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Catholic Carnival 89: Potpourri

It’s a varied collection, but the fragrance is beautiful. Don’t worry, there’s some controversy thrown in to keep interest up:

Kicking Over My Traces starts us off strong with Benedict and Reason. The Regensberg speech was not the first time that Benedict concerned himself with the relationship of faith and reason.

Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering brings a moving post, Small White Casket. Sarah explains:

Some people have the grace to know what's right. For me, there's the small white casket. In looking for baseball bats, God chose, instead, a small white casket to hit me with.

Next is HMS Blog with The Kingdom in this Present Age. It is a reflection on the Mass readings for Sunday 10/15, focusing on the promise of the Church as our family and home.

A Catholic Life keeps the focus on the members of our Church with Canonization of Mother Guerin and three others! This post explores the lives of Mother Theodore Guerin, Rafael Guizar Valencia, Rosa Venerini, and Filippo Smaldone.

Catholicism, holiness, and spirituality also looks at Sunday’s readings in Wealth and Eternal Life. Steve puts it this way:

We live in a material world, and it's challening to not let ourselves be defined by it. We can use this world to glorify God, but it's essential to have the right orientation.

Musings from a Catholic Bookstore risks offense with I Hate Large, Homeschooling Families. Provocative? Go read and see what you think.

My Domestic Church (who might reply to the post above ;-) swings us in a different direction with Keeping Kids Catholic - the Dreher Conversion. Dreher once commented:

" I used to think that being a Christian was merely a matter of finding the most logical arguments, intellectually assenting to them and doing your best to live by them. It is far more complicated than that, and I found through the scandal my intellect humiliated."

Peace Be Still returns this week with The kind of place where when you sneeze no one says "God bless you". It is a fascinating post on her experiences at the United Nations, as well as the alarming feminist agenda present there.

From the Anchor Hold answers a challenge in Terrence Asked for it . . . She explains the absolute necessity of “spiritual fitness" openly lived for successful evangelism, and shows what that looks like.

View from the Choir raises eyebrows with Confessions of a homophobe. Tired of being labeled a “homophobe” by folks not interested in intelligent discussion, Lee explores other ways he’s “phobic.”

Catholic Fire educates us with St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Carmelite Reformer, Mystic. It’s a brief biography that includes quotes of St. Teresa of Avila and links to the Carmel podcast for an MP3 file of St. Teresa’s Way of Perfection.

A Penitent Blogger explores The religions. It is a brief reflection on Muslims, Jews, Christians and grace.

A Catholic Mom in Hawaii jumps in the middle of it with 14 Ways to Improve the Liturgy. No explanation necessary – go and see what you think.

AdoroTeDevote explores the answer to Lord, what must I do to inherit eternal life?:

Everything we have is a gift from God, and He wants us to be willing to part with ALL of it. And if God asks for it all, He gives us the grace to fulfill what He asks, and He repays a hundredfold what we offer back to Him.

Living Catholicism also asks a question with Is FoxFaith a Studio we can Believe in? The new studio is committed to making Christian movies. How should we react?

And this site offers What is an Annulment? written by someone with experience. It explores the Church’s teaching and how it differs from divorce.

Hope you enjoyed as much as I did.

God bless,
Jay