Praise God!  Partial birth abortion ban is upheld.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18174245/

Again...O Death where is your sting?  O Hades, where is your victory?!  CHRIST IS RISEN!

Posted in memory and in honor of Virginia Tech students and faculty.

If any man be devout and loveth God,
Let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast!
If any man be a wise servant,
Let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord.

If any have laboured long in fasting,
Let him how receive his recompense.
If any have wrought from the first hour,
Let ( Read more... )

The Great Pea FiascoI was extremely excited to see that the food court had "Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup" today, so I got some. It had peas. So I pulled out the peas one by one with my spoon and put them on a napkin. Well, I started to get careless, and one fell into my open backpack and landed on my checkbook! GROSS! I picked it up with ( Read more... )

Second Exapostilarion of Thomas Sunday

Today it smells like springtime,* and
new creation is dancing.* Today the
locks are removed* from the doors and
the disbelief* of Thomas the friend who
cries out,* "You are my Lord and my
God."

Dear Friends ( Read more... )

"If you think that voting for a conservative president will solve the problem, think again. If you think that appointing a couple of Supreme Court justices will overturn Roe v. Wade, just look back to Ronald Reagan. We have not done enough, and political victories mean nothing until hearts have changed ( Read more... )

GOOD-FRIDAY, 1613, RIDING WESTWARD ( Read more... )

The Hogar Rafael Ayau orphanage/monastery in Guatemala does not have a permanent priest and they need a priest for Holy Week -- please help! Please talk to priests you know and try to find if there are any available priests who would be willing to serve in Guatemala!!! This is next week so we need to move fast ( Read more... )

So the kids in the chapel have calmed down during the sermons since they got significantly shorter (i.e., Fr. Demetri instead of Fr. George). So there have been no riots or screaming or anything like that. But we did have some interesting answers to the questions in the sermon today ( Read more... )

''Empty Playgrounds ( Read more... )