Archive for August, 2012

How the Contraceptive Mindset Helped Pave the Way to Same-Sex “Marriage”
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How the Contraceptive Mindset Helped Pave the Way to Same-Sex “Marriage”

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by on Aug 31, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Marriage, MyChurchParish.com, The Homosexual Agenda
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After looking at the comments left on my last post, Was Jesus Really Silent on Same-Sex “Marriage”?, I recognized the need to be more explicit on a point. Even though the gospels record only a few statements from Jesus regarding marriage, it is enough to undercut any claim by Christians that marriage should be redefined […]

The American Bible Challenge – #TABC Is Television Worth Watching
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The American Bible Challenge – #TABC Is Television Worth Watching

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by on Aug 31, 2012 in Education, Featured, On Media
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For awhile my teens were fans of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? They loved the fact that the contestant was earning money for charity, the increasing difficulty of the questions, and the drama of the contest. But I didn’t like the questions which had little educational content. So aside from Jeopardy, which they find […]

Democrats are the True Abortion Extremists
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Democrats are the True Abortion Extremists

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by on Aug 31, 2012 in Columnists, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics
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With fewer than three-dozen reckless words uttered in a local television interview, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin managed to do what President Barack Obama, erstwhile Obama cheerleader Sen. Claire McCaskill and the entire Democratic Party have struggled unsuccessfully to do for months now: Knock the Republican Party off message and distract voters from their own failed […]

Poem: "Remember"
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Poem: “Remember”

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by on Aug 31, 2012 in Poetry
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Remember Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you plann’d: Only remember me; you […]

Does Latin Make You Sound Brilliant? Totusly!
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Does Latin Make You Sound Brilliant? Totusly!

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by on Aug 30, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Marriage
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Totus Tuus: a brief, yet brilliant play (Christmas morning, eager child poised in front of tree with one large present, puffy-eyed parents on couch clinging to coffee mugs, How Deep Is Your Love plays softly in the background) Child:  Can I open it? Mum:  Certainly, dear, it’s yours! (child rapidly tears through wrapping paper, exposing […]

A Doctor's Commentary: Akin is Right
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A Doctor’s Commentary: Akin is Right

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by on Aug 30, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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When the Congressman Todd Akin story first surfaced, I regret to admit that I jumped on the growing bandwagon criticizing his statement from both the feminist and scientific perspectives. I said that he was wrong to say that pregnancy from rape is rare, or that it does not really happen. As the controversy exploded, I […]

The Road to Rome, Part III: Why Not Eastern Orthodoxy?
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The Road to Rome, Part III: Why Not Eastern Orthodoxy?

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by on Aug 30, 2012 in Apologetics, Catechesis, Featured
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This is the third of six articles relating the writer’s journey into the bosom of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Having succumbed to spiritual desolation following the rejection of his Adventist heritage, the young seeker investigates various Christian traditions, hoping to discover the Truth. Part I may be found here; Part II here. […]

7 Types of False Love
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7 Types of False Love

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by on Aug 30, 2012 in Dating & Singles, Featured
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There is nothing quite like being in love and sharing a loving relationship. You often hear about finding “true love,” but we seldom stop to think about what that means. To consider this properly, you need to know a little something about true love. What makes it true? There is much to say about true […]

The Elephant and the Human Baby
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The Elephant and the Human Baby

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by on Aug 29, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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A headline caught my eye recently. It read, “Why Elephants Require Legal Personhood,” and was written by Steve Wise, the president of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights. He was expressing his concern over a zoo’s treatment of three Asian elephants—Billy, Tina, and Jewel. According to a lawsuit, these elephants seem to be routinely […]

CodePink Won’t Make Me Blush or See Red
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CodePink Won’t Make Me Blush or See Red

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by on Aug 29, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Women
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A costume party at the GOP convention? Among those protesting this week at the Republican National Convention, representatives from the radical feminist group CodePink are making a strong statement for women (or is that “womyn”?) by dressing up as vaginas to oppose what they’re calling the Republican “war on women.” Talk about a powerful statement. […]

5 Ways to Stop Your Six Year Old from Becoming a Sex Object
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5 Ways to Stop Your Six Year Old from Becoming a Sex Object

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by on Aug 29, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, On Media, Parenting
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A new study just out from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, shows that girls as young as six are being conditioned by secular media to view themselves as sex objects. Yes, you read that right sex objects. At a time when they should be learning to read and exploring their artistic creativity, they are instead taking […]

The Best Book on Homeschooling I Have Ever Read
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The Best Book on Homeschooling I Have Ever Read

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by on Aug 28, 2012 in Education, Featured, On Books
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I don’t often reread books. As a book reviewer, I always seem to have more good books in my “to be read” pile than I could ever have time for. Therefore, for me to read a book twice, it really needs to be something extraordinary and helpful to my life. A Little Way of Homeschooling […]

Winning the Battle against Temptations
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Winning the Battle against Temptations

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by on Aug 28, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Men
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Whoever endures to the end will be saved. (Matthew 10:22) For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the LORD—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When you call me, and come and pray to me, I will listen to […]

The 50/200 Paradox: Loving Children Who Die Before Birth
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The 50/200 Paradox: Loving Children Who Die Before Birth

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by on Aug 28, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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In the Fall of 2009 we unfortunately found out at 18 weeks that one of our twins did not survive. I had a case of H1N1 a few weeks prior, and it affected one of the babies. Thankfully our remaining child was growing well and was not at any increased risk. We named the son […]

Poem: "Rhinestone Beauty"
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Poem: “Rhinestone Beauty”

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by on Aug 28, 2012 in Poetry
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Rhinestone Beauty Endless sandy roads Wasteland I turn my steps Behold such blinding lights White sun glare, sharp shapes Glistening far away that heat rising day Gleaming desert sun lakes Glass ocean floor Scrapers like stainless steel flowers rising tall Proudly brushing sky ceilings Every building wall reflecting Every human eye gazing Rhinestone beauty Man […]

Do No Harm?: Medical Journals Show Increasing Support for Euthanasia
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Do No Harm?: Medical Journals Show Increasing Support for Euthanasia

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by on Aug 27, 2012 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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Primum non nocere. First do no harm. This edict has been part of medical ethics since the time of the ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, in the fifth century B.C. It is found in the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of medical writing attributed to Hippocrates. The original Hippocratic oath includes: I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit […]

Reflections for Sunday, September 2, 2012
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Reflections for Sunday, September 2, 2012

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by on Aug 27, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8; Psalm 15:2-5; James 1:17-18,21-22,27; Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23) Allowing the Word of God to Transform Our Lives “Be doers of the word and not hearers only.” (James 1:22) Words, words, words! We live in a very verbal world. Televisions, radios, iPods, tablet computers, newspapers, billboards, books, magazines—they […]

Define Liberalism, Joe and Steve
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Define Liberalism, Joe and Steve

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by on Aug 27, 2012 in Featured, Government & Politics
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Mr. Fulwiler, how is it going?  So, I see you have contributed over at Catholic Exchange.  You offered some good thoughts on Libertarianism.  I would have to say I agree with much of what you said.  I went to your parish this past weekend.  It is most beautiful. Mr. Skojec, long time since those Steubenville […]

U.N. Delegates Beware
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U.N. Delegates Beware

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by on Aug 27, 2012 in Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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The UN is in the midst of a multi-year campaign to regularize homosexuality and other behaviors in the scheme of international law. The skirmishes began many years ago with attempts by Brazil to place sexual orientation within a resolution at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva. This failed more than once but it was a […]

Should We Pray for Healing?
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Should We Pray for Healing?

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by on Aug 27, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, Health & Fitness, Live in Christ
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It is ironic that, as a Catholic, the most difficult part of having a chronic health issue isn’t the health issue itself but is the big question: Should I pray for healing…or should I carry my cross? And it is that question that often keeps us spiraling through a journey that is already burdensome and […]

Lacrimarum Valle—The Vale of Tears
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Lacrimarum Valle—The Vale of Tears

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by on Aug 26, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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In the English translation of the Marian Antiphon, the Salve Regina, the word vale is used to indicate our current situation—our existence within a vale of tears. The pronunciation of this word differs between priests, seminarians, consecrated men and women, and the laity throughout the country. I have heard it pronounced similar to the word […]

Poem: "A Clock Stopped"
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Poem: “A Clock Stopped”

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by on Aug 26, 2012 in Poetry
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A Clock Stopped A Clock stopped — Not the Mantel’s — Geneva’s farthest skill Can’t put the puppet bowing — That just now dangled still — An awe came on the Trinket! The Figures hunched, with pain — Then quivered out of Decimals — Into Degreeless Noon — It will not stir for Doctors — […]

St. Joseph Calasanctius
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St. Joseph Calasanctius

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by on Aug 26, 2012 in Saint of the Day
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St. Joseph Calasanctius was born in Arragon, in 1556. When only five years old, he led a troop of children through the streets to find the devil and kill him. He became a priest, and was engaged in various reforms, when he heard a voice saying, “Go to Rome,” and had a vision of many […]

What Is Social Justice?
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What Is Social Justice?

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by on Aug 25, 2012 in Apologetics, Catechesis, Columnists, Featured
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According to the Compendium issued by the Holy See in 2004, “the primary and fundamental” core principles of Catholic social doctrine are “the dignity of the human person, the common good, subsidiarity and solidarity.” All other authentic expressions of Catholic social justice stem from these “permanent and universal” principles. Simple enough, right? And yet, the […]