Dealing with failure
This seems appropriate Monday morning viewing…
Category: Catholicism
Early Church Fathers Forum
I was wondering if anyone who reads this blog knows of a good internet forum for discussing the works of the Early Church Fathers. I have been looking for a little while and haven’t had much success. I’ve been petitioning Catholic Answers to add a “Patristics” section to their forum, but so far I haven’t had much luck…
The best one I’ve found to date has been the Orthodox site Monachos.net:
So…any others?
Electronic Gospel
I wish I had seen this last week before I gave my talk on Faith and Social Media:
Mass Clothes
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…
Friday Frivolity: Church History
Planned Parenthood’s Mammogram Claim
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:
Calling the Pope names
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”…