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Feminists Crucify Barbie...Because That's Not Offensive CREATIVE MINORITY REPORT - May 21, 2013 ... which doesn't appear to own any shirts, held a "Barbie-cue" (get it?) and they put Barbie on a cross and burned the doll because the image of the doll has harmed young girls. CNS News reports: "Ritual Barbie'cue with fried meat of the plastic idol was made to demonstrate the true meaning of the history of commercial monster Mattel," the website post states. "They have turned a piece of plastic into a god for millions of girls from all over the world who now ...http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2013/05/feminists-crucify-barbiebecause-thats.html
Potty Mouth THE LITTLE WAY - May 21, 2013 ... corner only to see what looks like a stream of water coming from a water fountain being depostited into Dominic's mouth, all over his face and my bathroom. Only what I was seeing was not water. Fantastic Son, you just coined an entire new meaning to the phrase "Potty ...http://pohlmeierfamily.blogspot.com/2013/05/potty-mouth.html
Love of Jesus DEDICATED DISCIPLE - May 20, 2013 ... choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 This I command you, to love one another. John 15:9-17 Reflection : Jesus' discourse on love is often the most misunderstood teaching. We are called to love and the essence of Christianity is indeed love; ask anyone and most of them will describe Christianity as a religion of love. In the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DedicatedDisciple/~3/Onc4aEXJDoM/love-of-jesus_20.html
Lost in Translation? BYZANTINE, TEXAS - May 20, 2013 ... precious Cross, and St. Constantine converted to Christianity (and made Christianity legal) after seeing a vision of the Cross promising victory through the sign of the Cross. First, for the benefit of those who can read Greek, here's the original text: Κ 59; 57;τ^5; 54; 53; 59; 57;, ...http://byztex.blogspot.com/2013/05/lost-in-translation.html
Monday Morning Offering - May 20 A CONCORD PASTOR COMMENTS - May 19, 2013 ... anyone who keeps me from you and your grace... teach me to find my joy in knowing you are always with me and teach me to find peace in trusting that you are there even and especially when I can't find you... The gifts you offer are many, Lord, and I need all of them - all of the time... Open me to your Spirit's gifts, Lord, and help me share them with those I know and meet; and open me to your gifts in others whose paths will cross mine all this day and through this week... ...http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2013/05/monday-morning-offering-may-20.html
Difference As Blackness PENTIMENTO - May 18, 2013 ... mean to a white boy? Is blackness its own essential suchness? Is it a state defined through self-recognition, or is it a condition demarcated, even imposed, by society? (Interestingly, Show Boat raises some of these same questions.) And why does my son, who is not black, believe that he is? I am convinced it's because he is starting to perceive himself as different from, as other than, and as outside of. And the most prominent and notable class of people who, in our culture, have been those ...http://pentiment.blogspot.com/2013/05/blackness-and-disability.html
Friday, 17 May – Feed My Sheep & Follow Me OXYGEN - May 16, 2013 17 May _____________________ Acts 25:13-21 King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul's case before the king. 'There is a man here' he said 'whom Felix left behind in custody, and while I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and elders of the Jews laid information against him, demanding his condemnation. But I told them that Romans are not in the habit of surrendering any man, until ...http://thecatholicwriter.com/oxygen/2013/05/friday-17-may-feed-my-sheep-follow-me/
Novena to the Holy Spirit: Day 6 HAPPY CATHOLIC* - May 15, 2013 ... meaning of the Scriptures, the life of grace, the presence of Christ in each sacrament, and in a real substantial way in the Blessed Eucharist. It gives us, as it were, an instinct for what is supernatural in the world. For the eyes of one of Christ's faithful, illumined by the Holy Spirit, there is a whole new universe to be discovered. The mysteries of the Most Blessed trinity, the Incarnation, the Redemption, and the church become living realities affecting ...http://happycatholic.blogspot.com/2013/05/novena-to-holy-spirit-day-6.html
Sixth Day in the Novena to the Holy Spirit VOCATIONS VIEWS - May 15, 2013 ... Holy Spirit, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion BY faith we know them, but by Understanding we learn to appreciate and relish them. It enables us to penetrate the inner meaning of revealed truths and through them to be quickened to newness of life. Our faith ceases to be sterile and inactive, but inspires a mode of life that bears eloquent testimony to the faith that is in us; we begin to "walk worthy of God in all things ...http://frtodd.blogspot.com/2013/05/sixth-day-in-novena-to-holy-spirit.html
My Father's Legacy in 4 Words CATHOLICMOM.COM - May 15, 2013 ... grand daughter, and I was in shock. I was scared. I went through a million emotions, finally arriving at acceptance that he would be gone very soon. His odds were 15% chance that he would survive for 18 months. Then my husband said something that changed my whole outlook…..he said " I don't see why your father couldn't be in that 15%." " You're RIGHT! " That was a huge turning point. We helped him in any way we could to proactively treat ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/rOiE6au_2ws/
The Moynihan Report: Letter #72: The Consecration MARY, OUR MOTHER - May 14, 2013 ... consecration. With Christ and through him we are destined and commissioned to the glory of God and the salvation of the world. There is a radical meaning to this mission: through baptism we do not belong to ourselves anymore but to Christ who imparts his life to us. 4. A consequence of baptism What we commonly regard as consecration--our subjective consecration through promises, renewal of baptismal promises, confirmation, and vows--is consecration by voluntary adherence to ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/QwTVCDFdNjc/the-moynihan-report-letter-72.html
Monday, 13 May – Who Cares for the Sign of the Cross? OXYGEN - May 12, 2013 13 May – Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima _____________________ Acts 19:1-8 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples. When he asked, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?' they answered, 'No, we were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit.' 'Then how were you baptised?' he asked. 'With John's baptism' they replied. 'John's baptism' said Paul 'was a baptism ...http://thecatholicwriter.com/oxygen/2013/05/monday-13-may-who-cares-for-the-sign-of-the-cross/
Heaven, Prayer and Influences HEART FOR GOD - May 12, 2013 May 12, 2013 –– 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55–60 / Revelation 22:12–14, 16–7, 20 / John 17:20–26 Heaven, Prayer and Influences The three readings for today all mention a common theme: –– Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven... ––Most of John's Revelation is a vision as he looked to heaven. –– Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed.... As Christians, we are to keep ...http://heartforgodltd.blogspot.com/2013/05/heaven-prayer-and-influences.html
Reason # 999 to Be Catholic: Novenas CROSSED THE TIBER - May 10, 2013 ... is from the Latin meaning "nine." For the apostles, a period of prayer and waiting was nothing new for them. They were Jews and the Jews had a tradition of praying for seven days after someone had died, now called "sitting shiva." Since the early Church was Jewish as was our Lord, the disciples and the Blessed Mother likely did not find it unusual to be asked to spend a period of time in prayer, in this case 9 days, until the Holy Spirit descended upon them. Why do we still ...http://crossed-the-tiber.blogspot.com/2013/05/why-novena.html
Pope Francis to Religious: "What Would the Church Be Without You?" A FRIAR'S LIFE - May 8, 2013 ... 'fertile' chastity, which generates spiritual children in the Church. The consecrated are mothers: they must be mothers and not 'spinsters'! Forgive me if I talk like this but this maternity of consecrated life, this fruitfulness is important! May this joy of spiritual fruitfulness animate your existence. Be mothers, like the images of the Mother Mary and the Mother Church. You cannot understand Mary without her motherhood; you cannot understand the Church without her motherhood, and you are ...http://afriarslife.blogspot.com/2013/05/pope-francis-to-religious-what-would.html
Careerists and Climbers Doing "Great Harm" to the Church NEWS.VA - May 8, 2013 ... 'fertile' chastity, which generates spiritual children in the Church. The consecrated are mothers: they must be mothers and not 'spinsters'! Forgive me if I talk like this but this maternity of consecrated life, this fruitfulness is important! May this joy of spiritual fruitfulness animate your existence. Be mothers, like the images of the Mother Mary and the Mother Church. You cannot understand Mary without her motherhood; you cannot understand the Church without her motherhood, and you are ...http://www.news.va/en/news/careerists-and-climbers-doing-great-harm-to-the-ch
#%$ Four Letter Words DANIEL UNDEM - May 7, 2013 ... the help of God. You see, alone I can't be the husband my wife deserves, but with the help of God I can. I can't be the father my daughter deserves, I can. I still can't sing or dance, but with the help of God, well the jury is still out on this one, but you see my point. Look at your own life for all those instances where you think you can't and ask for God's help. You will soon find yourself accomplishing things that you have told yourself for years that you ...http://danielundem.com/2013/05/07/972/
Week Four of Preparation for Final Vows FELICIAN FRANCISCAN SISTERS - May 7, 2013 ... our heritage. St. Francis lived a life propelled by virtues, namely humility, simplicity, prudence, obedience and patience. It is by his example of right living or in right relationship that I am called to be vulnerable, to allow others to see my weakness and to see what is beyond me. In right loving, I am called to be compassion and mercy and an example of total love, like that expressed in the charism of Blessed Mary Angela. Sister Suzanne reviewed parts of Vita Consecrata wherein Pope John ...http://felicianvocations.blogspot.com/2013/05/week-four-of-preparation-for-final-vows.html
Mystical Realism, Realistic Mysticism TEN THOUSAND PLACES - May 3, 2013 ... teaches by example all that we need so desperately to learn. We who walk in fears… whose days are filled with neurotic anxieties… who won't believe unless we "see and touch". How desperately we need you, Mary of the Annunciation. We who worship self so constantly that each has become a lonely island unable to communicate with one another let alone love one another... how desperately we need you, Mary of the Visitation. We who are afraid of the slightest discomfort, whose lives ...http://frdenis.blogspot.com/2013/05/mystical-realism-realistic-mysticism.html
Great and Holy Thursday BYZANTINE, TEXAS - May 2, 2013 ... sacred meal. He identified Himself with the bread and wine: "Take, eat; this is my Body. Drink of it all of you; for this is my Blood of the New Covenant" (Matthew 26:26-28). We have learned to equate food with life because it sustains our earthly existence. In the Eucharist the distinctively unique human food - bread and wine - becomes our gift of life. Consecrated and sanctified, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. This change is not physical but mystical and sacramental. ...http://byztex.blogspot.com/2013/05/great-and-holy-thursday.html
