Stephen pointed out this post by Mark Shea... a list of Catholic Church "inventions" (and among them, an imaginary Church council!), some rebuttals, and a parody: http://markshea.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html#3564472694629654727Read more... )

Wisdom 7 may say something about the humility proper to science ( Read more... )

The Orthodox have interesting ways of referring to the New Testament deacons from whom Stephen and I take our names:
Holy Apostle Philip of the Seventy and The Protomartyr Stephen.
Check out Orthodox hymns to St. Philip the Deacon at Orthodox Wiki.

Stayed up late helping a colleague with homework last night (Thursday) and didn't quite finish this--

( Lots of Thursday reflections & an Om )

Today's petition: Let me say only things that will edify those who hear. (see Ephesians 4, 29.) Today's Gospel (Mark 7, 14-23) reminds us that the things that defile us come from within-- and how easy it is to let judgements, gossip, innuendo, and jokes at another's expense pass our lips. These things are just the kind of offenses mentioned in the ( Read more... )

In need of something to refocus me today, I thought I'd share some thoughts from Mass yesterday ( Read more... )

Veronica suggested I make today's away message an LJ post ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6174819.stm

You Must Be Homeschooled If...

Someone asks what grade you're in and you're not sure.
You sometimes go to school in your pajamas.
You sleep till 9:00 am on school days, but get up early on Sundays.
Your favorite author is Jane Austen (girls) or Robert Louis Stevenson (boys).
You own the entire series of Saxon Math books.
Your birthday is an ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone missed the memo, The DaVinci Code actually is anti-Catholic.

And if it's just fiction in good fun, why on earth does the movie have a tagline like that? More than anything, it upsets me that such blatant (even acknowledged) fabrications march under a banner of "truth"... and I've met people who believe all the "history" in the