The new year is upon us! And here’s the first Catholic Carnival of 2006. Hope you enjoy:
The new 2006 Church Calendar(s) are at the front of church, and the side entrances, and at the back. Unless they're already gone. From Kicking Over My Traces.
As we continue our celebration of Christmas, we must not forget that The Shadow of the Cross extends over the manger scene. It points us to the path Christ is to take and the path we must all take if we are to be followers of Him. From Our Word and Welcome To It.
EmergentPDX is an inquirer to monastic life as explained in 2006: The Novitiate. His words: I think it is something that would suit me, that would allow me to live my life fully for Christ. But I can only guess at that based on what I have read and studied. This next year of my life is to be a personal novitiate. It is a year for me to take active steps toward the religious life while learning what that means through education and experience. [Ed: we’ll pray that God helps light the way]
In In Truth, Peace, Nathan Nelson, one of the contributing editors for Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, takes a look at Pope Benedict XVI's message for World Peace Day and how it can apply to our own national circumstances.
You do not need anyone to teach you is a brief reflection on our need as Christians for teachers from A Penitent Blogger.
Herb Ely points out that warfare has declined markedly in the past 20 Years. The decline is so great that the Washington Post just published an op-ed piece titled "Is Peace breaking out?" For the most part the mainstream press has overlooked this data. This means that The Challenge of Peace Document Needs Revision.
South Dakota: Not an Abortion Utopia examines news that there aren't enough abortions happening, because there aren't many doctors who will do them. Naturally, Planned Parenthood is disgruntled. So why don't they build their own clinic and bring in their own doctors? Or is there not enough profit in it? From On the Other Foot.
A fair number of Hymns in the Liturgy of the Hours are worded differently from the Crusader of Justice is used to hearing them. This post looks at two such hymns for Christmas.
Living Catholicism explains – using Pope John Paul’s Familiaris Consortio - What Makes a Catholic home truly “Catholic”?
From this blog, we ask, “Are there Secrets of the Bible?”
God bless,
Jay
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