30 <250-Word Stories in 30 Days (#24/30) : The Rhythm Method
Catholic Roulette.… Read the rest
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Christianity and Social Justice
So I wrote the following letter as a response to Glenn Beck’s recent call for Christians to renounce any church, congregation, or parish that calls for “social justice” or “economic justice” because they are code words for “nazism” and “communism.”
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Body: Happy 2000th Birthday, Saint Paul!
Things are way different here from how they were when you were around.
Then again, maybe not so much.
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Body: The Litany of Mary
When praying the Litany of Mary, I’ve always been puzzled by the abundance of titles attributed to Mary. Many are evocative, but some seem almost inexplicable: “tower of ivory” and “seat of wisdom” and so forth. This week I was lucky enough to come across this website on the Litany, which was evidently composed during the Middle Ages at the Holy House of Loreto.
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Body: Today is the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord.
According to Wikitravel:
… Read the restThe Basilica of the Annunciation is built above the sunken grotto which according to the Roman Catholic faith was the home of the Virgin Mary and the place where she received the Annunciation (the announcement of the imminent birth of Jesus).
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Body: A Few Thoughts on Abortion for Voting Catholics Like Me.
I’m going to write about this at length, but not today.
This is truly an issue where I believe both major party lines are seriously flawed, although Democrats have made more headway recently then Republicans.
The Democrats often decry the practice of abortion while refusing to legislate on the subject.
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Body: Today is the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
Actually, this feast was imported late by the Latin church from the Byzantines. Its origins are supposedly in the 400s, when a man heard angels singing happy birthday to the Virgin Mary. It is a day of veneration, but this story is considered apocryphal.
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