National Catholic Register: The Kitchen Church:
“The father smiles and says to one of his sons, “Go tell them I want all my children together, in the kitchen, with me.”
The son does what he is told — but the dining-room group is aghast at his message. “Well, look at Mr. Special,” says one of them. “He [...]
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Why I love Jesus
I got tagged twice in the span of less than two days! I guess I better take care of this.
Thanks to Creative Minority Report and Play The Dad? Be the Dad! for the tags.
The rules: Those tagged will share 5 things they “love” about Jesus. Those tagged [...]
EWTN.com - North Korean Christian Evangelist To Be Executed as Example:
“In his letters to Rice and Ban, Brownback wrote: ‘Future cooperation and engagement with North Korea will be far more challenging if its leaders continue to persecute their own people for religious views. The United States has made political and religious freedoms important elements in [...]
I have some thoughts on pride especially when found in Christians, and particularly the Catholic variety. This is the first of at least two parts.
The concept of Christian Pride or Catholic Pride is an oxymoron. I am glad I am Christian. I am grateful to God most high that I am Catholic. [...]
If you are in the San Diego area, go to the Federal Building to learn about the plight of Iraqi Christians whose persecution continues without notice by the American media.
California Catholic Daily - “They were shot in the head”
On June 3, Bishop Sarhad Jammo of San Diego’s Chaldean/Assyrian Catholic Diocese of St. Peter the Apostle [...]
Catholic World News : More violent assaults on Iraqi Christians
Someone has to say it. Thank God for CWN. Pass on the news. Two-thirds of all Iraqi Christians are no longer in the country and attacks are on the increase.
I guess their human rights don’t warrant news in the US. Hmmm.
Independent Catholic News: “Now there are reports that Salafist groups such as al-Qaeda, fundamentalists who believe Islam can be renewed by returning to the values of the era of the Prophet Mohammed, are targeting Christians on purely sectarian grounds.”
A priest and three deacons were killed in Iraq after saying mass Sunday.
Eternal rest grant unto them [...]
A couple articles at CWN caught my attention today:Malaysian court refuses to acknowledge Muslim’s conversion to ChristianityandWear veils, Iraqi Muslim cleric warns Christian women
Well, the Church has never lacked persecutors.
I caught some of a History Channel show this evening on “The Real Pontius Pilate.” It had a theory and pattern I have been seeing on a great number of these pseudo intellectual channels (National Geographic, Discovery, History). The pattern is all the same - kick dirt on the bible, showing how the [...]
Check out:Me monk. Me meander.: Spirituality and Men
This is an excellent list of Fr. Stephonos posts on authentic Christian masculinity. Highly recommended.
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Obedience to God’s will is not always about speaking up - sometimes it is remaining silent.
My wife and I were talking about personalities in my family. We were discussing how I have no fear of conflict. I love to speak in public and am a leader, which [...]
Fr Stephanos O.S.B. from Me Monk. Me Meander recommends two articles for Catholic Dads, but I thought they were worth posting here as well.
The Firemen of Sept. 11 and the Meaning of MasculinityWhat’s a real man? He’s not a bully or a wimp. He transcends his own ego, his own fears, his own selfishness, [...]
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The Easter Triduum starts this evening with the Mass of the Lord’s supper where we celebrate the institution of the Eucharist, peaks during the Easter Vigil Saturday night, and ends with evening prayers on Easter Sunday. This is the holiest time in the Church Calendar. Because of [...]
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Well I am back, and all I can say is WOW! I’m not going to share any of the details of the weekend, as it may be a spoiler, but let me share some of the fruits of the experience. Kevin commented that I was going to come back on [...]
Standing on My Head: The Tightrope of Tolerance and Tyranny
Father Dwight Longenecker has an outstanding blog. He is a Catholic priest, converted to Catholicism when he was an Anglican priest. His blog is fabulous. Check this post out. Definitely worth adding to your blog list.
The effort to eliminate Christ from the public square is not just a U.S. thing.
Because we live in a free country, it is our right to stand up and shout out that this is wrong. Because we are Christian, it is our duty and our privelege to shout our belief from the mountain tops [...]
Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.
He should not be allowed to do so — not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act [...]
News Flash: Al Qaida doesn’t like pope and they don’t like him visiting Turkey.
No surprise here. That whole needing to have reason with your faith just doesn’t work for fanatics.
I have noticed a pattern with the use of the term “Crusader.” This is used derogatorily here and elsewhere when referring to the actions of [...]
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I live near El Camino Real which connects all of the California missions. In Spanish, camino means road or way and real means royal or splendid. But real also means real (just like it is spelled in English). Typically, people translate it as the royal road, but I [...]
Perhaps I am an optimist. Perhaps I am just delusional. While I am disappointed in some of the election results, I am not as upset as others I have read online. Maybe it is because I am not enamored with either party, and would be disappointed no matter what the result in one way or [...]
