Kidnapped archbishop found dead in Iraq
“Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paul Faraj Rahho’s body was found Thursday near the town of Mosul, where he and three companions were ambushed by gunmen on February 29.” Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest [...]
John 8:32 and Me
I was delighted to see today’s Gospel reading is John 8:31-42. Those who know me quite well know that John 8:32 is a very special verse for me: “[and] you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” (NAB) Back in the day, before I was Catholic, I was a Lutheran. I [...]
Those so-called “new deadly sins”…
I’ll admit it, I cringed when the news media felt compelled to trumpet “VATICAN UPDATES SIN LIST” or “VATICAN NAMES NEW SINS”. The news media has notoriously been horrible at reporting anything Catholic related, so when this came out I wasn’t too surprised. At any rate, once I got done cringing, I immediately thought of [...]
St. Faustina + End Times
Greg was listening to Relevant Radio at work today, and Drew Mariani was mentioning something about St. Faustina and the End Times. Unfortunately, Greg didn’t get a chance to listen to it. When I went to RR’s program schedule webpage, it shows that one of today’s guests was Fr. David Lord from the National Shrine [...]
Guess the Vitals on MacroBean
Since my family is beginning to venture guesses about MacroBean, I figured I may as well keep track of them. If you’re wanting to guess MacroBean’s gender, length and weight, and birth date; click here to do so. After MacroBean arrives I can update the site with the birth information and see who was the [...]
Grace
I was doing some reading last night in the Catechism, after it dawned on me that my understanding of grace was pretty limited and thus wanted to expand more on it. 2005 Since it belongs to the supernatural order, grace escapes our experience and cannot be known except by faith. We cannot therefore rely on [...]
The Parable Meme
I was tagged for this meme by Athanasius contra mundum. Here we go! The rules: 1. You name your five favorite parables 2. You tag one blogger per parable. 3. It would be nice if you linked back to this post. My responses: (parable list!) 1. The Lost Sheep 2. The Watchful Servants 3. The [...]
My Lent thus far
Midterms are all done. I have everything completed and handed in, and now I can relax for a week. Deo gratias! I have wanted to write about Lent for a good part of midterms week. This Lent has been very fruitful for me, which I am grateful. With some distractions minimized, I have a better [...]
Eeeeek! Midterms!
My birthday went very well – thank you to all for the birthday wishes. It was very low-key, but good. Greg and I made the First Saturday devotion, and after Mass went out to The Oasis and got a lot of very good food. Midterms are in full swing. Except now my Statistics exam is [...]
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Our weatherman predicted a 60% chance of snow today. Looks like he was correct. MacroBean gave me the gift of nausea and looking a little more pregnant for my birthday. And having yet another pair of jeans be almost outgrown. Thanks, MacroBean! And since midterms are next week, I get to spend most of today [...]
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