Something for Sunday Morning
“Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.” St. John Chrysostom
(But the way the stock market is going, this ain't a problem either way. heh heh
heh.)
Topic
Religion
A collection of 878 issues
Wednesday
The Beat Enigma
When he saw a statue of the Virgin Mary turn its head in his hometown church's
basement in the early 1950s, Jack Kerouac said it dawned on him that the word
"Beat" is a religious word with a relation to the beatific vision.
Wednesday
Catholic Blog Surfing
Well, I completely neglected the anniversary of the death of G.K. Chesterton. It
was yesterday. Fortunately, the good folks at Supremacy and Survival didn't
forget [http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/06/gk-chesterton-rip.html]
. It fittingly asks the question, "Will GKC be the next
Wednesday
Catholic Blogging Wednesday
Summer comes in four stages: Memorial Day, the first day of June, kids out of
school, June 20th. Welcome to Stage Two. * * * * * * * Talk about a priest
shortage: "Whispers in the Loggia" says there are only 275 Catholic clerics for
all five of the military branches.
Wednesday
Blog Surfing Wednesday
Salvador Dali returned to his Catholic roots? I guess I never knew that. That's
what Godzdogz says in this post
[http://godzdogz.op.org/2011/05/art-of-redemption-4-christ-of-st-john.html]
about Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross. It's a highly recommended
Wednesday
Return of Catholic Blog Surfing
Awhile back, I selected Wednesday as my statio . The spiritual masters suggest
you select one day during the week to stand watch, to put forth the extra effort
to be good. I can't say I've noticed a big difference between my
Something for Sunday Morning
"Be happy and make it a special point to become God's sign of happiness in your
community." Mother Teresa
Something for Sunday Morning
“Without humility, there is no way of conquering anger.”
St. John Climacus
Good Friday
“The Son of God suffered unto the death, not that men might not suffer, but that
their sufferings might be like His.” George MacDonald
"The cross cannot be defeated. . . For it is Defeat." G.K. Chesterton
On those who hate Christianity: "They do not dislike the Cross
Holy Thursday
"[I]n the agony of Gethsemane the ultimate consequences of our sin had their
hour. . . . God permitted his Son to taste the human agony of rejection and
plunge towards the abyss. . . Gethsemane was the hour in which Jesus' human
heart and mind experienced the ultimate odium of the