02 October 2010

On to Rome! (Or maybe not. . .)

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Great, just great. . .woke to find this blaring at me: US to tell US citizens to be vigilant in Europe (AP) So, to pack or not to pack?  ...
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Tea Mug Browsing

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The Senate couldn't pass a budget before it adjourned. . .but it found the time and the votes to pass another Nanny Law . Is the curren...
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01 October 2010

Going back to the playground (Repost)

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A homily for the memorial of the Little Flower reposted from 2007: Little Flower: Isa 66.10-14 and Matthew 18.1-4* Fr. Philip N. Powell, O...
30 September 2010

Tea Mug Browsing

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Burning out the vote in Houston Pelosi predicts that she will still be Speaker five weeks from now .  I predict the sun will rise this morn...
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29 September 2010

On poetry and consolation

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Many thanks for the recent activity on Ye Ole Wish List .  Thank You notes will go out immediately if return addresses are available from th...
28 September 2010

Muslims call for the defense of free speech. . .

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On Sept 28, 2010 the American Muslim posted the following statement on the necessity of free speech rights in a liberal democracy.  Go to th...
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Tea Mug Browsing

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More uselessness from the U.N. . . envoy to extraterrestrials appointed .  Maybe the aliens will do us all a favor and beam the U.N. into th...
26 September 2010

On resenting beggars

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26th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford I resent beggars.* I avoid them when possible and ignore them when they can&...
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24 September 2010

Tea Mug Browsing

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Why does college cost so much?   Universities have incredibly bloated administrative offices.  Go to a largish state university website and ...
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23 September 2010

Your head on a platter

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Padre Pio Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford Why would a king fear a prophet of the Lord? How does a man like Herod, a man wit...
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22 September 2010

Three Masters close General Chapter

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With the two most recent Masters, the newly elected Master of the Order of Preachers, Fr. Bruno Cadore, celebrates the closing Mass of the 2...
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Tea Mug Browsing

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Handy site for tracking all of B.O.'s many "czars."   Though most Dems think the czar idea is a good one now, will they think ...
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How Catholics can avoid New Age & Occult practices. . .

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I frequently get questions from readers about whether or not good Catholics can participate in or practice New Age or occult spiritual disci...
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21 September 2010

Tea Mug Browsing

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Six elderly Presbyterian women were arrested earlier this week in London on suspicion of plotting to assassinate the Pope.  We must do ever...
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20 September 2010

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? (UPDATED)

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Q:  Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? A:  Yes.  The Second Vatican Council teaches that Islam is an Abrahamic faith; that is,...
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