February 2012
3 posts
Komen Cuts Planned Parenthood Grants Months After... →
golly-ell:
This is terrible. Let me start by saying that I am pro life, I personally do not believe in abortion; however, I do believe in affordable heath care for women. I believe in breast cancer screenings, and birth control for people who need it, and HIV testing. I believe in prenatal care for people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford it. One argument that I hear from people who are...
January 2012
3 posts
Okay so here is a bluntly honest post.
And it might offend some people, but this has been on my mind a lot recently.
First of all let me say that A. I was raised in a very christian family, and B. I was homeschooled for many years. So I’m not just trying to bash a bunch of people who I know nothing about. All of what I’m about to say is based off of things I have experienced first hand.
I was pricing books today for the book...
December 2011
55 posts
Swords, Roses, and Feminism!: Misconceptions about... →
sweetandlovelygirl7:
I feel like a lot of people assume things about us that aren’t true. It’s not fair for people to stereotype us without even looking into anything. If you know nothing about Catholicism other than what you’ve heard in the media, you probably have a LOT of misconceptions….
Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!
soldierofthelord:
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Swords, Roses, and Feminism!: Mary is not an Idol! →
journeytotruth:
Someone was saying that Mary doesn’t exist anymore, that we should be worshipping Jesus only, and God is a jealous God, and jealous of people going to saints rather than him and we can’t worship false idols. They were also saying, if you want to approach God, you just…
Introducing the Virgin Mary as a fashion Icon →
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“For 700 years Catholic faithful expressed their devotion to the Virgin Mary by creating an elaborate wardrobe for the mother and child, on display in a new exhibit in the French city of Lyon.Playfully entitled “Fashion Icon”, the show explores how from the 12th to the 19th centuries, clothes were cut to adorn the Virgin, sometimes becoming objects of...
“If I ever make the plunge, as I’m sometimes wont to do, I’m swimming across to...”
– James K.A. Smith (via wehideinthestars)
Prayer for Young People
O God, we pray and beseech you
to guide and protect young people from the dangers that are ever present in our world today. Be with them, as they experience both sickness and health, sorrow and joy, loneliness and friendship, success and failure. Gracious God, give to them the courage and strength to make the right decisions as they journey through life. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, may...
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Saint of the Week: St. Dymphna →
Saint of the Week: Saint Dymphna
Who she is in a nutshell: An Irish saint who was martyred at the age of 15 when she refused her father’s sexual advances. She is the patron saint of the mentally ill.
Why we like her this week: As most students are either in the midst of, or nearing their exams and the end of the semester - it’s important to have someone you can pray to who will keep...
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Thoughts on Jesus:
Jesus was not perfect, he was friends with the prostitutes, and the lepers and the poor men with bad jobs. He got pissed off sometimes, he served alcohol at a wedding, people thought he was nuts. Jesus was an outcast, he that weird kid that sits in the back of the class and forms a clique with all the other weird kids who don’t fit in anywhere. Maybe he didn’t agree with everything. He didn’t...
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A Great Daily Saint Website →
you know you're catholic when...
youknowyourecatholic:
the best part about having a church crush is sitting next to them during the Our Father.
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Jessie B. Jones: Freshman year of college I was... →
jessiebeejones:
Freshman year of college I was required to take a theology class called ‘Understanding the Bible’ in which we only had one book; The Catholic study Bible. This greatly confused me because obviously, as Catholics, we don’t read the Bible, so a Catholic study Bible is a bit of an oximoron. (I was…
“I want to encourage you again to take this up [the new Mass translation] as a...”
– Bishop Michael Duca (Shreveport)
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Here's a joke I once heard: Q: What do you call a...
A: A protestant.
Hahahahahaha. Gets me every time. Seriously though, the bible may not be as big a part of Catholicism as it is for some religions. But we still read it. I think that things become dangerous though when people start to pick and choose what they are actually taking from the bible and using in their religion. It frustrates me when people say things like, Jesus hates you if you’re...