30 April, 2013
Canada’s team? Oh, really? Typical bias from a Toronto based mainstream media outlet
Toronto Maple Leafs as Canada's hockey team? When pigs can fly!! It's arrogance like that expressed in the this column (link at bottom of page if you want to read it) that alienates Canadians in Ottawa, Montreal, and Vancouver - not to mention fans of the Canadian 'also rans' for this years playoffs: the Oilers, Flames, and Jets.
All I've got to say is....
All I've got to say is....
...Go Sens Go!
Quote for the New Evangelization: Loyalty & Family
"The strength of a family is measured in the loyalty of its members."
As baptized Catholics, we are all members of a number of families to which we owe and are owed loyalty. First and foremost is our membership in God's family, made so through His adoption of humanity in the life and passion of Jesus. We can always count on the loyalty of God, both to walk with us through the joys and trials of life and to bring us to the life to come.
We are also members of the Catholic family. Given its human membership it's a family that comes with all the good and bad we can see in any extended family: mostly good and loving folks with a few bad apples mixed in that others try to ignore and never want to acknowledge as being related to them. Thankfully the majority of those who carry the appelation 'Catholic' recognize the obligation to preserve and pass on the good reputation that family name which our ancestors passed on to us.
Finally, there's our own biological and social families. We count on their love and support in surmounting the chores of our daily lives. Loyalty to family and friends is rooted in the relationship of love that exists between people mutually committed to each other in a common purpose. It's a relationship that's marked with reciprocity of care and understanding members, however it's one that slips into dysfunction and destruction when too many members neglect their obligations to others.
In terms of the New Evangelization, this quote should remind us of what we owe to all the 'others' in our own various families. John the Evangelists tells us that others will be won for the kingdom by witnessing by the way that we 'love one another' as Jesus loved his apostles and disciples - the socio-religious 'family' with whom he lived and moved with during the years of his public ministry. He ably demonstrated his loyalty to them (and by extension us too) by accepting (and ultimately defeating) death during the holy days of that first Easter morning. We owe a similar love to our families as well. All Catholics should regularly measure just how loyal and faithful we have been with a firm resolve to make repairs where ever needed when we discover a flaw in our love of God, Church, or each other.
To God we owe our best effort to live as he has called us to, each in the manner appropriate to our individual calling by spending time with him in prayer and acting as his 'arms and legs' in serving the people around us. To the Church we owe the obligation to learn and adhere to her teachings, to regularly practice of faith so as to sustain the community with the witness of their presence, and to take up the appropriate task of the laity to promote the faith through a virtuous and loving life at home and in the community. To our biological and social families we owe our loving and consistent support in good times and in bad as well living in such a manner so as to not bring disrepute or shame to our family name.
As baptized Catholics, we are all members of a number of families to which we owe and are owed loyalty. First and foremost is our membership in God's family, made so through His adoption of humanity in the life and passion of Jesus. We can always count on the loyalty of God, both to walk with us through the joys and trials of life and to bring us to the life to come.
We are also members of the Catholic family. Given its human membership it's a family that comes with all the good and bad we can see in any extended family: mostly good and loving folks with a few bad apples mixed in that others try to ignore and never want to acknowledge as being related to them. Thankfully the majority of those who carry the appelation 'Catholic' recognize the obligation to preserve and pass on the good reputation that family name which our ancestors passed on to us.
Finally, there's our own biological and social families. We count on their love and support in surmounting the chores of our daily lives. Loyalty to family and friends is rooted in the relationship of love that exists between people mutually committed to each other in a common purpose. It's a relationship that's marked with reciprocity of care and understanding members, however it's one that slips into dysfunction and destruction when too many members neglect their obligations to others.
In terms of the New Evangelization, this quote should remind us of what we owe to all the 'others' in our own various families. John the Evangelists tells us that others will be won for the kingdom by witnessing by the way that we 'love one another' as Jesus loved his apostles and disciples - the socio-religious 'family' with whom he lived and moved with during the years of his public ministry. He ably demonstrated his loyalty to them (and by extension us too) by accepting (and ultimately defeating) death during the holy days of that first Easter morning. We owe a similar love to our families as well. All Catholics should regularly measure just how loyal and faithful we have been with a firm resolve to make repairs where ever needed when we discover a flaw in our love of God, Church, or each other.
To God we owe our best effort to live as he has called us to, each in the manner appropriate to our individual calling by spending time with him in prayer and acting as his 'arms and legs' in serving the people around us. To the Church we owe the obligation to learn and adhere to her teachings, to regularly practice of faith so as to sustain the community with the witness of their presence, and to take up the appropriate task of the laity to promote the faith through a virtuous and loving life at home and in the community. To our biological and social families we owe our loving and consistent support in good times and in bad as well living in such a manner so as to not bring disrepute or shame to our family name.
28 April, 2013
Tea, cake and mortality? 'Death cafes' popping up in Canadian cities | CTV News
I know that a double espresso might be bad for my heart, but this may be going just a step to far! (grin)Tea, cake and mortality? 'Death cafes' popping up in Canadian cities | CTV News
27 April, 2013
26 April, 2013
BIG BLUE WAVE: Banned from the Mall for Opposing SSM
I like the way that Suzanne ends this post:
BIG BLUE WAVE: Banned from the Mall for Opposing SSM
"If Christians have to accommodate gays in the Bed and Breakfasts, then gays have to accommodate opponents of same-sex marriages on their premises.
One law for all.
BIG BLUE WAVE: Banned from the Mall for Opposing SSM
The Church and Science: The Right Place at the Right Time | Daily News | NCRegister.com
The Church and Science: The Right Place at the Right Time | Daily News | NCRegister.com: Vatican stem-cell conference sheds light on ‘hand of God’ and dignity of life and Catholic…
25 April, 2013
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22 April, 2013
Hypocritical Prudes: A reflection on the hypocrisy of modern secular liberalism
I like the poster at the top of this article. It defines hypocrisy as "demanding that the state stay out of the bedrooms of the nation while demanding the government pay for birth control and abortions."
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Hypocritical Prudes
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Hypocritical Prudes
21 April, 2013
Today's quote for the New Evangelization
"Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man."
Francis Cardinal Spellman
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17 April, 2013
Pope Francis supports crackdown on ‘feminist’ U.S. nuns | Holy Post | National Post
Here is an interesting article from the National Post that`s generating a far bit of comment. Hopefully you might find it interesting too.
Pope Francis supports crackdown on ‘feminist’ U.S. nuns | Holy Post | National Post
Pope Francis supports crackdown on ‘feminist’ U.S. nuns | Holy Post | National Post
16 April, 2013
Daily Quote for the New Evangelization: A path to true happiness
True happiness is not attained through self gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Helen Keller
15 April, 2013
Today's quote for the New Evangization
As we daily search for ways to impliment the New Evangelization, we should keep in mind that most of those who've been lost to the faith once were warmed by the fires of faith in their lives. For many, be it by neglect or tragic event, that fire has been extinguished in their lives. Today's quote from Albert Schweitzer offers a way to perhaps rekindle the spark of faith for others: by loving them as authentically and completely as we can so as to help them find again the consoling warmth of faith in God who is love itself.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
14 April, 2013
13 April, 2013
Catholic-Hierarchy News: Cardinal Group to study government of the universal Church
Here are the names of the Cardinals that Pope Francis has chosen as advisers in governing the universal Church, with particular emphasis on developing a plan for reforming the Curia. It`s an interesting group of names who should produce an interesting plan. It`s pretty inclusive of the panoply of popular Catholic theologies without sacrificing the outside objective view point needed to some needed reforms. It`s also indicative of Pope Francis implementing structures that reflect those within each of the dioceses around the world where Canon Law mandates similar such bodies to advise the local Ordinary. Put another way, this seems to reflect Francis` decision to see his pontifical mission as truly being a `first among equals`among his brother bishops. More `Bishop of Rome`rather than Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church.
If nothing else, it demonstrates a commitment to substantive consultation from other bishops (a Vatican II directive) and an acknowledgement that something has gone wrong within the bureaucracy of the Vatican that needs to be fixed. These are both GOOD things!
Catholic-Hierarchy News: Cardinal Group to study government of the universal Church
If nothing else, it demonstrates a commitment to substantive consultation from other bishops (a Vatican II directive) and an acknowledgement that something has gone wrong within the bureaucracy of the Vatican that needs to be fixed. These are both GOOD things!
Catholic-Hierarchy News: Cardinal Group to study government of the universal Church
Catholic versus the secular | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Click on link to read complete article:In Margaret Nutting Ralph's first book, "And God Said What?: An Introduction to Biblical Literary Forms" (Paulist Press, $18.95), published in 1986, Ralph wrote from the standpoint of a Bible-studying "contextualist" within the Roman Catholic Church. She put Scripture into its historical and moral context, considering overall directives of the Scripture in addition to specific historical mandates.Her new book, "Why the Catholic Church Must Change: A Necessary Conversation" (Rowan & Littlefield, $34), examines various topics not just of the secular culture — abortion, marriage annulment and social justice — but of the Catholic culture and focuses on how the church can change.In addition to her writing, Ralph, a Catholic, is director of the pastoral studies master's program at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky and teaches in the permanent deacon program at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Ind.She discussed her new book:
Catholic versus the secular | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
12 April, 2013
Cardinal Kasper: Pope Francis has launched 'new phase' on Vatican II
Click on link to read entire article: Source articleCardinal Walter Kasper has an important piece in today’s Osservatore Romano, saying that Pope Francis, with his focus on poverty and social justice issues, has launched a new phase of implementation of the Second Vatican Council.Cardinal Kasper makes a strong argument that the council’s journey of renewal is not over and that the decades of discussion over its teachings should lead to new “practical consequences.”Pope Francis, he said, has pointed the way with his emphasis on a church that becomes poor and serves the poor.“In this sense, Pope Francis from the first day of his pontificate has given what I would call his prophetic interpretation of the council, and has inaugurated a new phase of its reception. He has changed the agenda: at the top are the problems of the Southern hemisphere,” Cardinal Kasper wrote.
11 April, 2013
Third Argument Against Existence of God Discovered
St. Thomas, who always tried to be thorough and fair, surveyed the whole history of human thought and could only come up with two really decent arguments against the existence of God. For all of history up to the present, all really good atheist arguments boil down to one or both of these, repeated and elaborated up with varying emotional appeals, illustrations, and putdowns. All the *other* atheist “arguments” boil down to fallacious crap, emoting, grandstanding, posturing, non sequiturs, blather, and sneering. That atheism so often moves past the two good arguments and lards on fallacious crap is one of the telling tics that gives away the fact that atheists aren’t as confident of their case as they often insist they are.However, thanks to modern biological research, we may have a third argument that can help the atheist case: really big scary spiders.Some of my readers will argue that this spider is a restatement of the Problem of Evil. Let me explain it in the manner of reddit.atheism: SHUT UP! BIG SCARY SPIDERS! ARE YOU BLIND *AND* STUPID? NO GOD! SHEESH!
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Third Argument Against Existence of God Discovered
Today`s quote of the day`for the New Evangelization
``A small good deed accomplished means more than a planned great deed.``
Cardinal Tom Collins (Toronto) bars priest promoting radical agenda from talking in Catholic facilities.
TORONTO, April 10, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Archdiocese of Toronto is taking flak this week after barring a priest known for opposing Church teaching from speaking in the diocese.
Franciscan Fr. Michael Crosby, a self-styled reformer who calls for women’s ordination and acceptance of homosexuality, among other things, as part of a top-down overhaul of the Church, will be the speaker at the Canadian Forum on Theology and Education from April 22-23. He will offer seven talks over the two days.
Franciscan Fr. Michael Crosby
The event was originally scheduled to take place at the office of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, but has been moved to a non-Catholic venue in the Diocese of Hamilton after the Toronto Archdiocese said the event did not meet its protocol for talks by visiting clergy and laity, which requires that they be “theologically sound” and “support Catholic teaching on faith and morals.”
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LifeSiteNews.com
10 April, 2013
Reasonable & Responsible: Reflections from a great new book by Fr. Robert Spitzer on new proofs of God's existence
Continuing some reflections from the book “New Proofs for the Existence of God” by Fr. Robert Spitzer, let’s consider the significance of infinite vs. finite past time and why the discussion might matter.Click on link below to read the rest of the article:
Most scientists accept and that our universe is 13.7 billion years old and that the big bang actually happened as the beginning point. When Fr. Spitzer refers to “the universe”, he does not mean only our universe as in one of many, he means ALL physical reality (time, space, matter, energy, etc.); anything that is not nothing.
There are several speculative scenarios about the universe where “something” was supposed to have happened or physically existed before the big bang, so the big bang is not really the beginning of the universe or the beginning of time. These scenarios are called Past-Extended Big Bang models or PBBM’s. In the book, Fr. Spitzer runs through many arguments for the Standard Big Bang model as the most reasonable & responsible model; where the big bang IS the beginning of time and of all physical reality (you’ll need to read the book for all the excruciating details).
Two Catholic Men and a Blog: Reasonable & Responsible
On the Problem of False Dichotomies Advanced by those who oppose the Faith. « Archdiocese of Washington
If we are to be successful in this age of the New Evangelization, we need to understand how our opponents work. 'Know thy enemy' is always the first task before engaging in debate just at it is in the art of war. To that end, here's something from Msgr. Charles Pope with something to consider as part of our preparations for our part in the task of re-evangelization.
On the Problem of False Dichotomies Advanced by those who oppose the Faith. « Archdiocese of Washington
On the Problem of False Dichotomies Advanced by those who oppose the Faith. « Archdiocese of Washington
Impoverished Spirits | Thoughts by George Weigel on Pope Francis
"Certain ritual encounters have now become standard operating procedure for a new pope. In each of these meetings, Pope Francis has done something surprising, in his low-key, gentle way.
In a Mass celebrated in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals on the day after his election, the Holy Father raised cautions about clerical ambition—a yellow warning flag that reflected the concerns he had expressed during the papal interregnum about “spiritual worldliness” corrupting the Church, and an unmistakable call to a more energetically evangelical exercise of the priesthood and the episcopate."
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Impoverished Spirits | First Things
09 April, 2013
Something new: A quote of the day for the New Evangelization
It doesn't matter how we define a 'family', this quote is always true.
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
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04 April, 2013
A local groups heads to March for Life 2013 in Ottawa - I'll be there. Will you?
March for Life Thursday May 9, 2013
North Bay Right to Life is organizing our annual bus trip to the March for Life in Ottawa. There will be MORE than 20,000 people at the March this year! If you can't walk the route, bring a lawn chair and spend the time on Parliament Hill with others. Help us show the country that respect for all life is essential.
For more information, call the Right to Life office at 474-3666. Tickets are $20. and available in advance only.
North Bay Right to Life is organizing our annual bus trip to the March for Life in Ottawa. There will be MORE than 20,000 people at the March this year! If you can't walk the route, bring a lawn chair and spend the time on Parliament Hill with others. Help us show the country that respect for all life is essential.
For more information, call the Right to Life office at 474-3666. Tickets are $20. and available in advance only.
03 April, 2013
Jim Rogers: Major Crash Ahead For U.S. Investors
Here's an article I found predicting an imminent major economic and social collapse in the USA and Europe. I sure hope that it's wrong because the consequences will be devastating if it's correct.
Click on the link below to read the full article.
Money Morning
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Money Morning
Cleaning Up the Engine Room | First Things
Click on link to read rest of article:If the conclave of 2005 was about continuity—extending the legacy of John Paul II by electing his closest theological advisor as his successor—the conclave of 2013 was about governance.
The College of Cardinals came to Rome convinced that the incapacities of the Roman Curia over the previous eight years had become a serious obstacle to the Church’s evangelical mission; their experience in the General Congregations prior to the conclave hardened that view. So the cardinals elected a proven reformer whose age on assuming the papacy meant that he wouldn’t have to play a long game, but could move swiftly to repair what needs repairing in what Blessed John Henry Newman allegedly referred to as the “engine room” of the Barque of Peter.
What needs repairing, down there below decks?
Cleaning Up the Engine Room | First Things
02 April, 2013
Where the hell am I?? Problems with the 'on-ramp' to where the rubber hits the road
Regulars readers may have had an unexpected shock when they visited this site these past few days. Evidently, someone hacked in and infected the blog with malware that directed visitors to WTRHTR someplace they didn't expect or want to be.
Blogger has removed the offending code so there should not be any more problems... but please contact me if you encounter any difficulties.
I almost feel honored... someone thought the blog worthy of hacking! If I wasn't making progress for the cause no one would bother it. Still, hopefully the repairs by 'road crew' at Blogger will make for a smooth road for all.
Thank you for your patience.
Blogger has removed the offending code so there should not be any more problems... but please contact me if you encounter any difficulties.
I almost feel honored... someone thought the blog worthy of hacking! If I wasn't making progress for the cause no one would bother it. Still, hopefully the repairs by 'road crew' at Blogger will make for a smooth road for all.
Thank you for your patience.
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