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A Year of Adoration

It’s a cool coincidence that my wedding is in the inaugural month of the Year of
the Eucharist. 🙂

John
Paul II Convokes “Year of the Eucharist”

From October 2004 to October 2005

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 10, 2004 (Zenit.org).- On the feast of Corpus Christ, John Paul
II announced a “Year of the Eucharist” that the Catholic Church will observe
from October 2004 to October 2005.

Pope
Explains Why He Convoked “Year of the Eucharist”

Church’s Program Is to Start Afresh From Christ, He Says

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 13, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II said he convoked the “Year
of the Eucharist” because the program he presented to the Church at the start
of the millennium is based on “starting afresh from Christ.”

Intolerant Family

Unfortunately, I’ve experienced some of the familial anti-Catholicism this blogger
describes. My mom is a bitter ex-Catholic and we often get into nasty arguments
over religion. Compared the following situation, I’m quite lucky, though. My mother
and I have a loving relationship filled with plenty of healthy communication. A
good friend of mine had it worse when he converted from Judaism to Evangelical Christianity
and then to Catholicism.

Dilemma

How discouraging it was for me to learn today that not only is my mother-in-law
displeased with our conversion to Catholicism, she honestly believes we’ll be going
to hell if we persist in it.

Scared Stupid

If these “secularity” measures go through, the faithful remnant of France
should make t-shirts, jeans, or some ubiquitous item take on religious symbolism.
Ghandi did it with the spinning wheel.

French
PM Presses on with Law Banning Muslim Veils

By Timothy Heritage

“PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin vowed on Saturday
to press on with plans to introduce a law that would ban Muslim headscarves in state
schools despite growing opposition from Muslim protesters and some politicians.”