May 03, 2005
Catholic Carnival XVIII: Quotations
This week’s Carnival including selected quotations from each entry.
+ Veritas takes a look at Altered Nuclear Transfer (ANT):
Altered nuclear transfer is a proposed offered by Stanford prof William Hurlbut as a way to break the embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) impasse. The problem with ESCR is, of course, that research with great potential with regard to various diseases involves the killing of human beings at the embryonic stage. Hurlbut seeks to do an end run around the impasse by using genetic engineering to create entities with embryonic stem cells which are not actually human embryos.
Is it what it seems to be?
+ A Penitent Blogger reflects on religious liberty in Martyrdom by Relativism:
Relativism is actually the enemy of religious liberty by making everything subjective and detaching it from the reality that exists beyond ourselves, including God. Relativism thus attacks the very foundation of liberty. Religious liberty based on relativism is no longer a quest for truth or a reaching out to the Creator, but rather a barely-masked worship of self and an alienation from anything that is outside our own skulls.
+ Notes developed an applet that includes the name of our new pope in several languages in PAPA BENEDICTVS XVI. My favorites?
Papież Benedykt XVI (Polish)
Pop Benedict XVI (Tok Pisin)
Kumukauoha Penekiko XVI (Hawaiian)
[ed: Oh, and of course] Papst Benedikt XVI (German)
+ CowPi Journal introduces the Paperclip Campaign:
This week is the national week for the Days of Remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. As a way to remember them, and to remember all victims of terrorism and hate crimes, wear a paperclip on your collar this week!
Why paperclips? He explains in the post . . .
+ HerbEly examines why Pope Benedict XVI chose his name in Civilizing the Barbarians:
Barbarians, in this case, are persons who cannot conduct a rational discourse in ethics. Without ethical discourse, governing becomes simply an exercise in political power.
+ Dunmoose the Ageless gives us Lectio Divina, a reflection based on the book of Baruch:
Is this "choosing wisdom" a one-shot deal or is it made on a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute basis?
A fascinating question.
+ HMS Blog examines our role in cooperating with Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit in "ANOTHER ADVOCATE ... THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH":
We must also continually accept and cooperate with the Spirit through our way of life. Thus, Jesus speaks to his disciples about the importance of the commandments. St. Peter also considers the meaning of "life in the Spirit." Like Jesus Christ himself, we must always say and do what is good, even when threatened with suffering. We must persevere in showing the fullness of love for God and for our neighbor.
There’s more – go read it.
+ Crusader of Justice examines morals and humanity in Moral Logic:
The moral law is not, however, ultimately based on the times, but on human nature. The essentials of the moral law were not changed by God because human nature itself, in particular the laws governing it, did not change with Christ. To argue otherwise is to say that God was deceiving people by giving them a moral code not in harmony with human nature.
Excellent examination of why morality is taught by the Church.
+ Fides, Spes, Caritas asks why we want “strict constructionist” judges when we wouldn’t apply this to the Ten Commandments in Strict Constructionism:
The very nature of the Catholic Church, and of Christianity itself really, is opposed to a strict constructionist mentality. The proof, of course, is in the pudding: if Christians were strict constructionists, no Christians would exist, because strict constructionism when applied to the law of the Old Covenant absolutely excludes the possibility of Christianity as we have it today.
I do think the analogy of comparing the Ten Commandments and the Constitution is lacking – we have an infallible interpreter of Scripture after all – but he asks an interesting question.
+ Living Catholicism asks An Interesting Question about the Local Parish:
I understand that the homily is not the reason for the mass or the reason we attend mass. However, I do have four small children that will have to listen week in and week out to a priest teaching something that doesn’t resemble Catholic thought. And then, I’ll have to explain each week to my children why the priest was wrong and what the Church actually teaches . . . What would you do in this situation?
+ And this blog submits The Rosary and Matthew 6:7:
So is the Rosary, altough repetitious and formal, a prayer full of "empty phrases" and one that attempts to draw God's attention due to it's lengthiness? Absolutely not. The prayers of the Rosary are full of meaning and devotion, they are not empty, most of them are specifically scriptural.
A later addition:
+ Be Here Mondays explores whether or not the Church should welcome dissent or dissenters in Dissenters in the Church:
The Church is not bound to honor dissenters as dissenters, any more than it is bound to honor adulterers as adulterers. Dissent is no more a Catholic virtue than adultery. Why, when you are presented with an ancient, unchanging, unambiguous teaching, do you think you are within your rights to dissent from it — and suffer no consequences?
I enjoyed reading all of the posts, so I hope you enjoy them as well!
God bless,
Jay
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Dear Jay,
I follow these around as other bloggers alert me, but how does one know where and when the next one will appear? I meant to have something in one this one but I couldn't tell from the last where to send the next postings. And I'll tell you, it's rare enough when I think I have something substantive to add. So, if you please, how might I know when and where the next one will be?
shalom,
Steven
Posted by: Steven Riddle at May 4, 2005 07:25 PM
