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I don't buy what the New Age writer is selling in his latest book, and I'm guessing most other CE readers don't, either.… Read More
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Advent seems a good time to revisit some older (19th century) theology that contrasts Eve with Mary.… Read More
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If you spend any time with email, you've probably received an occasional chain letter, in spite of any spam filter settings meant to protect against that sort of thing. The spam promising a financial windfall from little-known African… Read More
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This essay was sparked by musings from another blogger with whom I am friendly, and the question he opened with was "are we all called to heroism?"
I don't know whether his timing was intentional, but it fits… Read More
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I respect Mark Shea, and do understand that zinging him in this forum might be as impolite as Steve Earle's assertion that he would stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in his cowboy boots to proclaim Townes Van… Read More
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Catholic Exchange readers may be interested in an informal dialog over at American Spectator Online, the politically conservative web site to which I sometimes contribute. AmSpec, as some of us like to call her (or TAS, as the… Read More
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Like Andrew Sullivan's fear of "Christianists," my friend Stacey's fear of "Christo-fascists" is entirely misplaced. It also bears striking resemblance to those those ill-informed warnings about how George Bush or James Dobson or Fr. Richard John Neuhaus is… Read More
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From my blog, The Paragraph Farmer:
The very young and the very wise see miracles in every sunrise and every breath. The rest of us muddle along myopically, wondering why God does not make His presence more obvious.… Read More
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Hi! I'm new to the friends of CE blog space, although not to Catholic Exchange itself. I wanted to chime in on Rich Leonardi's recent post. You remember that he accurately and pithily summarized the pope by saying… Read More
Readings for May 21
Daily Divine Office
“Teach me to pray, Lord. Teach me to pray in your name, to pray with faith, to pray unceasingly. Teach me to pray for the people you have entrusted to my care. You want to shower your graces down upon…
May 27th – Pentecost Sunday
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass
Saint Peter’s Square, at 12:00
Regina Caeli…
“There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with him.” ~Pope Benedict XVI…
Be brave
St. Godric of Finchale
Spiritual advice from a Benedictine monastery by Brother Sebastian
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Pasta di San Giuseppe
(St. Joseph Pasta – Pasta with Sardines)
Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…