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Neutering Christmas

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” The attempts to de-Christianize Christmas are as absurd as they are relentless. The United States today is the most tolerant and diverse society in history. It celebrates all faiths with an open heart and open-mindedness that, compared to even the most advanced countries in Europe, are unique.”

“Yet more than 80 percent of Americans are Christian, and probably 95 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas. Christmas Day is an official federal holiday, the only day of the entire year when, for example, the Smithsonian museums are closed. Are we to pretend that Christmas is nothing but an orgy of commerce in celebration of . . . what? The winter solstice? ” – Charles Krauthammer, “Just Leave Christmas Alone“

(Thanks, Dappled Things)

Life Is Worth Living

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The title of this post was the name of a TV show hosted by Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
It was so popular that it got better ratings than Milton Berle. Sheen, so far as
I can tell, was a very holy man and was responsible for leading a lot of people
into the Church. There’s
apparently some momentum for starting his cause for canonization. I’m all for
it.

Validity of Councils

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Why/how are post-schism councils valid? I thought all the sees had to be represented in order for councils to make infallible statements. Since the Orthodox still have valid orders, there are apostolic sees that have not participated in councils with the West for nearly a millennium. What am I missing?

Blast From the Past

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I was using StumbleUpon today and stumbled upon the WayBack Machine. It's a huge repository of "snapshots" of the internet over time. Here's one of my blog (back when it was called Scribbled Lines) from Thursday, June 13, 2002. I'm not sure why the title font is so big. It didn't look that way back in the day. *shrug* You'll also notice that I was even worse at proofreading than I am now. 😛