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The Lost Weekend
By
awelborn
Well, not lost, because other people’s good times were facilitated. Which is important. And hey, I didn’t mind sponging up 11 episodes of Lost. I did mind the Vols losing – could only watch that up until the end of the 3rd quarter. I didn’t mind the Colts winning – I didn’t watch that until…
Mission Territory
By
awelborn
France is a leading missionary target now: New figures show that the modern missionary is eschewing countries such as Nigeria, Papua New Guinea or India in favour of that unlikely heart of darkness: France. The latest edition of Religious Trends, a compilation of Christian statistics published last week, shows that France overtook Kenya last year…
Getting Religion
By
awelborn
A couple of interesting paragraphs from a NYTimes Magazine article by a former Catholic (in his youth), former evangelical (in his older youth) and, here observer of the recent Billy Graham Crusade in NYC. But the thirst for knowledge isn’t limited to those who attend the right schools. (Nor, I was to learn, is it…
In Persona
By
awelborn
As Rocco points out, the Angelus message this morning seemed …pointed. In particular, my thoughts go today to priests, to stress that the secret of their sanctification is to be found right in the Eucharist. Through sacred Ordination, the priest receives the gift and commitment of repeating sacramentally the gestures and words with which Jesus…
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