Archive for April, 2013

Date Night for Parents
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Date Night for Parents

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To: Marybeth From: Dad is Desperate for a Date My husband says we should have “date nights” without our three kids, but free evenings are almost impossible to find. Our children’s schedules are full of school, sports and social activities that keep us coming and going, and when we finally choose date night, I’m either […]

President Obama and 'Equality'
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President Obama and ‘Equality’

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As all the world surely knows by now, “equality” is the ideological key to President Obama’s domestic policies. That all people are created equal, the president says, is the “most evident of truths.” Whether that’s so or not, it is unquestionably the case that you express any reservations whatsoever about equality these days at no […]

The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers
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The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers

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Things are mighty heated these days. Tempers are flaring and minds are closed. Here’s the solution: the wit and wisdom of Will Rogers. “The short memory of voters is what keeps our politicians in office.” “We’ve got the best politicians that money can buy.” “A fool and his money are soon elected.” Rogers spoke these […]

How to Help an Aging Parent Who Refuses Help
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How to Help an Aging Parent Who Refuses Help

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During my speaking tours around the country, I get a chance to hear what is on the minds and hearts of adult children, the challenges that are the toughest for them to deal with.  One question I hear over and over goes something like this, “We see our parents struggling with their living situation, and […]

What I Saw at the Gosnell Trial
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What I Saw at the Gosnell Trial

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I spent the day yesterday in Philadelphia at the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. The prosecution in the Gosnell murder trial seems to be nearing the conclusion of its work. A small courtroom, able to hold about 70 people, but mostly empty throughout the day, was the site yesterday of this ongoing trial that looks […]

Jesus, the Only and Eternal Priest
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Jesus, the Only and Eternal Priest

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Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the Creed, we find the affirmation that Jesus “ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.” The earthly life of Jesus culminates in the event of the Ascension, that is, when he passes from this world to the Father, and is lifted up to His […]

Timid Men
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Timid Men

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“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson A recent video by Fr. Robert Barron, “Gay Marriage and the Breakdown of Moral Argument,” called to mind just how right Jefferson was. In his commentary, Fr. Barron said: In his great text, After Virtue, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre […]

A Reflection on Pregnancy After an Abortion
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A Reflection on Pregnancy After an Abortion

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I am pregnant with our fourth child, but this is my sixth pregnancy. Alicia and Gabriel were lost to abortion in 1994 and 2000 (may they rest in peace). This is one of the things women are never told: when the timing is “right” for a “wanted” child, they will have to answer routine questions […]

Why People With a Colorful Past Evangelize
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Why People With a Colorful Past Evangelize

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I’m not wildly enthusiastic about showing my children pictures of me between 16 years old and 26, a full decade when I was the walking epitome of what not to be when you are young, single, and clueless about your Catholic faith. I didn’t exactly punk-out Duran Duran style in the eighties but I did […]

A Garden of Visible Prayer
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A Garden of Visible Prayer

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The approach of spring is an excellent time to think of gardening. One of the projects on my bucket list is to create a beautiful flower garden in my “sacred space” near the statue of Our Lady in the forest adjoining our home. As my children were growing, then as I began writing fiction, this […]

John B. Tabb - Priest-Poet
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Tabb’s Poetry XV

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Five poems by John B. Tabb.

An Abortion Ghoul's Chamber of Horrors
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An Abortion Ghoul’s Chamber of Horrors

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Last week, I wrote a column entitled “Brutality in the Brave New World” discussing an appalling movement within the scientific community in which researchers are exploring the “therapeutic” potential of the eggs of aborted baby girls. In a similar vein, a bioethicist writing for the Huffington Post in 2009 famously suggested that pregnant women wanting […]

Is God a Methodist? <em>42</em> Inspires and Moves
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Is God a Methodist? 42 Inspires and Moves

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In an opening scene of Brian Helgeland’s moving film, 42, Branch Rickey, the famous president of the Brooklyn Dodgers and played by Harrison Ford, is reviewing files of potential black baseball players whom he might bring into major league baseball in the face of inevitable hate, vitriol, and racism. He picks up Jackie Robinson’s file. “He’s […]

Poem: "Beneath the Weight"
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Poem: “Beneath the Weight”

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Beneath the Weight Beneath the weight of death we’d break If God did not lift up that mass, Why? For love and mercy’s sake Until the weight of death should pass Even God had strained and groaned So heavy did our burden prove, That when He moved away that stone It was eternity He moved […]

Reflections for Sunday, April 21, 2013
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Reflections for Sunday, April 21, 2013

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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Acts 13:14,43-52; Psalm 100:1-3,5; Revelation 7:9,14-17; John 10:27-30) Heaven, Our Inheritance as Beloved Children of God They were … wearing white robes. (Revelation 7:9) Jesus, I can’t wait to get to heaven and put on my white robe. It’s going to be so exciting, experiencing the greatest […]

Are You Just a Mother?
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Are You Just a Mother?

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We’ve all heard the new modern meme: You’re just a mom? or You are just a mom! or Are you just a mom? or Oh, you are just a mom. I put a question mark at the end of that first iteration for a reason. Today, more than ever, women — mothers in particular — […]

The Sky is Crying
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The Sky is Crying: John Adams Repents

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A generation that never learns accountability and sacrifice will not value their inheritance.

16th Amendment Ratified - Newspaper Headline
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The Progressive Income Tax Turns 100

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In no time, progressives learned they could never get enough.

A Covenant Against Porn
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A Covenant Against Porn

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Pornography is becoming more prevalent and more accepted not only in the wider culture but also within family life. With primetime TV getting more explicit, hundreds of cables stations to surf, and the internet and digital devices flooded with indecent sites and tweets, parents can feel overwhelmed and helpless. Parents, don’t despair! You are still […]

Dr. Kermit Gosnell - Philadelphia Clinic
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Violence On Their Behalf

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The babies have to be destroyed to save the next generation of babies from being punished with babies.

Poem: "A Flower’s Beatitude"
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Poem: “A Flower’s Beatitude”

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A Flower’s Beatitude A poem dedicated to my wife The colorful glee of a flower’s bloom, tragically dies, If it does not touch joyful and receptive eyes. For flowers yearn to not only survive but to grow in the human soul, To avoid wilting into merely natural wholes. What a mysterious paradox of a natural […]

Not the Devil, but Silver-Tongued
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Not the Devil, but Silver-Tongued

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The devil is in the details. Maybe I’d better explain. As it goes, the hit History Channel show, “The Bible,” was recently called out because the actor playing the part of Satan, Moroccan-born Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, looks eerily similar to President Obama. I don’t think Obama is the devil, but he surely has one characteristic […]

Weekly Wits
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Weekly Wits: 4/13/13

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Marriage Is What It Is
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Marriage Is What It Is

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“It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is,” said the smooth-talking, skirt-chasing, totally busted philanderer. “Well, no, Bill,” replied Congress. “Actually, things just ‘is’ what they is.” Here’s what marriage is: The God-ordained, lifelong, covenantal union between man and wife, designed to provide men, women and children optimal stability and overall well-being. […]