Archive for June, 2007
“The true gentleman is God’s servant.”-Unknown
Friday, June 29th, 2007
One thing I always wondered about was the concept of sainthood. If we are all sons and daughters of God, equal before God, then why should the Church condone the building up of individuals by creating saints?
I brought this question to a learned friend of mine and his question convinced me…, so I thought I […]
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.”
Friday, June 29th, 2007
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Nelson Mandela
Hate is defined as ‘ […]
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Trust & Belief
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Belief is an incredible thing. It’s something that those of us who are deeply committed hold on to regardless of what life can through in our direction. Most with strong beliefs will say they are on a journey and with that comes a loyalty that is tested by many a temptation.
Now when I speak of […]
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“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” - Albert Einstein
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Pope Benedict recently clarified the Church’s support for the use of adult stem-cells in medical research. In recent years the Church has been outspoken in its condemnation of embryonic stem-cell research and now scientists are faced with an obvious alternative. The Pope spoke clearly on the matter during his public audience on the 27th of […]
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Motu proprio
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
The news from Rome at the moment is the preparation of the much anticipated motu proprio - Summorum Pontificum - which allows the celebration of a pre-Vatican II type Mass without the consent of the overseeing bishop, as is the current situation. This all begs the question ‘Where is the Church going?’. I, for […]
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“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Oddly enough the issue of global warming only seems to be sinking in now and it took the lives of at least 10 Englishmen, in flooding unsurpassed by recorded history, to wake the world. This is only on my mind because I was talking to my uncle lately and he still claims that the whole […]
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My Musings on a Bus
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
On the bus this morning I couldn’t help noticing that most of the passengers were foreign nationals and it led me to reaffirm for myself my views on nationalistic politics. This may seem extreme but I never liked the idea of nationalities….
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