January 2012
115 posts
the art of losing myself.: I'm going to abuse this... →
sweetandlovelygirl7:
cincosechzehn:
Invited to a big barbecue on a Friday. I’ll just have a fish sandwich.
Still asking St. Raphael and St. Joseph for their help.
Walked into a Protestant church. Accidentally genuflected.
Studying Latin by myself.
The…
December 2011
92 posts
“Prayer doesn’t HELP our relationship with God. Prayer IS our relationship with...”
– Mark Hart, aka The Bible Geek
Patron Saint of Bloggers
bannerofthecross:
matchlessgrace:
Did anyone else know St. Paul is the patron saint of bloggers? I’m so excited about this. Next time you are looking for inspiration to write or help with a tricky question, ask St. Paul to pray for you! :)
That’s so cool!!
My patron saint! =]
“The true meaning of Christmas was never found under a tree, but was nailed to...”
– (via gloria-in-excelsis)
Introibo Ad Altare Dei: I Bet You've Never Seen... →
definitionofbrotherhood:
mystagogy:
You never know what to expect of prayer, especially when praying with a large group, and most especially when that prayer involves Mass.
I was at Mass today at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe . The chapel was packed. The Shrine was hosting a…
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Catholic terms in Chinese
I’m trying to teach myself Mandarin Chinese. Being the religious nerd that I am, I thought I’d look up a bunch of useful Catholic terms, using a combination of Google Translate, the English and Chinese Wikipedias, and the English Wiktionary. This is the fruit of my labours (in traditional characters and pinyin). Some of the terms (especially the names near the end) are specifically...
Why penal substitution doesn't work →
“To sin is human but to remain in sin is devilish; To fall is not ruinous to the...”
– Saint John Chrysostom (via orthodoxbrit)
“All who take refuge in You shall be glad,
and ever cry out their joy.
You...”
– Psalm 5:12
It is impossible...
simplyorthodox:
“Tell me, can a soul occupied with the merriment’s of this age, feel this joy? It seems to me that as man cannot serve both God and mammon, so too is it impossible for one occupied with temporal delights to feel spiritual joy in God.”
-St. Theodore of Sanaxar
It's Offical, the Pope to Canonize the first... →
ephremhiphop:
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha is set to be canonized by the Pope with several other saints. Here you can read the story about the boy who was healed of a flesh eating bacteria. Kateri was a Mohawk-Algonguian living near New York between 1656 and 1680. Kateri was adopted the Village Chief, who was her uncle, when her family was wiped out in a smallpox outbreak. As the Chief’s adopted...
Fr. Shane Johnson: A Typical News Day →
fathershane:
Latest numbers: Christians make up 1/3 of the world population, the world’s largest religion.
But also:
42 Christians were just arrested in Saudi Arabia for acting like Christians. Death threats, violence, torture.
57,000 Christians have fled their homes in Myanmar and aren’t getting any…
“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find...”
– St. Thomas Aquinas (via sweetandlovelygirl7)
I went to a morning Mass today
for the second Sunday in a row. I’m slowly becoming a morning person. Slowly.
This is maybe the sixth or seventh time I’ve been to Mass in the morning in my two years of being Catholic. I have to say it’s kinda growing on me. At least I don’t have to wait all day before I receive holy Eucharist.
Let us glorify the Lord
simplyorthodox:
Then let us, brothers, glorify the Lord Who has appeared, rejoice! in His Nativity! Nothing will take this joy away from us, — neither poverty, nor offences, nor labour day and night: He has blessed all this, and magnified it, and sanctified it with Himself in the town of Bethlehem. Let us draw instruction from here, and to Him, Who has loved us, glory and honour, power and...
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I'm still alive
Despite finals + wisdom teeth removal.
Since my finals didn’t start until last Thursday, I relaxed a bit the weekend before.
-Lunch with Marie on Saturday
-Sunday: RCIA dismissal at 7pm / Cantor at 9pm
-Monday: Tangled with Jess, Kurt, and Marie
-Tuesday: baked cookies and started studying / writing paper for embedded systems.
-Wednesday: Studying for Artificial Intelligence....