Thoughts & Questions
‘Over the pope…there still stands ones own conscience’
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
I have to admit that I was a little surprised when I came across this quote by the then Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI:
“Over the Pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else, if necessary even against the [...]
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“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” ~ Dale Carnegie
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
I said goodbye to a lot of my friends yesterday as I found out they were no longer employed at my place of work.
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“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear…” - I John 4:18
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
I don’t know about many of you, but it is really easy to be scared these days. In a world where war is not just something happening between nations across the ocean but between neighbors down the street, it’s easy to fall into a pattern of hiding under the blanket with our headphones and books, [...]
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A path with pain
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo receives ample press coverage each July - the last Sunday of the month, ‘Reek Sunday’ marks the call to ascend the holy mountain for tens of thousands of people. Even on any given weekend, hundreds of pairs of feet, booted and bare, make their way to the summit.
Similarly, pilgrimages to [...]
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Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. –John F. Kennedy
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
In war I have often wondered how one side can revel and gloat in a situation that has turned to their advantage; especially when it involves the loss of lives.
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Health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of: a blessing that money cannot buy. - Izaak Walton
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
€245 million is not just a figure on could shrug off and say it does not matter and yet the HSE appears to be doing just that.
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“Faith isn’t faith until it’s all you’re holding on to”
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
So financial companies fall; some forever, others are saved and generally the world is turned upside down and the reality of the credit crunch starts to become apparent. It sounds like fun doesn’t it?
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“Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.” St. Robert Bellarmine
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Today is the feast day of one of the greatest examples of a saintly Catholic apologist, St. Robert Bellarmine SJ. This is the man who fought tooth and nail to defend the Catholic faith against the rallying war cries of Luther, Calvin and Henry, to name but a few. He is recognised as a Doctor [...]
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The Devil And Daniel Webster
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI’s recent French visit has drummed up quite a bit of media coverage, effectively overshadowing another story from France which emerged over the past fortnight concerning a very different Church.
The Church of Scientology, who have faced various legal wrangles in the past, is set to be tried for organised fraud in [...]
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“He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.” - Seneca
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
It says something about our society and culture when murders can take place in plain sight and in areas where members of the public can be placed in harms way.
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