Religion

Not much this morning. I took my oldest (Alex, 14) to see Blast [http://www.blasttheshow.com/] last night. They were performing about an hour away, so I didn't get to bed until midnight. Amazing show. If the troupe comes to your area, go. __________ Enough to make a

"The love of the truth seeks out the quiet of contemplation." St. Augustine

"Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow." St. Isidore of Seville That's a great general rule, though it's application is difficult. I can't study and live at the same time. More than once

"St. James tells us that this virtue comes from Heaven and that we shall never have it unless we ask it of God. We should therefore, frequently ask God to give us purity in our eyes, in our speech, and in all our actions." St. John Vianney

I wanted to post something about Joy Behar's comments [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OhlIC1M818&eurl=http://romancatholicblog.typepad.com/roman_catholic_blog/2008/01/joy-behar-of-ab.html] as soon as I heard the story Thursday morning, but I was already getting ready for work. And then

"The perfect Christian is always a bearer of peace and joy." St. Clement of Alexandria __________ Something for Epiphany Sunday On Melchior, Balthasar, and Gaspar [http://wordbytes.org/doctrine/magi.htm]. I can't vouch for everything here, but it's the best web page I'

Dean Martin sang "Marshmallow World," a tribute to billows of snow. That's what my town looks like now: mounds and mounds of snow [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080101/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm]. Quite beautiful, but tiresome. I cleared the driveway four times

"Never be downcast. For only one thing is fearful, and that is sin." St. John Chrysostom