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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
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eucharist
Of Atheists and Crackers
Need a demonstration of the fallen nature of man? You're looking at him. Syndicating Peter's post linking to P.Z. Myers' screed about the Eucharist being just a cracker royally offended good friend, frequent commenter, and occasional blogger, Stuff. As a form of public penance, here are links to some Catholic discussion of Myers' and his […]
Cracker
I have nothing more to add. An excerpt:
Wait, what? Holding a cracker hostage is now a hate crime? The murder of Matthew Shephard was a hate crime. The murder of James Byrd Jr. was a hate crime. This is a goddamned cracker.
You'll just have to follow the link to read the rest.
Perpetual Adoration at the Pittsburgh Oratory
The Fathers of the Pittsburgh Oratory are pleased to announce that the enormous graces of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration will be made available to all who live, worship, work, and study within our university communities beginning June 29, 2008. This is in unity with the whole Church in celebration of the "Year of Saint Paul" proclaimed […]
Song of Songs
Thisentryis part 2 of 4 in the series He Who Sings Prays TwiceOf all the heavy debates on Catholic Liturgy that seem to cause a threatening snarl and an intimidating stripe of raised hair down the backs of even the most gentle child of God, that on appropriate music is the only one which actually […]
Possibilities of the Reunion of East and West.
In the past half-century, relations between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church have been growing ever closer and oriented ever more toward possible reunion. Perhaps the greatest hope of the late Holy Father John Paul II, of happy memory, was the reunion of these two oldest Churches of Christendom. In his many […]
