February 2011
48 posts
“The world offers you comfort. You were not made for comfort, but for greatness”
– Pope Benedict XVI (via crusadermaximus)
“When we suffer because of evil, persecution or injustice, let us avoid...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, after the Angelus, 20 February 2011 (via fearlesswriter)
“To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle...”
– Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati (via 24club)
The Downfall of Planned Parenthood? Quite Possibly
Fallible Blogma has been covering a few pieces about Live Action and Planned Parenthood. I covered the ethical dilemma of Live Action’s Video stings previously here. For our case today, it is clear that Planned Parenthood got caught looking stupid, and no amount of explanations are going to fix it. Yesterday Fallible Blogma covered a story that a Pro-Choice Feminist Activist admitted that...
Love Songs Part 3: A Reflection of Bruno Mars's...
Previous to Bruno Mars’ song Grenade, I have been impressed with him. He is a very talented singer. Even the style of the performance wowed me. They tried to make it look, sound, and feel like a 50s-60s broadcast. He actually sang the song in the style appropriate to the era. The costumes, and hair styles matched as well. Although, I am by no means a die hard fan of the pop culture of this...
Happy Presidents Day, Some of our Presidents in... →
Nuns in the Media Part 3: Sisters reaching out to...
Well, actually this label isn’t fair, these are sisters not nuns. (Nuns are sisters in the cloister dedicated to prayer, sisters are dedicated to apostolic work). Anyways, to carry the theme… I did find this story particularly inspiring. Sometimes I wish I could do something for victims of sex trafficking, but I have learned that this is one of those delicate areas where a woman would...
Nuns in the Media Part 2: Cloistered Nun votes in...
Entertainment Weekly covers a short bio of Mother Dolores Hart. She was an actress in the 60s, and even kissed Elvis on screen. I was born in Hollywood, and it remains close to my own heart. I was depressed for a day or two when Heath Ledger died unexpectedly, and find myself praying often for other Hollywood peoples. To know that there is a consecrated woman of God, one who gave up her acting...
Nun's in the Media Part 1: Facebook Nun has to...
Apparently a Nun in Spain was spending too much time on Facebook, and they asked her to leave. More here. What if a man decided to divorce his facebook addict wife? What if a school kicked out a student who was spending his class time on facebook? Anyways, Facebook doesn’t have to bad in and of itself, that is why I haven’t deleted my account. What is bad about it is how addicting and...
“You see, man strives for eternal joy; he would like pleasure in the extreme,...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, from “Light of the World” (via iam3rd)
Rock Music and Theology, interesting interview →
Billy Ray Cyrus: "Hannah Montana destroyed my... →
Love Songs Part 2: A Reflection on the Grammy's...
Teenage Dream by Katy Perry has quickly become popular. I honestly like Firework much better, and that being said I honestly like Boyce Avenue’s cover much better. Anyways, it was not the song for the Grammy, it was the “Love Song” just in time for the Grammy’s to get us ready to be all cuddly with our fantasy romance. The performance had several dancers that looked like...
“I cannot persuade myself that without love to others, and without, as far as...”
– St. Basil of Caesarea (via azspot)
Love Songs Part 1: Reactions to the Grammy's
Did Lady Gaga steal the show? She certainly has a knack for liturgy, and the most ostentatious liturgies of pop culture media entertainment industry america are these awards shows. Lady Gaga seems to excel at it… But for what purpose? There were a lot of terrible love songs at the Grammy’s that I thought warranted some analysis or reflection, because in all honesty if love is what the...
“At the moment that a holy elder was in the throes of death, the devil appeared...”
– The Ancient Fathers of the Desert (via brlouis)
Happy Valentine's Day, this is a special kind of... →
I don't think the Grammy's like Hip Hop
So apparently the Grammy’s don’t like Hip Hop, and here is how it went down last night. The Grammy’s concentrated on the small inner circle of pop rappers like Eminem, Jay-Z, and newcomer Drake, like they do every year. I don’t think they listen to any Hip Hop at all, until its time to nominate a few people, and they chose the first 5 most popular artists they can think of....
Pro Life Stings on Planned Parenthood
Recently, there has been an engaging ethical debate over the issue Live Action’s sting of an abortion clinic. Live Action was an organization started by a young, intelligent, and gorgeous 22 year old Lila Rose as an activist organization against the harm that abortion causes to people in this country. One of their tactics has been to do undercover stings set up in this way. Someone poses as...
So basically what you are saying is that Catholics... →
Egypt, the whole world cheers for you, and prays... →
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“It is perverse to imagine that our enemies can do us more harm than we do to...”
– St. Augustine (via approximatelyinfinity)
Recycle that Men's Health Magazine, (because there...
Because we all know, that there is nothing in life that has any value or meaning like your abs and your sexual activity. There is nothing new about the sexual revolution, all it is is more license to treat yourself, and others like trash. Christine Whelan of Busted Halo talks briefly on how lame Men’s Health Magazine is, because they invent a need in order to sell products. Women’s...
Something so beautiful is oddly is so discouraged
USA Today has an article on Sisters and Nuns, and the lack of encouragement that they receive at home. It can be found here. I previously posted an article with some of the statistics on todays Consecrated Women, and I already found it incredibly alarming that more then half of women joining the convent have been discouraged. For your average young woman, or teenage girl, Cosmopolitan’s view...
“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”
– St Therese of Lisieux (via itiswellwithmysoul)
I am not playing the Force, I really have the...
Today I took the 1st graders into the Church to rehearse for the liturgy. They will sing a song about prayer, as well as read all the readings, and introduce the Celebration. One boy was incredibly unruly, and he kept making quiet sound effects, while stretching his hands in front of himself. So I had to find a way to calm him down. Me: “Tell me your name.” Josh: “It’s...
The lengths at which superbowl fans go compared to... →
An Evangelical Experiences Mass
An Evangelical Christian Describes their experience of Mass in the Huffington Post. I find this article fascinating. In addition to that, after reading Hipster Christianity, there was a short paragraph indicating how highly hipster christians regard Catholicism. This of course, is in direct contrast to the way many Evangelicals berate our religion for reasons regarding our Veneration of Mary, or...
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“We must not forget that the more we love God and are constant in prayer, the...”
– Pope Benedict XVI (via thecatholicgirl)
the YouCat... if you are a Youth, the Pope is... →
Too Busy? You might just suck at managing your... →
St. Agatha or Hannah Montana →
“Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity,...”
– Pope John Paul II (via my-crazy-catholic-life)
Is being a Hip Priest Overrated? →
A woman saw me the other day, and commented on how hip my dress is. I typically wear Vans or Chucks with my habit. In this case, I was wearing solid black jeans with my Priest Collar shirt, and a stylish Sweatshirt. Of course, that has more to do with Fashion, then with Homiletic Content.
The woman comments that she is not interested in Jersey Shore analogies in homilies. I wouldn’t be...
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Some stats on Today's Sisters and Nuns... BTW did... →
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there is a missing stat there, it should say 100% of sisters and nuns and consecrated women are awesome!
59% have a Bachelor’s Degree
Today’s sisters and nuns are like really smart. There was a time when you entered the convent without much of an education, and it would have been standard for your average woman entering marriage. Truth is it is typical for your average woman...
getting promoted to work with the pope...
I met a nice woman the other day, who had her kids in the rectory. She, like many people my age knew near nothing about the whole Catholic world. I was wearing a roman collar, and mentioned something about being a priest in training. Saying that I am an Augustinian brother is irrelevant to most people, let alone most people my age have no clue what a seminarian is. The woman was very friendly and...
State of the World's Religious... for World Day of... →
so apparently there are just under 800,000 religious consecrated in the world today. thats pretty awesome. how could poverty, chastity, and obedience be all that odd if it was normal for more than 500,000 people? well apparently it still is, because that kind of stuff is forbidden on MTV reality shows. it is forbidden from a Facebook relationship status, it is forbidden from love songs on...
Art Ambidextrous Free Download
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The Media buries and forbids the story of a... →
