ok, 7th place is still pretty dope. Plus, my posting has been down for the last month or so, which may have also effected things.WDTPRS? stole the show this year, finishing in the top-3 in 12 CATEGORIES (basically every category it was eligible for), and winning FIRST PLACE in NINE of the 12!! That's just sick!! Well done, Fr. Z! You are a gentleman and a scholar.My thanks to everyone who voted for me this year. Phatcatholic Apologetics is still the little blog that could :DPax Christi,phatcatholic
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Poll-Release Monday #46
2008-03-17 15:36:00
After another long wait (sorry about that!), here is your new poll question:True or False? The indispensable element which makes a marriage is the consent of the spouses.What do you think? Vote in the poll in the sidebar. Also, these polls have a new comment feature where you can leave your thoughts on the poll. Just lick on the "Comments" link at the bottom of the poll.As for last week's poll, here are the results: True or False? The meaning, nature, and essential attributes of marriage can change depending upon those cultures or societies in which marriage takes place, or upon the intentions of the individuals who desire to marry each other. True: 4 (9%)False: 42 (91%)This question came from the USCCB's Quiz on the Catechism, in the section on Marriage. According to this quiz, the answer is: False.Para. 1603: "The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws. . . . God hims...
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Resources for Palm Sunday
2008-03-17 00:36:00
And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it. And many spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest!"-- Mark 11:7-10Palm BranchesLiturgical Calendar: Palm Sunday of the Lord's PassionBlessed Palms in the HomeFrom Palm Branches to the Wood of the CrossDirectory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Holy Week and Palm SundayPalm SundaysHymn for Palm SundayHistory of Palm SundayPope Benedict XVI's Homily for Palm Sunday (2007)Pope John Paul II's Homily for Palm Sunday (1998)Passion (Palm) SundayCircular Letter Concerning Preparation and Celebration of Easter FeastsEntrance Into the Heavenly JerusalemWhen Reading the PassionNew Advent: Palm SundayPalm Sunday According to the Byzantine Rite T...
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Quick Q&A
2008-03-14 03:07:00
I am still working on that project (the entire class received an extension), but I wanted to just quickly respond to some emails and comments that I have received in the last few weeks that do not require extensive elaboration.In response to my short, 3-paragraph post on catechetical methodology, "CTM" wrote the following: Your brief paper on Methodology is good to begin with but I would be interested for you or anyone who has read your paper to translate this info to how that works in a religious education setting, an adult faith formation setting, or a presentation to a youth group. Would you choose the Ecclesial Method or something different?I think that all of the criteria mentioned in my post can be met using the Ecclesial Method. In case you are unsure what that means, Catechetics Online has a nice explanation. The Ecclesial Method is the method that they teach us to use here at FUS, and I have see it done with amazing results. I use it myself (as much as possible) when I'm t...
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Quick Update
2008-03-12 17:39:00
Despite the blizzard we had to drive through, Amy and I made it back to Steubenville safe and sound. We had to say goodbye to the Jeep Patriot, which was a sad day. Now it's back to sliding around in my Chevy Berreta.I haven't been able to post at all this week because of various projects I've been working on for class. Please pray for me that I can finish them without pulling all of my hair out first.Despite this down time, I'm currently in FIFTH PLACE in the "Best Apologetics Blog" category! I'm not even in the top 10 in the "Best Designed Blog" category, but that's ok. With your help, I think I can move up in both. Voting ends Monday, March 17 at Noon CST.Pax Christi,phatcatholic
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On the Morality of Masturbation: Part 3
2008-03-05 21:59:00
Below is Anon's second response to my stance on masturbation (see also my original post and his first response). It's basically just more of the same, as I hope to reveal.Pax Christi,phatcatholic- - - - - - - - - -First, let me say that I respect that the goal here is to create good in the world and prevent bad. So we are aligned there, and I respect you for it. There is certainly an abundance of unhealthy sexuality in our society, and that is to be frowned upon. However, it doesn?t mean we have to throw the baby out with the bathwater, as it were.I agreeTo say we shouldn?t do it because it says so in book X on page Y avoids real analysis.You can't minimize my argument like that. I gave many more reasons for condemning masturbation other than, "Because the Church says so." That said, I don't know if you're a Catholic or not, but we believe that the Magisterium's authority on matters of faith and morals comes from Jesus Christ Himself. So, if the Church says masturbation is wro...
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May the Best Man Win!
2008-03-04 23:57:00
Voting opened yesterday for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards. I was nominated in several categories, but there are two that mean the most to me: "Best Apologetics Blog" and "Best Designed Blog." If everyone who reads this blog on a daily basis would vote for me in those two categories, then I would easily win.Please vote! These awards are important to me b/c they bring more people to my blog, which means more people that I can help with what I do. In case you're on the fence as to who you want to vote for, here's my sales pitch.Best Apologetics BlogRegarding my qualifications for the "Best Apologetics Blog" award, note first of all that very few of the blogs nominated in that category are actually geared to apologetics. I think that in order to be in the running for that award, apologetics has to me your main priority, and I can definitely say that about this blog.Also, there are few apologetics blog who are as consistently apologetic as mine is. The only blog I can think of that doe...

I'm Engaged!!
2008-03-04 22:44:00
"The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved" -- 1 Sam 25:3I proposed to my girlfriend yesterday and, despite my various peculiarities and idiosyncracies, she said yes :DPraise God! I have found my pearl of great price, and I intend to never let her go.For some pictures of her and of us together, see this slideshow.Pax Christi,phatcatholic
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Poll-Release Monday #45
2008-03-03 19:43:00
Here is this week's new poll question: True or False? The meaning, nature, and essential attributes of marriage can change depending upon those cultures or societies in which marriage takes place, or upon the intentions of the individuals who desire to marry each other.What do you think? Do you know what the Church teaches about the Sacrament of Marriage? Vote in the poll in the sidebar.As for last week's question, here are the results: True or False?: "A repentance motivated by a love of God above all else obtains forgiveness of mortal sin." True: 23 (61%)False: 15 (39%)The correct answer is "True." Now, I realize that there might be some controversy about this one. It's somewhat of a trick question, but I didn't make it up, the USCCB did ;) Here's the question and answer from the Penance section of their Catechism quiz: True or false. A repentance motivated by a love of God above all else obtains forgiveness of mortal sin.True.Para. 1452: When it arises from a love by which G...
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Calculated Charisma
2008-03-02 21:25:00
Check out this post from Jenny of A Great Deception on why Barak Obama is such a dangerous man: Barack Obama is a cool guy, a stud, the class president who is polite and talented, possessing the uncanny knack to charm mothers and daughters alike. He's a smooth talker, gifted with an inborn political savvy that makes our current Commander in Chief sound even more, well, Texan than he already does. (Don't get me wrong, if Texas secedes I'd go with them in a heartbeat)But this Obama, he's cool. The kind of cool that makes you check your hair and makeup in the rear view mirror before stepping out of the car, the kind of cool that flusters even hardened news anchors and pundits alike, the kind of cool that sits back and nods in approval and recognition during a satirical roast of his mannerisms and idiosyncrasies.In other words, he's cool enough to make me forget, even momentarily, where he stands on certain issues, what his true values consist of, and the chilling plans he has for ...
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Safe and Sound
2008-03-02 17:58:00
We made it up to Maine in one piece. Actually, it was as pleasant as a 12-hr drive could possibly be. We rented a Jeep Patriot. It was, oh, I don't know.... D-O-P-E!!More to come after the UK game. Just wanted everyone to know that I was safe. Thank you all for your prayers.UPDATE: We lost. I'm gonna go cry now....Pax Christi,phatcatholic
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Spring Break....in Maine?!?!
2008-03-01 04:39:00
Contrary to every reasonable expectation, I'm actually going someplace colder for Spring Break . My girlfriend's family lives in Portland, so we will be there for the next week. Of course, you know what that means: even less posting then I've already been doing! If you promise not to leave me altogether, I promise to make cameo appearances over the break and give you just enough to keep you coming back.Deal? I hope so.Also, I won't be keeping up with the "Daily Dose" while I'm away, but not to worry. There's still a way for you to read each day's entry. For the G. K. Chesterton quote of the day, go here. For the Catholic Tradition quote of the day, go here.Finally, don't forget that nominations are over and now VOTING for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards begins on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 12:00 Noon CST and end on Monday, March 17, 2008 at Noon. Please don't forget about me while I'm aware. If you need a reminder as to why I'm worthy of an award, just check out the selection ...
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