If you all could, please pray for my brother. He's having trouble finding a job and it's going to be a serious problem very soon if he doesn't get one. He has an interview tomorrow and has had a few others recently and we're really praying that one of them works out because it's basically now or never.

Why is it that my Catholic friends keep unfriending me for supporting the teachings of the Church? I'm really curious, because it seems like they have more of a problem with my beliefs than my friends who don't believe in Christ. It's really confusing ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to all, may the season (which starts, rather than ends, today) bring you many blessings and peace for the coming year.

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If the conditions of the roads at this point, with only a few inches at most of snow out there, are any indication, then it's going to be a long night and tomorrow might be impossible as well. I can't call out again tomorrow as I did today, but it's going to be difficult to get to work and home. It figures that we get the potential 2nd worst ( Read more... )

* Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
* I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
* Update your journal with the answers to the questions
* Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

My questions came from sonria.

( See the questions, and my answers, through here. )

There's something intensely satisfying about finishing a book, especially when it's an interesting one that has nevertheless taken you almost a year to read. I really need to devote more time to reading and less to all the internet stupidity that I fill my time with ( Read more... )

( I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Genesis 9:13 )

I'm thinking that I should probably start reading the books that I have before buying some more books. Unfortunately, my brain doesn't seem to get the message. I just received a few books from Amazon (two books about the Early Church, plus an encyclical from JPII) and bought a few others a couple of weeks ago (something by Eusebius, plus a couple ( Read more... )

Happy New Year everybody! I hope that you all have a happy and blessed 2009.