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Catholic Carnival XLIII: The Woven Tapestry

A woven tapestry has always been an incredible work of art. Different colored threads meshed together by an artist’s skill comes together in “big picture” way that the threads never realize. This Carnival represents another fascination collection of colored threads, which weave together a beautiful tapestry. Enjoy.

Depending on God from An American Housewife is a very personal and captivating post on examining our own lives and how we abandon ourselves to God.

Everyone’s a Victim at Ales Rarus points out that claims of entitlement by Christians distract us from those who really need help.

Catholics & the First Amendment at Kicking Over My Traces explains that the understanding of the meaning of the Religion Clause has changed so markedly over 200 years that what used to guarantee a citizen the free exercise of his religion is now used to procedurally bar orthodox Catholics from public office.

Martyrs Celebrated within the Past Seven Days at Pondering the Word examines the meaning behind a week of Nazi martyrs and offers us something to reflect on.

Devout Catholic and Cool - It is Possible from Happy Catholic starts with an interesting vocations recruitment poster from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and gets directly into how we can live in a secular society without losing our Catholic identity.

Trivia Tidbit Of The Day: Part 137 -- Religious Denominations In The U.S. House Of Representatives at WILLisms breaks out the religious backgrounds of our representatives in the US House (see also the Senate).

The Ghost of Galileo: A New Dialogue on Evolution at TMH’s Bacon Bits takes a look at the recent developments in how the Church views Evolution (in light of Cardinal Schönborn’s article) from the eyes of a Catholic scientist.

What’s In It For Us? from Our Word and Welcome To It points out that we’re asked to give up a lot to become followers of Christ and asks “What’s in it for us?”

And Then She Returned Home from A Penitent Blogger reflects on life, death, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the last verse of the Gospel account of the Visitation.

My Bloglines List was Too Active Today at From the Anchor Hold along with the Catechism and Abbas of the desert, gives fellow bloggers good advice on how to handle the “Accuser of the Brethren.”

I Was Wrong About NARAL and Planned Parenthood at Ravings of John C. A. Bambenek talks about the proven false NARAL ad and how it's wrong to call it a lie because these groups actually believe that pro-lifers are extremists and clinic bombers by definition.

A Corinthians 13 Examination of Conscience for Families at Heart speaks to Heart provides us with an excellent examination of conscience for families and family members.

Lutherans and Crucifixes at On the Other Foot points out that if we ignore the crucifix in favor of a less "depressing" image, we risk forgetting why Christ came in the first place. He came to save our souls, not to hang with His buds.

God and Fate at Crusader of Justice explains why superstitions and reliance on fate don't mesh well with God.

The Blessed Ones at Exultet offers a captivating meditation based on a painting of the Madonna and Child by Mignard.

And this blog offers From On Being Catholic by Thomas Howard, which is a short excerpt from the book and my recommendation that you read it right now . . .

Thanks for your association with the Carnival. Enjoy the posts and

God bless,
Jay