Let’s call this a “God-centered” round-up, compiled from many open tabs of stuff I need to share with you so I can finally close them!
Our friend, Fr. James Martin, S.J.,, celebrates ten years as a priest and writes that he likes being one!
Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., who is always a good and thought-provoking read, wonders, Does Christianity Exist?
Politico-Religio Must Read: West Bank Settlements & Future of US/Israeli Relations. And, Why Israel is cool on Obama’s speech
Joe Carter and Stephen Barr are having a very interesting debate on Theistic evolutionists – what is random, what is directed by God. Not for skimming, for reading!
Film review: Archbishop Chaput gives “The Stoning of Soraya M.” two thumbs up. Sounds like it’s worth seeing.
Bible Codes: a fascinating discussion
Postulants, Novices, Associates: I wrote a while back about tertiaries and oblates. It seems some Passionist Oblates get to live in the monastery! Lucky lady! Also, prayers for Shannon who will receive the Holy Habit on June 26th! Meanwhile the Benedictines of Mary welcome three new postulants.
Sonia Sotomayor: Apparently incurious intellectual, “Never Thought About” Rights of Unborn on Abortion”. Gosh, I’m no intellectual, and I’ve thought about it.
Obama’s Health Care Plan: Could include Assisted Suicide? Hey, do the socially-responsible thing, and help our bottom line and just die, already. After all, as the Baroness says in this old piece of mine, “If I went into a nursing home it would be a terrible waste of money that my family could use far better.”
These issues will make us turn ever more toward the Body and Blood. They are holding up the tent posts!
Pope Benedict: Do not let Eucharistic Worship become empty
Abbess Maria-Michael: Who do we look to?
Mark Shea: Tower of Babel & Other interesting tidbits
Connecticut, still trying to stifle the Church
Being a Deaf Priest: no problem!
Being a Favorite Movie Priest: Gregory Peck
I forgot: I am nominated over here; please vote for me!
Dawn Eden: going under the knife!
David Warren: On Truth Telling
God’s not Dead; and Neither are We: Laying the foundations of the Christian Alternative Music movement. Surprising stuff; read a harrowing chapter, here H/T; Goldfish and Clowns
June 12th, 2009 | 6:34 pm
Sonia Sotomayor: Apparently incurious intellectual, “Never Thought About” Rights of Unborn on Abortion.
This is a patent falsehood.
Not only is she (or at least at one time was) a Catholic, and no one in this country can avoid knowing that the Catholic Church has been defending human rights “from the moment of conception” forever, but in a couple of cases that came before her as judge, although they did not touch directly on abortion, they did involve it tangentally, including abortion funding and China’s coercive abortion policy, wherein the issue of the unborn was raised.
June 12th, 2009 | 8:30 pm
June 13th, 2009 | 1:15 pm
Anchoress: Good luck with the votes! Unlike the Iranian President, I don’t think you will have to stuff the ballots!
PS. After a couple years of reading your blog, I was inspired to sign up for a faith class at the nearby Catholic church. I am jazzed! Hugs.
[Let me know how that goes for you! Admin]
June 13th, 2009 | 1:15 pm
PS. Meant to add, I voted for you, too!
June 13th, 2009 | 3:49 pm
Wow, I can finally comment at the Anchoress! This is a first.
Anyway, all I wanted to say is to echo Bender’s assertion with regard to Sotomayor about your statement:
Sonia Sotomayor: Apparently incurious intellectual, “Never Thought About” Rights of Unborn on Abortion”. Gosh, I’m no intellectual, and I’ve thought about it.
But I also wanted to add that not just is Sotomayor’s statement a “patent falsehood,” so is your statement that you’re “no intellectual.” You’re more of one than you may want to admit (and I don’t mean that as an insult)!
June 15th, 2009 | 4:30 pm
I recall a fuss being made over President George W. Bush’s nominee to the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, nominee Miguel Estrada’s remark that he had not ever evaluated whether Roe v. Wade was rightly or wrongly decided. Democrats, already upset that the wrong kind of Hispanic might be put in line for a future Supreme Court nomination, cried foul and filibustered Estrada, killing his nomination.
Ms. Sotomayor’s nomination now puts the shoe on the other foot.
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