February 2012
90 posts
Anonymous asked: I still don't see the problem with the healthcare compromise. If religious organizations are no longer forced to provide these services, why can't people just receive the contraceptives they need?
Anonymous asked: What do you know about "a weed"?
Anonymous asked: People may not want kids, but they will want to have sex. Unprotected sex can lead to babies. Babies are more expensive than pills.
Anonymous asked: Does the E not stand for extraordinary?
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On Receiving Communion on the Tongue
From a EMHC’s perspective, it’s kind of a pain when people receive on the tongue. I’m not saying don’t do it(all of the good things people say about receiving in this way are true), but when someone comes up to me and opens their mouth, I freak out a bit.
EMHC’s already have a lot to think about: we’re already fanboying because not only have we received Jesus,...
For all the Young Catholics on Tumblr, We Pray to...
ephremhiphop:
St Augustine Friary, Chicago, Prayer Intentions for Mass on February 23, 2012:
For all the Young Catholics on Tumblr, We Pray to the Lord…
yeah, thats right, thats what I do, I’m a monk, I pray for you. Maybe when I’m a priest, I will say a Mass for you too.
What a bro.
heh. See what I did there?
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Thermopylae
Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just in all they do but showing pity also, and compassion; generous when they are rich, and when they are poor, still generous in small ways, still helping as much as they can; always speaking the truth, yet without hating those who lie. And even more honor is due to them when...
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e e cummings of the day
THANKSGIVING (1956)
a monstering horror swallows this unworld me by you as the god of our fathers’ fathers bows to a which that walks like a who
but the voice-with-a-smile of democracy announces night & day “all poor little peoples that want to be free just trust in the u s a”
suddenly uprose hungary and she gave a terrible cry “no slave’s unlife shall murder...
My boy, you may be music
My boy, you may be music.
Yes, breathe my celestial melodies
as only you ever could.
My son, you could be mountains.
Stand, holding the clouds as they rest,
as indeed you should.
My child, you can be cleverness.
Go, unwrap my mysteries like candies.
I always hoped you would.
My son, you will be small and simple,
then shall I love you most.
Though even the wisest of your...
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Hey all, a friend of mine interviewed me about Catholicism for her World Religions class. It’s long as stank, but I wanted to save it for posterity, so here it is.
Troy Cunio
OKy
okay
well, ask and ye shall receive
I suppose I ought to first point out that nothing I say is necessarily official Catholic doctrine
2 hours ago
Corinne Noël...
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Flannery O'Connor, pray for us.
Tolkien, you too, if you’re up there.
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St. Augustine, pray for us
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Amidst the mundane clutter of facebook, I found... →
A friend of mine wrote this for a friend of his, a pro-life worker who recently passed away in a car crash. I didn’t know Jon, but Nate’s writing moved me to tears.
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I saw an article the other day
I don’t remember where, so I don’t have a link.
The gist of it was that the Catholic bishops here in America are being hypocritical since they are only fighting for the religious freedom for officially “Catholic” organizations, not for anyone else. The example used was businesses owned by Catholics. Would the bishops lobby to protect them from paying for immoral drugs?
I...
Anonymous asked: You really don't know who NDT is?
Quo vadis?: Catholic Hate →
christological:
I’ve noticed that a lot of Catholic bloggers talk about Catholic hate, how they’ve experienced it and the common accusations.
I really haven’t experienced any of that from other Christians. Protestants have been very kind to me: on one occasion I was invited to a Bible study because she saw my…
Same here, for the most part. I actually can’t think of a single time a...
Anonymous asked: i. imgur. com/z4Pqv. jpg You'll probably like this a lot.
Libertarians and Stoya!: Without going into... →
libertarians-and-stoya:
Without going into Obamacare, I’d like to point out why so many people are up in arms over this whole contraceptives thing. Ultimate Control
Kathleen Sebelius who heads the HHS made this decision. It wasn’t “democratically” chosen. It didn’t go before a panel of professionals. It was chosen…
tell ‘em.
Unloading on a Random Person About Why Their...
thesyrupnugget:
Bitching to any random Catholic person you meet about how inhumane their religion is because of the Holy Wars or Vatican sex scandals, or judging any non-radical Islamic person you happen to meet because of 9/11 is pretty much like judging someone for using the Post Office knowing full-well that’s where the phrase “going postal” originated.
thanks, bro.
Online class party with Faith quickly becomes tumblr party. How predictable.
So yeah.
communistbeans:
Arrow to the knee?
PFFFFF GET OUT AND COME BACK WHEN YOU HAVE REAL THINGS.
St. Ignatius took a cannonball to the leg and still founded the Jesuits.
“Some new findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than a...”
– Pope John Paul II
In that last point, the late Pope has expressed in a nutshell how scientific enquiry works. For a hypothesis to be verified, you need confirmation from repeatable, falsifiable, and, crucially, independent experiments, observations and trials. Evolution has these aplenty.
(via...
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Anonymous asked: The only people who listen to the bishops are the Catholics involved in the bureaucracy of their religion. The rest of the catholics are just wishy-washy in their religious ideals because "it's what they know". Being catholic doesn't stop them from using bc or having premarital sex.
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Bishops Beef Up Their Response →
The leading bishops issued a longer version of the public response to the “compromise” late last night. I’m not sure that it’s meant for public consumption (it was posted to a site meant only for bishops), but Whispers got a ahold of it somehow, so here it is.
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Anonymous asked: Now everyone will have BC available to them no matter what crazy people say!
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Anonymous asked: I find it hard to believe that someone could be sent to hell for jerking off.
princesselizabethrose:
I’m a practicing Catholic, but remember practice doesn’t always make perfect
Anonymous asked: Would you say that elephants have souls because of apparent religious behaviors as well as their intelligence and advanced cognition?
Anonymous asked: Do you think it's possible for Obama to raise taxes so high for the (super rich) people throwing money at GOP candidates that it would actually cost them more than the ridiculous amounts of money they've poured into a candidate?
The USCCB have issued their statement →
badwolfcomplex:
The only complete solution to this religious liberty problem is for HHS to rescind the mandate of these objectionable services.
I strongly encourage everyone to read the whole thing.
Thank you, bishops.
Stand up for religious freedom!
badwolfcomplex:
Obama’s so-called “revision” of the HHS contraception mandate has just upped the ante for American Catholics and others opposed to the enforced payment for contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients. Under the new policy, things stand exactly as they were, except now even churches themselves must provide and pay for insurance plans that provide those “services,” because no...
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Mr. President, do you think we are stupid?
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Anonymous asked: Masturbation is still grave matter, and with grave matter such as missing Mass on Sunday, if done with full knowledge and intentionally, is indeed a mortal sin. You do need to go to confession to be absolved of it if you have intentionally (aside from factors such as habit and being addicted to it - which still does not take away your mortal capability for it) committed it. I also disagree with...
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton, raise a glass in Heaven for us, if you don’t mind.
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St. Apollonia, pray for us.
St.Abadios, pray for us.
St.Rais, pray for us.
St. Zacharias, the Wanderer, pray for us.
St. Louis de Montfort, pray for us.