May 31, 2004
Prayers for Msgr. Frost
Yesterday during mass we received the news that our parish priest at Christ the King, the Reverend Monsignor Frost, had experienced heart difficulties on Thursday. He was immediately taken to the heart hospital and underwent surgery on two of his...
The 2004 Atlanta Eucharistic Congress
Just an FYI for those in or near Atlanta, the 2004 Eucharistic Congress for the Archdiocese of Atlanta is coming up on June 12th. They have a great lineup of folks (Alan Keyes, Raymond Arroyo, Jeff Cavins, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Deal...
A Great Family Prayer
Family prayer is one of the best ways to insure your kids understand and grow in their faith. But it's not always that simple - sometimes families have trouble instituting a new prayer regimine (especially when older kids are used...
May 30, 2004
Book Reviews
Conceived Without Sin Written by Bud MacFarlane Jr. this novel deals with ordinary people working out the kinks of everyday living. The characters are realistic and will probably remind you of someone you know if not yourself. A great read...
For the soul of Bob Bottrell
Please pray for the soul of Bob Bottrell, my neighbor who passed away on this past Friday morning. He died of lung cancer sooner than was expected. His funeral will be on this Tuesday so please keep his wife Mary...
May 29, 2004
Grace and Free Will in our Personal Lives
One of the requests in our Suggestion Box was an article explaining the relationship between Grace and Free Will in our lives. As I’ve argued before, we have free will which allows us to reject God However, we also require...
May 28, 2004
For our pro-choice readers . . .
For those who don't know, Bush's Partial-birth Abortion Ban is being challenged in three different courtrooms across the U.S. The trials are on the legality of the law, but a significant part of the trial is in examining the partial-birth...
May 27, 2004
A blunt point by the head of HLI
As many of you know, abortion is something I have a real problem with. It's always been condemned by the Church and always viewed as a terrible, horrific act. So it's nice to see a priest clearly lay out the...
May 25, 2004
Alabama's Christian head converts to Catholicism
John Giles, the president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, and his wife just converted to Catholicism this Easter. I found this tidbit interesting: Giles says he knew the questions would come because as a Protestant he, too, had mistaken...
Is Jesus Christ God? Or just a “Son of God”?
There is a protestant denomination that claims that Jesus was not actually God, but merely a “Son of God” just as we are “sons of God.” The claim is based on the simple truth that Christ never states, “I am...
May 24, 2004
Why should Homosexual Marriage be Legal?
I just read an excellent section in Our Sunday Visitor’s May 16, 2004 issue on Homosexual marriage. In it was this tidbit: If two people want to be married, why should it matter to us whether the law recognizes their...
May 23, 2004
An Interesting Question for Protestants
From E-pression (a very interesting blog . . .): The Bible was not divided into chapters until the thirteenth century, and the system for numbering verses was not developed until 1551. So why do Protestants rely upon this tradition of...
May 22, 2004
2004 Presidential Candidates and their position on Catholic Issues
I’ve heard numerous times that abortion is the only “Catholic” issue John Kerry is wrong about. So, I wanted to create a simple chart that detailed the Catholic issues and each of the two major candidates’ positions on these issues....
May 21, 2004
The Miracle of the Papacy
For those who don’t believe that Jesus started the Catholic Church, I have a question: how has the Church functioned perfectly for so long? What I mean is, there have been 265 popes in the Church (from Peter to John...
May 14, 2004
What is the Rosary?
Catholics are well known for praying the rosary, but what is the mystical prayer you’ve heard about? And do you need beads to pray it? The rosary is actually probably not objectionable to most protestants once they understand what it’s...
May 12, 2004
A Clash of Civilizations
Well, I rarely bring up purely political issues, but today I feel somewhat required to. In the past couple of weeks we first began hearing about the prisoner abuse in Iraq and now we have a live video of a...
May 10, 2004
Nancy Reagan loses sight of real value: our Children
For those who haven’t heard, Nancy Reagan has decided to publicly push for an end to the ban on stem cell research – she has supported the research for a few years now, but until this point she’s quietly supported...
May 9, 2004
Happy Mother's Day
Through having children we participate in the creative nature of God: a man and a woman love each other so much that a new being is created (this is a reflection of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit)....
May 8, 2004
Sola Scriptura’s Practical Problems
Sola Scriptura, as most of you know, is the protestant belief that the Bible contains everything necessary to believers. Martin Luther started this by teaching that oral tradition is ultimately fallible, only the written Word is infallible and perfect. This,...
May 7, 2004
The Courts keep trying to kill Terri Schiavo
Those who would kill Terri Schiavo simply refuse to quit. For those who haven’t followed this, some quick background: Terri was injured in an unexplained accident several years ago. There is a significant amount of discussion over exactly how injured...
May 6, 2004
You can help save lives
There are those that work to protect the environment or save a particular animal. But our children are more important and more in need of help (how many animals are hunted and killed before they are born?). We must work...
May 1, 2004
It is finished . . .
Not that my event is quite as significant as the quote above, but I did just complete the last test for my M.B.A. Whew - am I glad to be done! And I'll now be able to get back to...
