tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293141832012-02-16T20:44:16.459-06:00A Former CINO (Catholic In Name Only) gradually learns and accepts the whole Magisterium Truth and Nothing but the TruthCathy_of_Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comBlogger13811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314183.post-7468239395169860442011-12-31T20:23:00.001-06:002011-12-31T20:24:46.424-06:00

Go to Mass today! Oh, and, Happy New Year too!

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The twenty-fifth day of December.In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth

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Terry's Christmas card arrived today and said just that! ROFL! Thanks, Ter, it gave me the laugh I needed. Advent has been drier for me this year than any Lent.Satan is attacking and I've given in on a few occasions. I went to Confession again today. I feel like maybe I should just camp out in the Confessional. I'm waiting for Father to say "You, AGAIN?!" But, better that than the Lord asking "

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Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!

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Gentle Reader: (all 5 of you!). Sorry, I've been scarce, but that's life, ya know?How's the first week of the improved translation going? I'm glad you asked! lol Ok, you didn't, but it's my blog so I'm going to tell you anyway!I'm too young to remember the changes to the Mass in the late 60's - early 70's so I'm counting this as a first. Well, not really if I count my first experience with the

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Avoid the Black Friday insanity! Forget the debates over opening times at the stores! Join me at Mass today! Drag out that farewell to the Roman Missal, 2nd edition!St. Catherine of Alexandria, my confirmation saint and patroness of this blog, pray for us!

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My latest bumper sticker. Folks, it's time to be "in your face". Get one from the Catholic League of Minnesota here

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Father Z gave Vincenzo Pope Pius clocks a shout out and I thought I would follow suit. Below is a reprint of my review from May of 2010. I still have my clock. It still runs and I love it!For over 10 years I’ve had a kitchen clock that my good friend, Laura, bought for me years ago. It sings out a different bird at the top of the hour. You may have had one a decade ago; they were a “fad”

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The National Catholic Reporter aka "The Fishwrap" (Father Zuhlsdorf) aka "The National Catholic Heretic" (Ray from MN) aka "Eco-Outhouse Paper" (Cathy of Alex) had another delusional article this week wherein they continue to think, or rather, hope,:a)the Church is a democracy and the faithful have a vote in Church electionsb)the National Catholic Reporter is the Catholic newspaper of record and

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Gentle Reader: Has anyone, besides me, noticed the entertainment weeklys in the United States over the last several years treat non-married opposite sex couples and same sex couples as "no big deal" and it's perfectly normal and acceptable to "shack up" and have kids with multiple partners that you will not have to deal with because you'll have your illegal nanny and au pair to raise them for you

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Gentle Reader: My friend, Mitchell Hadley, Roman Catholic and Cultural Archeologist, who is a Managing Editor and blogger at Our Word and Welcome to It! has another blog called It's About TVOn It's About TV , Mitchell has footage of President John F Kennedy's funeral Mass in November of 1963 as it aired on CBS, as well as his own observations and commentary of this important cultural and

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For Sr. Thomas More, CSJ (Margery Smith), a view and a poem through the windows of Whitby Hall 25 years ago this month! Spring and Fall to a young child MÁRGARÉT, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves, líke the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Áh! ás the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh

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My latest post over at Our Word and Welcome to It is my musing on Occupy (insert location here).My post does not discuss the Occupy Your House! (a.k.a. Stay In Your House!) movement that Terry is trying to get off the ground. Perhaps, I'll discuss that in a future post!

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Gentle Reader: I've not done an activist post for a while. Heck, I've not posted for a while! lolIt's time to get serious about what marriage means. If you believe, as the Roman Catholic Church teaches us that Christ intended, that the family is a miniature of Holy Church; God as the bridegroom (Father) and the Church as the bride (Mother). If you are a Catholic and you think that the family unit

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Gentle Reader: Many of you, including myself, have read St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle . I found it difficult as I usually find mystical writings. I'm not always sure mysticism makes sense to anyone but the person experiencing it. Much like this blog and its posts - probably don't make sense to anyone except me!In the Gospel of St. John 14:2, Jesus talks about His Father's house having

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I find it interesting that supposed Catholic parishes charge up to 3 figures for yoga, enneagram, tai-chi, labyrinth, channeling, reiki and other New Age non-Catholic (and in my opinion and in the opinion of other like,oh ,the USCCB) "classes" held on parish grounds or in the Church. I once attended yoga classes in the main church itself. It was a church with moving chairs so they moved them and

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I’m re-reading Donna Steichen’s book Ungodly Rage: The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism. I realized, recently, that this book was originally published in 1991 – right when I was an undergrad in a Catholic women’s college and focusing on Feminist Theology as part of my Theology minor. I’m not kidding. It also recently occurred to me that it is too bad that I did not read Steichen’s book at the

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This blog won "Blog that Needs to be Updated More Often" in the 2011 Catholic Cannonball awards hosted by Her Royalness, The Crescat. Deep curtsy.Thank YOU! You all inspire me and you all contribute to the blog.

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Please remember our friend Tom in Vegas and his family in your prayers. His Dad is in the hospital.

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I was wrong to pick on the First Lady the other day and I'm wrong to criticize what people wear either to Mass or outside of Mass. In the quest to be a better person, I've decided it doesn't matter what you wear, Jesus loves you and I should too! From now on, everyone is beautiful and there are no bad clothes, just judgemental people!Isn't she beautiful and confident!?! Her face is really

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There is a lot of invective in the Catholic blogosphere and I'm sorry if I cause any of it. However, the worst invective occurs offline - what you don't see.When I first started blogging there were some very popular bloggers who had nice photos of far off lands, some carried teddy bears, some made us laugh, some seemed very committed to the Faith and spiritual. Then, one day they are smashing

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My favorite local progressive parish, recently did a survey of its parishioners. Business minded folks who see all churches as a business may praise this survey. Surveying parishioners is not always a bad thing, but, seriously, surveying parishioners about "inclusive language", "length of the Mass", "guest speakers", "quality of the musicians"? Ok, honestly, the entire thing gives me a

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It's been a while since I posted on fashion. This post, as you can see from the pic, has nothing to do with fashion. Saw this belt(way) horror over at Auntie Adrienne's blog and almost fully regurgitated the pizza I had yesterday for lunch.Where to start:Friends, belts are worn on the WAIST!Belt should be worn under the cardiganPull the poly dress out of your crotch.Leave the 1960s CIA attache

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It's time for The Crescat's Cannonball Catholic Anti-Blog Awards - not to be confused with the "Anti-Catholic Awards" sponsored by Bob Jones University and the National Catholic Reporter This blog is nominated in two categories:1) Snarkiest Catholic Blog 2) Best Blog that Needs to Be Updated More OftenThere are a lot of really good blogs on the nominee list. Deep curtsy to The Crescat for

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Today in history "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repealed in the U.S. Military. Today in neighborhood history I'm in Day Two of the door-to-door election campaign siege: Meaning they knock and I refuse to go to the door and then throw their literature they insert in the door frame in the trash. I used to feel a sense of obligation and guilt if I didn't go to the door so there I would be: holding

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Another prominent priest is being challenged by his Bishop and, thus far, it's not clear that this priest is going to submit to his Bishop's authority.It's enough to make one wonder what is going on? Or, is what is going on necessarily bad? In any case, be careful in assuming that priest's who have these dynamic ministries have not let the attention they get from these high profile ministries

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Where is it?For several months now, actually for nearly a year, I feel like I'm faking any joy I show to the outside world. I don't know. I can't articulate it. But, it feels like I forgot how to be happy. Really happy. I've been so busy with work and family that it's consuming my life to the point that I can't relax. I can't just. be. I don't know joy much anymore. Truly.The only thing that

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This is a post that I originally did as part of the 2,996 Project on the five year anniversary of 9/11. I'm reprinting it today.Ariel Louis Jacobs b. September 16, 1971, d. September 11, 2001"We are lucky enough to know that we are more than our losses"-Jenna Jacobs, widow of Ariel JacobsAriel Louis Jacobs, Ari, to his friends, was a man at the top of his stride. A newlywed, he and Jenna were

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was being lazy and overslept. I called work (the office was not open yet) and left a message saying I was late because I forgot to tell them I had a dentist appointment. Yes, I lied - a lie that, given the real tragedy of the events of the day, has shamed me ever since.About 8:00 a.m. central time, just before heading to the bus stop to catch the bus

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I was sitting in the Adoration Chapel this week praying the Lord wouldn't notice me because I'm currently in a sinful state. Ok, who isn't? But, mine are mortal and I can't get to Confession until Saturday afternoon. Of course, the Lord notices everything and everyone but when I'm really bad I just hope I kind of fly under His radar and He notices the people who are even worse than me!Which is

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I come back and Terry closes his comboxes! Coincidence?!Already, I'm struggling with what to post on Day 2 of my triumphant return to blogdom! ROFL

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Miss Catherine Alexandria1st Hour, Mr. Ratzinger's classI was happy not to blog this summer. I spent a lot of time in my yard creating new garden beds, digging sod out, making many trips to the compost site, moving 10 pound edging stones into place. I realized that being on the backside of 40 means that I hurt all over after every stint in the yard for at least 2

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Thought: What if the people you know were raptured? Dear God what if they came back? Take my boss please! lolI confess. I've been spraying Round Up on Terry's hedge (neighbor side).They paid me and I needed the extra cash! There. Now it's out there. Speaking of Terry, the series on "Effective and Meaningful Employee/Employer Relations" that he and I were going to start completely bombed out due

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Gentle Reader: Today, in the U.S., is Memorial Day-the traditional start of summer. Also, it is a day to remember those who gave their lives for our country. It is also a time to remember other loved ones and decorate their graves. I was at Fort Snelling National Cemetary today decorating the graves of my mother and brother.I know I've been scarce lately but I've been extremely busy. Honestly, I

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I want to set the record straight. I could've been Raptured a few days ago. I saw THE light! But, I was ashamed of what I was wearing. Good grief, you want me to go before the Lord wearing this off-the-rack rag?! Wait, let me get my semi-formal from Saks on! Then, I heard a voice saying I would be Raptured naked and that made me panic even more. Dude, at least let me get in some gym time!It is

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For MitchellMany Catholics among us look back with longing to a day when all Catholics knew and practiced their faith, all the Masses were solid and reverent, and all the priests were good looking and above average!It was not St. Woebegone; but it sure seems like it. I was born in the Dark Days after the Empire, uh, in the post-Vatican II era. I don’t remember a day when every Mass was mostly in

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One of the glories of being alive is you can always start over; you can always start fresh. Last week was tough; my Dad was hospitalized (he’s out now) and I was in a car accident last Sunday on my way to Mass (I made it to Mass and no one was hurt but my car door had to be replaced)If you screw up, you can start again. If you fail in your efforts to quit smoking or drinking, you can always start

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..Or, it's Hell raising parents these days!Gentle Reader: Some day you will ache like I ache There is nothing like illness and hospitalization to reveal the family and friend fault lines. I had a big argument with my Dad during his recent, and ongoing, spell of illness and hospitalization about calling a priest to bring him Communion and Anoint him. My Dad, and I know he's not alone in this,

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My boss called today. She left an urgent message on my cell phone. Some of you probably know that I had to take this week off due to family emergency. The time off was unexpected, but, gosh, it happens.I've been cranky lately because I'm starting to think I'm the jackass carrying the load and the load is my boss. I've figured out lately that she doesn't know much of anything about our job, our

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Gentle Reader: Hey, what's your good news? I don't have much so if you read this blog for light and happy escapist fare, don't read this post!!!!I warned you.Some of you know part of what has been happening if you follow my Twitter, Plurk or Facebook feeds. Also, Ray and Laura spread the word to their not insubstantial prayer lists. I am truly grateful for all the prayers. I could feel them and

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I woke up this morning and this photo was in my email. Just the photo. No message. It was from someone whose email address I don't recognize. Somehow it got thru my spam filter.What is the point of this photo? Several possibilities came to mindA) Someone is proud of being a fan of "The Birdcage"B) Breakfast at Ray's!C) Creative brainstorming session for LarryD's 2011 Christmas cardD) Reminder

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Let the post Easter Octave, post Divine Mercy Octave, post John Paul II beatification, post Rome blognic, crash begin. Now what? Where shall I go? What shall I do? What is there that matters?Note: No cigarettes were harmed in the composition of this post.

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Today, is one of my favorite days in the entire liturgical calender. This is a day that is truly Catholic (big C). In no other church is an entire day and Octave just preceeding it devoted to a reminder of the Divine Mercy of Our Lord. Give thanks to God it is so. I know I do. I am as incredulous as Thomas upon seeing the wounds of the Risen Lord at the realization that the opportunity to obtain

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Minnesota's own Ironic Catholic arrives in Rome for the big blognic! I thought her fans were mostly academic types, but you be the judge! Actual photo of her fans greeting her at the airport (below). SIC (a.k.a. Spouse of Ironic Catholic) is, sources tell me, on the next plane to Rome.

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The Crescat arrived in Rome yesterday. Some of her fans showed up at the airport gate to welcome her!Ironic Catholic claims to draw a more academic fan base, we'll see...

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For Terry. Thanks, hon!

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Remember the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Indy is navigating the cave on his way to, he hopes, find the Holy Grail? As he walks, he reads from the diary of his Father which gives the following instruction for getting thru the next danger: “Only the penitent man shall pass” Indy falls to his knees as he recognizes to show humility before God is to kneel. His quick action

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The Holy Father is scheduled to call outer space on May 4th. Father Phleger has already stated he will not accept the charges.I know!

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What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not! How can we who died to sin yet live in it? Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life. For

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Gentle Reader: My readers, all 5 of you!, know that I’ve struggled this Lent. I feel disengaged. I don’t feel like Lent is anything special. I’ve not done much “extra”. It occurs to me to wonder if my job is my cross. I prayed for a job I like. I got it but now I’m working too much. Work is taking over my life. It’s true that we can live with Christ even while we work (and we should) but I feel

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Do what I do and hide in the bathroom!The JW's were making the rounds yesterday. In year's past, my statue of Mary in the front window seemed to deter them. But, this year they were drawn to Mary and came to the door anyway.I might have gone to the door and told them 'I believe the Catholic Church contains the fullness of the Truth' and then slammed the door in their faces! But, Saturday is my

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Father Richtsteig's lumber order is leaving Grand Rapids and is on it's way to Utah! It should arrive in time for the Easter Vigil!

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Redneck tagged me for this meme. I think Redneck is twisted. This is the toughest meme I’ve ever been asked to do! Also, I can’t beat Redneck’s responses! I’ve been set up for failure! Waaaahhh* Share five things you love about Jesus/or why you love Jesus.* Tag five other bloggers.* Those tagged will provide a link in the comments section here so others can read them.Only one thing that I love

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There is an “invite”, (Well, I’m not sure it is an invite so much as I dare you to meet the criteria and attend), to a Rome blognic going around. It will reportedly take place in Rome after the Beautification of Pope John Paul II. The invitation is open to all but you have to APPLY? And send a link to your blog and space is LIMITED? Entrance passes??? Where is this thing taking place, the Holy

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Gentle Reader: The week just passed ended with a thud. It sucked. I ended Friday’s work day in complete depression. I wailed to a buddy Friday night. One of those dramatic responses to a “Hey, how it’s goin’ Cathy”, that turned out to be more than he bargained for! He had the misfortune to be the first person I encountered. My cats care but they have challenges listening.I went to Mass for the

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My 2c of advice for today before my brain empties...if you are at a "life planning workshop" or "health care planning workshop" be REALLY careful that what they are helping you plan is in accordance with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services Even if this event is hosted by a Catholic Church use caution. It pains me to have to give that warning but there are a lot

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Some days I miss my old life. I don’t miss being a dissident per se but some days I hear my old sins calling me and I regret, actually regret, that I can’t answer. Some days I curse being a Catholic and actually trying to live a Catholic life. It’s such a burden. It’s such a cross. Some days I want to set it down. Some days I wish other people could carry it-let someone else be good for a

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For AngelaYou pray once and you get a reputation of being a prayer warrior, someone that God must really listen to. Then, one day, the prayer doesn't seem to work.Is God out of town? Why does Satan always seem to answer his phone?God always listens. God always answers. Sometimes the response is "no"Some days I get angry.If we are to say "fiat" like Mary did in order to feel the power of God

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...When the Lord Calls Your NameIn our new euthanasia, death on demand, culture you can pick your own hour of death! If you are unable to do it, someone will do it for you!If you knew you were going to die at 2:00 tomorrow, if you knew the doctor was coming in with his cart of drugs, what would you do to prepare yourself?I would:Call a priestCall a priestCall a priestSomewhere in there I may call

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My last post was about what makes me laugh, this is about what makes me cry. Please pray for a dear friend Angela Messenger, her uncle, and godfather, in Holland is scheduled to be euthenized on Friday. I'm not kidding. People are actually scheduled for this abomination.Pray it doesn't happen. Pray he dies a natural death in God's time. Pray he receives the final Sacraments.This news just

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A list by Cathy 1)Terry2)LarryD3)That I name Ray’s cars (yes, I really do! I need to come up with a name for his latest car)4)Vincenzo’s perpetual hunger pains5)“Something is wrong with my Rumba password and I can’t get in!” (actual work quote)6)“I’ve lost control of my avatar. It just freaked out and took off!” (actual virtual life game quote)7)HGTV Channel-all those house-hunting shows where

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My Lent is lame. You? I feel completely disconnected. I can barely manage to remember that it is Lent right now. I don't feel any different. I'm trying to figure out why I feel so out of touch and numb.This morning, after I finished my daily Scripture reading, I stared out the front windows at the emerging Spring landscape. The snow that remains is dirty and ugly and the ground underneath is not

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It amazes me that I finally realized that the story, in Jonah, of the penitant Ninevites and their salvation from destruction is Lent preceeding Easter.40 days-doh! Ashes-duh! Fasting and penance-double-doh!It is worth it to read the Bible daily. It pays to read it with the eyes of faith.

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I think God’s instruction to “love thy neighbor as thyself” is among the hardest of all teachings. Some people are just too hard to love. Some people refuse to be loved. Some people seem to do all they can make you hate them and wish them ill. Some of my regular readers (all 5 of you!) know that I have struggled with loving my neighbors. I have one set of neighbors who make it really easy to

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Some times I don't know what I'm thinking. Clearly, only saints go to Mass. Time and time again everyone and all are worthy to present themselves for Communion. Yet, Father sits alone in the Confessional Saturday after Saturday.A relative whined to me the other day that she doesn't like to go to church because the sermon is not relevent. For the record, this relative was born and raised in the

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Several years ago, when I participated in local protests against a blasphemous play performed during Lent one of my hat..., uh, "fans" said to me "If you can't take it, get out of the creative space" In other words, shut up, don't go, don't say anything, leave it alone and allow anti-Catholic disrespect to continue unanswered.There are a lot of Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis

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Gentle Reader (Hi Anon!): You may know that I've been struggling the last few days. Serious and mortal temptations have afflicted me. I was, according to one of my Confessors,successful. Well, honestly, somewhat successful. Father says "Every time you say 'no', it is a victory" Of course, Satan and his minions can't stand that and they try harder. Maybe this is how Job felt; I don't know.I only

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Today, is the start of Lent. Today, is a day of Fast and Abstinence. Attendence at Church to receive ashes is not required but, I believe, it is a good practice to receive them. I'll be at Church later on this evening.Kindly pray for me. I'm fighting very serious temptations. Satan was attacking me most of last night and the last couple of days. God bless you.

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Ash Wednesday is in less than two days so be sure to cram in as much sin and bad behavior into the next 48 hours because at the stroke of midnight on March 8th, its time to get serious!I’m only marginally kidding. I’m speaking for myself when I say, I don’t know about you, but I tend to get into a lot of “trouble” right before the Holy Seasons of Lent and Advent. Every day should be serious. I

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Gold pants, shirtless vests, Phillip Bailey and an aerobic workout-it just doesn't get any better than this!

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Recently, an Anonymous commenter criticized me for showing a lack of charity and civility. Sometimes, it’s true that I lack both. I don’t deny it. I don’t know what Anonymous’ motivations were but I’ve found in the 5+ years I’ve been blogging that Anonymous commenters who are of the more liberal variety tend to come out and comment on my posts that criticize the “progressive” elements in the

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Ladies: Do we need further proof that as we age we are going to be blind as bats? Hold that WAYUPCLOSE to my eyes, please, dear, thank you. And who stitched that alleluia? Do you call that straight? Buy the MOON-sized host so the blind gas bags in the back can see it.Is anyone supposed to see this photo and be inspired to convert to, uh, what is it again? Yeah, register me, sis, for that

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I can no more resist weighing in on this than I can resist a plate of well-prepared Pra Rha Ram Song so you've been warned.....a cranky Cathy post!Last week a well-known priest (he's well known because he wants to be) of the more, uh, "out-there" variety got a fair amount of national press by proclaiming that women can be and should be lay preachers at his parish. Not only that, he admitted he'd

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I wonder what would happen if I called the Chancery to complain "I can't get this parish to practice liturgical abuses!"Seriously, would they:a) laughb) say: "Quit calling us Michael!"c) say: "Hang in there, we've got a Spirit of VII pastor, that no else wants, that we can send you in a few months!"

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For your consideration, as the blog awards season is upon us, when you get to the minor award categories, think of me and Terry for the following:"Blogger Most Likely to Be Hungover on Ash Wednesday"Thanks and God bless you!

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A post by Chaka Gentle Reader: Still here! I’ve been fighting, not too successfully, a sinus infection that developed after my cold/flu a few weeks ago. I spent 2 hours waiting on Saturday at “urgent” care, saw the doctor for 10 minutes and left with a script for a double-powered antiobiotic. Good times…good times….So, what’s new?Did anyone notice that Britain now allows gay “couples” to marry in

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Today is Septuagesima Sunday in the Traditional Calendar-meaning, it is now 9 weeks before Easter Sunday. This kicks off the season that is a prelude to Lent. It’s a preparation for Lent. Are you ready? There is no better time to start reflecting upon your plan to deepen your Lenten experience and make it more spiritually meaningful. Don’t spend another Lent acting like it’s just any other time

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Deep Curtsy to Angela Messenger. I stole the post title from her latest recap of the local parish meeting wherein the "double-knit dinosaurs" try to launch a takeover-or maybe just further perpetuate their mistakes? In any event, you should read Angela's post. If you don't know Angela, she's a long-time blogger and online Catholic-going WAY back to Father Z's Compuserve boards. She's also one of

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There is a lot of ink spilled, trees felled, minutes used, voices exhausted, about gay Catholics. Yes, gay Catholics exist. They walk among us. They are probably worshipping right next to you.Unlike some I don’t freak out about it. So what? Who cares?I don’t care anymore about the state of a gay Catholics soul than I care about anyone else. They are not, in my opinion (and I know this puts me in

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Last week a new app was released that is intended to guide Catholics to Confession. I'm actually upset that along with the checklist and guidence it doesn't include foursquare directions to the nearest Church with a MassTimes link to Confession times. Priest hotline or text numbers may have been nice too. Text "Priest" HELP! Because the liberal papers would have us all believe priests don't do

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Ok, I'm a week late on commenting. Like Terry, I've taken to not commenting on blogs because why give away my best stuff for free?! Really, that's not it at all, I'm not commenting on anyone's blogs these days because I just don't have time to read any of them. I don't want anyone to be offended or take it personally! I'm an equal opportunity offender!But,in this day of Catholic Blog Voting

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Gentle Reader: You are not dreaming. I took a post down.

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Gentle Reader:I live!!!! It's been a tough month. I had a huge project at work that involved long hours of cranky stress. No, I did not kill anyone that I work with and, no, I did not grab a Blue Moon, deploy a chute, yell some choice words and quit!Then, this week, a cold descended. I'm calling in the Revenge of St. Blase since I neglected to get my throat blessed this year, first time in 3

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This week exposed, as the AP called it, "The House of Horrors" of the Philadelphia abortuary of Dr. Kermit Gosnell.I read the story and thought, really, isn't EVERY abortuary a house of horror? Gosnell was caught and publicly. Those of us in the pro-life movement know that what went on in his clinic was not all that unusual.I take solace in that maybe now Dr. Gosnell will be stopped and maybe a

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Anyway, my latest post at Our Word and Welcome to It! is about the "character actors" among us. I think I forgot about Ray!

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I'm still here! Isn't that a showtune? Anyway, I'm sorry, all 5 of my regular readers, that I've been scarce but I'm working 12-14 hours/day on a big project at work. I decided NOT to work this weekend-yeah! So, here I am. To my haters, yes, I'm still alive-lolSo, it's blog award season. The inevitable dramas, tears, threats, coercions, supposedly subtle reminders, and bribery will come soon.

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A frequent complaint about Catholic Churches is that they are not welcoming. I know there are people who are attracted to faith communities that seem more welcoming. Sometimes, Catholics leave the Church after being enticed by these more welcoming communities.I used to be one. I know I was attracted to an Evangelical Church at one point in my life by my perception that they seemed friendlier and

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Gentle Reader: Blessed Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to All!I stink at New Year's resolutions. Most of the time, I don't bother. The few times I do bother I usually fail at enacting them. For a resolution to be truly sucessful requires: planning and fortitude-2 areas I lack when it comes to me personally. I can plan a project and see it thru, I can plan a

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A Happy Birthday to Catholic blogdom's favorite Aunt-Adrienne. Stop over and wish her a happy day!

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The first annual, or ever,"Take This Job and Shove It Award!" goes to Mr. Steven Slater. (Friends, you KNOW you have crossed to a new level of social media fame when you have a Wikipedia entry!)This award is to signify my envy to those who I'm most jealous of and admire in their manner of leaving their current employment in the year.Highlighting this incident probably illustrates some of the

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The twenty-fifth day of December.In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth

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For Swissy! Happy birthday, my friend.

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Gentle Reader: No, you are not imagining things-I took the post down. My family is not that bad. I inflated an incident out of proportion. My family struggles with substance abuse, yes, but they have good hearts and they'd probably give me their last $ if I asked for it. The Lord has blessed me with many who love me. I'm ashamed of myself for seeking a sympathy I don't deserve by making things

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We are a Nation of bastard children. Bastard-not a nice word, no one uses it anymore. Bastardy died to the English language along with illegitimate and marriage. It’s not politically correct to point out to someone that it’s morally wrong that they have kids out of wedlock or by multiple partners .It’s correct these days to remain silent and not pass “judgement” on others. Illegitimacy is,

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I was driving around the other day and passed one of those large outdoor Nativity scenes in someone's front yard. The homeowners added a kneeling Santa Claus to the scene.Some people get really angry and upset when they see Santa Claus added to Nativity scenes. I don't. Whether the representation is the commercialized Santa Claus, or his true self, St. Nicholas, makes no difference to me. It

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Remember last year? Sodak keeping vigil at the creche waiting for Terry to tell his annual story about the Nativity and how the animals experienced it. Well, here's Sodak again! However, Sodak understands if Terry doesn't feel like telling the story this year without Celine. But, Sodak is still doing his vigil anyway.It continues to astound me how both of my cats never touch or disturb the

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For LarryD and Nan-who is, I think, still plowed!The Magisterium of the Blizzard; that is, Adoro, Terry and Dave Dahl, issued a bull and decreed that the snow we just received in Twin Cities, Minnesota, was not a blizzard but was, in fact, a pretty big dump of frozen precipitation!Here are some photos for the sceptics-these are the folks who followed St. Thomas the Apostle for a time. The front

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Major blizzard here, yes, blizzard. It's falling so fast in St. Paul, I could hardly keep up with it using my snowblower this morning. It took me 1.5 hours to do my driveway and sidewalk and I don't have a big lot. It's still falling-fast. I'm caved in and shopped with everyone else in town last night. Oh!It's piled high and deep around here and that's even without Terry stopping by!I'm wondering

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LarryD expressing his joy at finally finding a photographer willing to shoot his annual nude Christmas card. Larry is, however, struggling with what to write for the Christmas letter insert.

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