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Would You Let a Pedophile Priest Pray for You? THE DIGITAL HAIRSHIRT - May 20, 2013 How do you feel about this? Roman Catholic priests who are sex abusers are being paid to handle prayer requests from unsuspecting families . But just one month after [Father Donald] O'Connor was permanently removed from any public ministry, he was sent a letter from the diocese chancellor asking if he was " in need of mass stipends...just let us know the number you would need...and a check will be issued every three months ." The payments from something ...http://digihairshirt.blogspot.com/2013/05/would-you-let-pedophile-priest-pray-for.html
Sex With an 8 Year Old Girl - Islamic Ways. DIVINE RIPPLES - May 18, 2013 The 8-years-old bride who was brutally killed on first night of her wedding ADVISORY – This article includes information that may be undesirable, discomfort & upset some audiences. The 8-years-old girl whose story you'll read in coming lines did not make it to the 2nd night of her wedding nor did she make it to her 9th or 10th birthday. Her name unknown, my source telephoned me last week at 9:30 pm to tell me her story. At the first I thought it's just going to be ...http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2013/05/sex-with-8-year-old-girl-islamic-ways.html
Mary of the Week: Why I Now Love Our Lady of Guadalupe RANDOM ACTS OF MOMNESS - May 17, 2013 On a spring day about seven years ago, I was interviewing my friend Mary for my book Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God. We sat in the living room of her bungalow-type home, which was filled with images of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in every imaginable place: painted on a cabinet, on a refrigerator magnet, on a decorative tile in the glassed-in hutch in the dining room. Mary – I'll refer to her as "my Mary," to distinguish her from the Virgin ...http://randomactsofmomness.com/mary-of-the-week-why-i-now-love-our-lady-of-guadalupe/
The Ever- Present Lords Prayer IN SPIRITU ET VERITATE - May 14, 2013 When his disciples asked Jesus--a man of deep prayer--to teach them to pray, Jesus taught them what has become known as the Lord's Prayer or Our Father. There is a very a quotidian aspect to the prayer that stands out in bold relief: The prayer is concerned about today, in the here and now. As my friends have repeatedly heard me say--perhaps too much (although we can never be reminded enough)--the only place ...http://inspirituetveritate.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-ever-present-lords-prayer.html
Our Lady's Requests at Fatima CATHOLICSEEKING - May 13, 2013 ... apparitions did occur, it is plausible to believe that there must have been a serious reson that called for a special message for God's people. Our concern is with the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, which took place successively on the 13th day of the month from May until October in 1917. At the conclusion of her first appearance on May 13, 1917, Our Lady told the 3 children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco: "Say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war." In ...http://catholicseeking.blogspot.com/2013/05/our-ladys-requests-at-fatima.html
Jesus Bids His Friends Farewell... A CONCORD PASTOR COMMENTS - May 12, 2013 ... friends… I'm still here for you… This won't change things… Don't be a stranger… We'll get together soon... I'll always remember you…" If these experiences and images and words find a place in your heart then you'll understand today's gospel. Jesus is saying goodbye to his closest friends on the night before he died. He was leaving them and it wasn't easy. His words are filled with intimacy and longing. Listen to what he says: I'm with you, I'm in ...http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2013/05/jesus-bids-his-friends-farewell.html
Young Priest Dies 2 Days After Ordination - Rip Fr. Carroll LITTLE JESUS AND ME - May 11, 2013 ... Perhaps he will be doing a different kind of work now: praying for all of us still bound to this valley of tears. May his soul rest in peace. (I have never met Father Scott. A friend shared this on Face Book. I was so touched by this story and thought I would share it with you.) Prayer for a priest who has died: (borrowed from Matthew at A Catholic Life ) O God, Thou didst raise Thy servant, N., to the ...http://littlejesusandme.blogspot.com/2013/05/young-priest-dies-2-days-after.html
St. Athanasius: "Father of Orthodoxy" CATHOLIC FIRE - May 2, 2013 ... cistern to be safe from their wrath of the Arians and their attempts to assassinate him. The place was known only to one trusted friend who secretly supplied him with food. Throughout these trials, Athanasius consistently experienced God's constant protection. On one occasion when the emperor's assassins were pursuing him, he ordered the ship on which he was fleeing to double-back and sail upstream so that he might meet and by-pass his persecutors. Not ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/05/st-athanasius-father-of-orthodoxy.html
A Litany for Crusaders CRUSADER KNIGHT - April 30, 2013 ... dominus deus meus qui docet manus meas ad proelium COPYRIGHT: 2004 By James Pawlak All Rights Reserved DEDICATION To all the Crusaders who have put their lives and very souls at risk in taking up arms against all false prophets and enemies of the Faith throughout all the centuries. THESE WERE AND ARE THE TRUE WITNESSES, MARTYRS, OF AND FOR THE FAITH. ECCLISIASTICAL APPROVAL SOUGHT Copies of this document were sent to Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of Milwaukee, for ...http://crusaderknight.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-litany-for-crusaders.html
Mary TV Daily Reflection 4/18/2013 MARY, OUR MOTHER - April 18, 2013 ... and it was, but he was also watching what looked like torture trying to save this babies life. So finally after about 3 hours of this, they decided to give it one last shot, and one of the physicians who was 8 months pregnant herself, got up on a step and pushed my abdomen really hard and they were able to flip the baby long enough. They couldn't get the blood into the cord, but they put it into her abdomen. It scared us so much because we didn't know it was possible. But they ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/vhQ00KcLW-Y/mary-tv-daily-reflection-4182013.html
The Sound of Silence GOOGLING GOD - April 17, 2013 ... who could have died. Then 2 friends and a distant relative of my wife's ended up to be among the dead. Boston is a place that I have many friends. Between folks I know from the Paulist Center on Park Street to others who have happened to move there, I began my mental list. I started to cull facebook right away to see if people had posted on their whereabouts and sure enough many had. Paulist Father Frank Desiderio was headed over the finish ...http://googlinggod.com/2013/04/17/the-sound-of-silence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sound-of-silence
Reading Our Way Into Catholicism CATHOLICMOM.COM - April 17, 2013 ... learned and heard talk of the Stations of the Cross. I could see the contrast in Jesus still on the cross in the crucifix, and an empty cross such as is seen in Protestant churches. I read The Consolation of Philosophy , another Catholic book. This book was my departure from Calvinist thinking about Predestination. I started to see our free will and God's plan very differently after reading it. I was at a Protestant school where the Resurrection was being doubted by many of the professors in ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/rtVnkjqih_k/
Something to Think About . . . THE WILD REED - April 16, 2013 Writes Lucia Brawley : This is Martin, 8. He died in the Boston bombing yesterday. He was at the finish line with his family, waiting for his dad to cross. His mother and little sister were catastrophically injured. He was the student of our dear friend, Rachel Moo. His message resonates powerfully today. My prayer is that we all live by Martin's words, paying tribute to his too-brief, but immeasurably valuable life by following his ...http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2013/04/something-to-think-about_16.html
On Boston and Marathons BACK BAY VIEW - April 16, 2013 ... real, the loss of life more tragic. I have seen numbers ranging from 140 to 180 people injured, dozens of whom lost limbs. Several of those injured are still in critical condition with head wounds. But still no reports about why or who. Checked Facebook to look for more rumors. I had a couple messages from friends who knew via Facebook that I had qualified for the Boston Marathon in the Guam International Marathon a little over a week ago. I let them know that ...http://backbayview.blogspot.com/2013/04/on-boston-and-marathons.html
Jesus, Remember Me: The Good Thief and the Eucharist SHAMELESS POPERY - April 16, 2013 ... down (at least in comparison to other reformers). The analogy of a wedding is used. The Lord's Supper is a visible reminder of something accomplished in the past, whether the person is present or not. There are a few major problems with this interpretation, though. First, if "Do this in remember of Me" really is the critical line for understanding the merely-symbolic nature of the Eucharist, it's striking that this line isn't mentioned at all in either Matthew or Mark's account of the ...http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2013/04/jesus-remember-me-good-thief-and.html
His Lover FIRE, SALT, AND LIGHT. - April 15, 2013 ... widowhood, a note from a family bearing the stress of a vulnerable newborn who is in hospital. As one of my correspondents asked: "How come it is that God, who is all pure love, can allow this planet to spin into worse insanity and violence….." At that juncture I was about to continue my pre-writing notes when word came in about the bombings today in Boston and for a moment I thought perhaps NOT the time to write about love – yet it is the very ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hopeforpriests/hcWS/~3/gkjkVa9ivNY/his-lover.html
Tuesday, 16 Apr – Signs OXYGEN - April 15, 2013 ... the coming of the Just One, and now you have become his betrayers, his murderers. You who had the Law brought to you by angels are the very ones who have not kept it.' They were infuriated when they heard this, and ground their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand. 'I can see heaven thrown open' he said 'and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.' ...http://thecatholicwriter.com/oxygen/2013/04/tuesday-16-apr-signs/
Lord, You Have Come to My Seashore... A CONCORD PASTOR COMMENTS - April 14, 2013 ... this Peter says, "I'm going fishing." And we've pretty much done the same: in our prayer, song and worship. Over the last couple of weeks we've told and remembered and celebrated the story of the last days of Jesus and his suffering and death and resurrection. And now we've gone back to work or gone back to our day-to-day routine, whatever that might be, whether we're working or going to school, whether we're unemployed or retired. We went back to business-as usual. But the ...http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2013/04/lord-you-have-come-to-my-seashore.html
God As Therapist? LEON J. PODLES :: DIALOGUE - April 14, 2013 Tanya Luhrmann wrote When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship With God. She has a column in today's NYT, "When God is Your Therapist." IT had never occurred to me to think of God as a therapist when I began to spend time, 10 years ago, at an evangelical church in Chicago. Like many secular observers, I was interested in the fact that people like me seemed to experience reality in a fundamentally different manner. I soon came to realize that ...http://www.podles.org/dialogue/god-as-therapist-624.htm
Servant of God Fr. Emil J. Kapaun Posthumously Award the Medal of Honor INSIGHT SCOOP THE IGNATIUS PRESS BLOG - April 12, 2013 ... -- recipient of our nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. After more than six decades of working to make this Medal a reality, I know one of Father Kapaun's comrades spoke for a lot of folks here when he said, "it's about time." Father, as they called him, was just 35 years old when he died in that hellish prison camp. His parents and his only sibling, his brother, are no longer with us. But we are extremely proud to welcome members of the Kapaun family -- ...http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2013/04/servant-of-god-fr-emil-j-kapaun-posthumously-award-the-medal-of-honor.html
