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“Be proud that you are Catholic”
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jmcgee
Those words conclude this remarkable speech, delivered by a non-Catholic businessman in Ohio way back in 2003! You’ll want to read it all, but here’s a sample: The Church today, and when I say the Church keep in mind I am talking about the Catholic Church, is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The agony that…
From “Great Silence” to “Greater Love”
By
jmcgee
Those of us who saw and loved “Into Great Silence” may also want to check out a new documentary about Carmelite nuns, “No Greater Love.” The Anchoress found an enthusiastic review, and I discovered a trailer for the film on YouTube, below. Also, check out the new film’s website.
The lesson of trees
By
jmcgee
A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying God. It “consents,” so to speak, to God’s creative love. It is expressing an idea which is in God and which is not distinct from the essence of God, and therefore a tree…
At last, some news to give us joy — and hope
By
jmcgee
If the grim news has left you feeling feeling bludgeoned and bruised the last several days, the video below should lift your heart. As described at First Things: Fans greeted each other on Easter at a Sunday evening soccer match at Moscow Lokomotiv stadium. At the beginning of the second half of the match thousands…
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