The gusty evening air was punctuated by strains of the Black Eyed Peas covering “The Time of My Life,” as our gracious hosts hired a DJ to put on a celebration for our last night in Costa Rica.  A few of us, preferring to save our hearing, snuck out the back door and let the others dance the night away.

Gabe and I sat looking at photos of his other ( Read more... )

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Pope Paul VI would have issued this instead of Humanae Vitae:

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It's the final report of the Pontifical Commission for the Study of Population, Family, and Births.  Originally appointed by Pope John XXIII around the same time as Vatican II was wrapping up, the commission continued with ( Read more... )

First, watch this video:



Then ask yourself, who works the hardest in this country? These guys?


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Quick!  Which one of these embryos is the most important?

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At yesterday's RCIA meeting Fr. Peter spoke on the topic of morality, and how we should consider Thomas Aquinas' model when determining whether something is moral or not. The model involves 3 distinct branches - the act itself, the circumstances surrounding the act, and the intent of the person who commits the act. He stressed that it's important ( Read more... )

"For I can imagine no transgression more odious in the sight of God, and more sure to forfeit His blessing, than the willful determination to distort His revealed Word, and make it speak, not as it truly is, but as men, in their insane pride of superior philanthropy, fancy it ought to be."

"...All my prejudices of education, habit, and social ( Read more... )

I like to think that there are certain rules of thumb that bus riders observe.  We're all in the same vehicle, we need to show some respect for the other riders and share the space to make the trip as comfortable as possible for everyone.  Of course common sense dictates that we should give up our seats for the elderly. I mean you wouldn't make ( Read more... )

"But to want to affirm that... is a very dangerous thing, not only by irritating all the philosophers and scholastic theologians, but also by injuring our holy faith and rendering the Holy Scriptures false. For Your Reverence has demonstrated many ways of explaining Holy Scripture, but you have not applied them in particular, and without a doubt ( Read more... )

How bad is it when the more you study your religion, the harder it is for you to accept it? I suppose it's unfair to phrase the question in such a way. I don't necessarily take issue with the faith itself, but more the politics and hierarchy and history of the church. The more I read the more I find stuff I don't like ( Read more... )