Seeking Time

If anyone is selling time, I'd like to buy a few shares. I do understand that I will be refunded my one hour deposit that was required in the Spring, but I think that I might be in need of a few more units. Thank you in advance.

Call to Blog - Straight from the Top

Cardinal Urges Religious to Get BloggingSays Internet Youth Forums Need Real Christian Message
ROME, OCT. 28, 2007 (Zenit.org).

- Benedict XVI's vicar for the Diocese of Rome expressed his hopes that religious men and women increase their use of information technology, and thus take advantage of what he called a new form of apostolate.Cardianl Camillo Ruini spoke to the religious at the Pontifical Urbanian University during the diocesan gathering of the Union of Major Superiors of Italy, which represents 1,287 communities and 22,000 religious in Rome.

According to the Roman diocesan weekly RomaSette, Cardinal Ruini said: "A priest from Novara told me that the theme of 'Jesus' is very much discussed by youth in blogs. The focus, though, comes from destructive books that are widespread today, and not from Benedict XVI’s book ‘Jesus of Nazareth.'"What will the idea of Christ be in 10 years if these ideas triumph?"

The true Jesus

The 76-year-old prelate admitted, "I don’t understand the Internet, but especially young religious ought to enter blogs and correct the opinions of the youth, showing them the true Jesus.”

“The teaching emergency is central in Benedict XVI's concerns," the cardinal said. "For him, education in the faith coincides with service to society, because to form someone in the faith means to form the human person."Simply giving motivations for living defeats nihilism and gives value to the human person, a value that is based on Christ himself, the fact that God became a man."The cardinal asserted that an educator’s testimony and content can matter more than pedagogical techniques.

He called for catechists to be creative in finding occasions for promoting Benedict XVI’s book, saying it shows the solidity of faith in the historical Jesus of the Gospels, and bases the identity of the Christian in a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Cardinal Ruini said that in Catholic schools, "the religious can witness to Christ in all their lessons, in the sciences, in history and even in Italian literature, in an inseparable union of faith and culture. Your creativity ought to find new techniques for the vocational challenge, which ought to develop in step with society."

Definition of Insanity

"A supporter, Richard Verrier, said it's not enough to depend on parents to protect their children because there may be students who can't discuss things with their parents."

This is the reason that a Middle School has voted to provide 11 year old girls with birth control pills without the consent or knowledge of their parents.

As a teacher, I can't take my kids on a field trip to the zoo, give them an aspirin, get their ears pierced or give them tests on Mondays without their parents permission... yet, apparently, I could give them access to something that normally requires a prescription and is a controlled substance.

Despite the fact that the side effects of birth control are infertility, heart attack, stroke and possibly death...

Despite the fact that the side effects of sexual activity outside of marriage means death to the soul, severe psychological problems, low self-esteem and could result in self destructive behavior....

By all means, keep the parents out this. What do they know?

A Protestant Confession

There is a beautiful chapter in Hawthornes Marble Faun that includes a Protestant seeking to relieve her guilt and burdens in a Catholic Confessional. The link is here.

In this scene, the girl rationalizes that confession is such a beautiful thing, why should it be reserved for only the Catholics. So, she tries to avail herself of the sacrament, and indeed feels better afterwards, but refuses to enter the fold as the priest offers afterward.

Herein, Hawthorne is like the Israelites who, fresh from the slavery of Egypt, are able to SEE the promised land, but for various reasons - perhaps for fear of "giants who eat their own children" -refuse to enter it. Although they recognize and see the beauties that have been promised to them, and to which they have a right as children of God, they refuse to take part.

As a writer, Hawthorne struggled with the idea of guilt and felt that his family had a great burden to carry because of their part in the Salem Witch Trials. He traveled to Italy, and his daughter eventually converted to Catholicism and began the Hawthorne Dominicans whose mission it is to care for the elderly and dying.

While Hawthorne is a prolific writer and has gifted the world with some excellent works, his true gift to the world has to be his daughter, Rose. You can find out more information about her here.

CALLING ALL ROMAN CATHOLICS

Okay, so there's this blog My Blessed Home. And this kind Christian lady has taken it upon herself to post all sorts of lies, distortion, misconceptions and all sorts of slander against the Holy Roman Catholic Church under the guise of "trying to help Catholics" be saved. (Only Christ can do that, right?)

Anyway, out of Christian charity, I am asking all Catholics who read her blog or this blog to commit to saying Hail Marys for this woman's conversion.

Also, can someone explain to me about the Green Scapular - can I wear it for someone else?

I have to admit, part of me just wants her to stop spreading her lies, but more than that, she is intrigued by the Truth and we just need to pray for her so that she can come to a full understanding of it.

So, please commit to saying a Hail Mary for this lady at least once a day. We could really storm heaven and make a novena for her during this holy month of the Rosary.

Afterall, if she is so concerned about having a blessed home, then Our Lady really should be her patroness and we can storm heaven for that intention.

So, please, tell your friends, commit to saying some rosaries for her conversion, and then we'll let God do the rest.

And don't bother commenting on her blog. She never responds to Catholics or posts their comments.