"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 has been to “Make an effort to dress well for Mass”. Some of my friends expressed surprise when I said that this was one of my resolutions, since they assumed that I was the sort of person who would naturally dress smartly for Mass.
I was trying to work out how my laxity came about. Here’s how I think it happened…
Last month I went to the Catholic Answers Gala. Patrick Coffin was the Master of Ceremonies and introduced Tim Staples, the Director of Apologetics and Evangelization, with a series of Chuck Norris-like praises. I thought they deserved to be turned into memes:
Certain officials high up in the US Government (mentioning no names!) still appear to be under the impression that Planned Parenthood provides a mammogram service. I think it would be beneficial if these high-ranking officials spent more time on YouTube because, in addition to being able to watch the viral video “Gangnam Style“, they might get to see this:
Yesterday, I posted a quotation from Pope John Paul XXIII for this week’s “Wise Words on Wednesday”. When I published it, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Jay about the Papacy.
I have mentioned Jay on this blog before. He was a Protestant with whom I dialogued for a few months several years ago. When speaking about the Pope, here’s what he had to say:
“…[the Pope] has the names of God such as Holy, Father, …Vicar of the Son of God (which means in place of God)” – Jay
So, Jay asserted that Catholics give the Pope “the names of God”.
When I replied to him I responded by working through each those names in turn: “Holy”, “Father” and “Vicar”…
In honour of the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council…
”Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”
– Pope John XXIII
Last night I spent the evening teaching Pam’s Youth Group how to swing dance (my voice has just about recovered!).
We wanted to kick things off by showing them a clip of swing dancing so they could see this style of dance in all its glory. We ended up showing them a clip from Swing Kids. I had wanted to show them another video but I couldn’t find it…until this morning:
I literally cannot watch this video without smiling 🙂