tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56248122011-04-21T23:01:12.811-04:00Conscience"...is the most secret core and sanctuary of a person, where we are alone with God."
--Pope John Paul II, address to 8th WYD, Denver, CO 8-14-93Franknoreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078268319624348592004-03-02T17:58:00.000-05:002004-03-02T18:01:24.763-05:00The Passion
Beyond words. That's how I would describe it. It wasn't a movie. It was a cinematic meditation on the paschal mystery. Stations of the Cross, sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary, the seven last words of Christ, and the Ressurection: All powerfully woven together into a mesmerizing vision of Christ's passion as anything I had ever seen.
Of course it wasn't anti-semetic; it certainly Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078267364940976122004-03-02T17:42:00.000-05:002004-03-02T17:44:52.920-05:00"Don't worry, we know what's best for you
This is what happens when societies ignore one of the core principles of Catholic social teaching. Even the Guardian gets it, for it includes this:
"'Then there is the principle of subsidiarity. That means that decisions should always be taken as close to the rock-face as possible, so if a member state is capable of regulating its own food supplements, Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078265953104425842004-03-02T17:19:00.000-05:002004-03-02T17:21:21.903-05:00Bearing the Light that shines in the Darkness
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078264919806471362004-03-02T17:01:00.000-05:002004-03-02T18:03:09.500-05:00Preview of the endgame
'The hottest debated issues of our day in our culture surround the issue of sex: the debate about the meaning of marriage, the debate about abortion, the debate about homosexuality,' West said. 'The culture war, in the final analysis, comes down to what is the meaning of sex. ... If civilization is to survive, we must return to God's plan for the sexes'
Sex. Can't hardly Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078197321368705862004-03-01T22:15:00.000-05:002004-03-01T22:17:28.903-05:00Saw the Passion on Saturday.
Tomorrow I will blog about my response to the film. The Short version: If you haven't seen it, why are you still reading this? Go see it! Now! Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078197179837103702004-03-01T22:12:00.000-05:002004-03-01T22:15:07.403-05:00More desperate dancing to Thanatos
Some just won't be satisfied until a woman, whose adulterous husband wants her to starve to death, starves to death. Keep Terry Schiavo in your prayers, and reach out any way you can. She's not safe yet! lFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078196906279812282004-03-01T22:08:00.000-05:002004-03-01T22:10:33.903-05:00America: where pro-life decals become political hotspots
The disciples of Thanatos are screaming their eyes out. Pro-life Liscense plate holders? Decals? That's state oppression! (Of course, a court can legalize the genocide of forty million unborn, but that's not oppression).
Light begins to crack the walls of this tomb.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1078196207437104902004-03-01T21:56:00.000-05:002004-03-01T21:58:54.390-05:00Pope Wants Lent to Be a "Contest of Solidarity" With Children
There can be no greater time of the year than now to seek such solidarity as this. We all need to be the ones that speak to our societies' children Christ's own words: "Do not be afraid. I am with you."
American children need to hear this now more than ever. We must embrace our children as Christ embraces us. The scourge that is our Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1075179599999190372004-01-27T00:00:00.000-05:002004-01-27T00:01:32.733-05:00Just in case we forget now!
It's heartening to review this in light of Bishop Burke's stand, Archbishop O'Malley's remarks and other encouraging signs of shepard epiphanies. This being an election year and all that!Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1075178817118310322004-01-26T23:46:00.000-05:002004-01-26T23:48:29.200-05:00"We led this search to find the truth, not to find the weapons."
Justin Katz, via instapundit, responds to David Kay's public comments, now that the report is in. I'm pleased that solid evidence exists to verify what many already knew: Bush did not lie about WMDs. What remains troubling is that US intelligence, particularly the CIA, has failed again. This is no way to fight islamo-facists and Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1075177883729294042004-01-26T23:31:00.000-05:002004-01-26T23:32:56.013-05:00Cloud-smothered night sky
Stillness, a held breath, waiting
For Artic cascadesFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1074988068246413762004-01-24T18:47:00.000-05:002004-01-24T18:49:18.280-05:00Pioneer Press | 01/23/2004 | Support for a Shepard builds!
More Shepard epiphanies!
An ad campaign by an anti-abortion group is praising the La Crosse bishop's stand against Catholic politicians who support abortion.
The American Life League used its ad campaign, called "The Way of La Crosse," to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion and to support Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1074987293844437422004-01-24T18:34:00.000-05:002004-01-24T18:36:24.013-05:00Shepard epiphany!
Hope to see more take a public stand for civilization.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1074986565579430662004-01-24T18:22:00.000-05:002004-01-24T18:24:15.856-05:00Powell: It's 'Open Question' Whether Iraq Had WMD
Note the interesting contrast between the "fact" and the quote, which is the source:
Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday it was an "open question" whether stocks of weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq
Reuters' "fact"
"'The open question is how many stocks they had, if any, and if they had any, where did they go. AndFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1074985405764551272004-01-24T18:03:00.000-05:002004-01-24T18:04:56.216-05:00Awakened again
My name, cried out in the dark
From the Heart of LightFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1069216453118687962003-11-18T23:34:00.000-05:002003-11-18T23:38:12.123-05:00Mark presents divergent views on Iraq
.Eve Tushnet has more updates
From the standpoint of Just War Theory, I find Mark from minute particulars has made the more convincing case. I'd love to believe that the administration pursued Iraq more because of a link between Al Quida and Saddam, but the main thrust of justification for the war was to act before Saddam had nuclear capability.
Does this Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068869626804589822003-11-14T23:13:00.000-05:002003-11-14T23:34:36.356-05:00(Possible saints in strange places!
The resistance continues. I'm behind the curb on this, I know. Thanks to Mark Shea for the heads-up.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068868848700270972003-11-14T23:00:00.000-05:002003-11-14T23:01:09.233-05:00Resistance to the Death Collective
Main Street America understands. Voices like this help me to breath easier. The culture of death has not killed us all, yet.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068868584730388682003-11-14T22:56:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:56:44.483-05:00death collective cries 'resistance is futile!'
Pray for Terry and her family.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068868320705492292003-11-14T22:52:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:52:20.530-05:00Tribals dare to speak out
The nerve of these colonials. They're preaching to us? We know what Scripture really means.
As the ship slowly sinks, so the band played on...Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068868133138886972003-11-14T22:48:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:49:13.000-05:00Collectivists move to Assimilate!
This quote is precious:
We cannot go back to the Middle Ages," said a spokesman for a gay rights union, shortly before couples of all gender combinations started kissing.
Mira told me the other day about how she found gay classifieds in the personals of our local newspaper. Stopping men from kissing on TV will role back the clock to times medieval? How much Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068867287767546912003-11-14T22:34:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:35:07.810-05:00Au contraire: Catholic dogmas teach respect, love
A catholic woman who understands! This is the witness we need to finally exorcise the manichean devil from our Church, and the pop culture distortion that passes for understanding of the Faith.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068867076879105042003-11-14T22:31:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:31:36.983-05:00A Shepard Stands!
Michele Curay-Cramer knew that when she let her name appear in an abortion-rights advertisement in a local newspaper she might get fired from her teaching job at an all-girls Roman Catholic high school.
Sure enough - she was. Now she's suing the school, the Diocese of Wilmington and Bishop Michael Saltarelli.
Curay-Cramer, who was fired from Ursuline Academy in January, Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068866315772516442003-11-14T22:18:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:18:56.030-05:00Catholic Cultural Centers
Maybe there is hope for Europe.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068866162134045402003-11-14T22:16:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:16:22.420-05:00Ecumenism at work!
In Britain, Margaret Thatcher "received the highest honour awarded by the Catholic Church as she was invested into an ancient sacred order at Westminster Cathedral."
In the USA, CBS tries to air a character assasination, er, um, film of Ronald Reagan.
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-106886578321206422003-11-14T22:09:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:10:03.590-05:00Really, Axis of Evil is so over the top
Another state sponser of terrorism tries to develop nuclear weapons, and Western Europe...wants to send a "strongly worded message."
What's interesting is which nation is not mentioned: Russia. No position, so far?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068865408356378012003-11-14T22:03:00.000-05:002003-11-14T22:03:48.810-05:00anti-global collectivist or local-state libertarian?
You decide. Personally, I've had it with the '68er foaming fanatics. Witness the debacles anti-globalists called "protests" in Seatlle, Italy and Quebec. However, some of her points deserve some thought, particularly in light of certain FCC regulations and Supreme Court Decisions:
''We don't like corporate globalization, which threatens to Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068650775481632762003-11-12T10:26:00.000-05:002003-11-12T10:26:12.723-05:00"He loves peace so much he'll kill..."
Disgusting. Via Mark SheaFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068649434187987382003-11-12T10:03:00.000-05:002003-11-12T10:03:51.756-05:00Defining a liberal hawk's position
Interesting perspective from Winds of Change regarding the War. Issue's not as monolithic as old media would like us to believe it is. Wonder if someone's got a conservative dove's position?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068647928065017362003-11-12T09:38:00.000-05:002003-11-12T09:48:55.970-05:00Hold the Vitriol
Nicholas Kristof is waking up. David Brooks touched on this in the Weekly Standard at the end of June. I doubt rank-and-file Dems will listen. Hate is too sweet a narcotic to pass up when the option is cool-headed common sense.
update:
William Safire has a thoughtful summary of the Dem's strategy.
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068647340640787322003-11-12T09:29:00.000-05:002003-11-12T09:57:09.200-05:00" Italy Won’t Be Intimidated"
A car bomb ripped through an Italian military police base in the Iraqi town of Nassiriya on Wednesday, killing at least 14 Italians and eight Iraqis in what appeared to be a fresh suicide attack.
The attack occurred as Washington attempted to speed up the process of handing over power to an Iraqi government, although U.S. officials insist this is not an exit Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068571557017752542003-11-11T12:25:00.000-05:002003-11-11T12:25:54.410-05:00More resistance to COD hybrid Collective
Byrd Defends Law Keeping Terri Schiavo Alive
Only in America is it a violation of the Constitution of a state for a governor to insist that a disabled woman not be dehydrated and starved to death.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068571378766027972003-11-11T12:22:00.000-05:002003-11-11T12:22:56.193-05:00Speaking of resisting the Collective:
Gay opinion 'not a crime'
One assimilation attempt fails. Of course, it's pointless to have hope, "resistance is futile" and all that.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068571184151272042003-11-11T12:19:00.000-05:002003-11-11T12:19:41.633-05:00An Attempt to resist the collective?
I wonder what will happen when this unassimilated sector is discovered. Unfortunately, it may not prove to subversive enough--if stereotypes are simply substituted for stereotypes.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068570896722863632003-11-11T12:14:00.000-05:002003-11-11T12:14:54.263-05:00mutterings of WMD al al Iraq--about Iran's atomic policy
Troublesome, to say the least. The US has many ghosts to exorcise regarding Iran. Lest this be the build up to more freedom wars, let's consider this:
1) We can best help the democratic movement afoot in Iran by toning down the rhetoric. Otherwise, we play right into the Mullah's nationalist hand.
2) Our previous interventions in Iran--Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068531643160430482003-11-11T01:20:00.000-05:002003-11-11T01:20:40.686-05:00"You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."
Tolerance is the virtue we're looking for, people. We'll throw you in jail if you don't show it.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068531048635113452003-11-11T01:10:00.000-05:002003-11-11T01:10:46.303-05:00Eve Tushnet has updates on Maher Arar
Check out archives for the heart-breaking story.
Also, Eve and have a link to a story about a woman in Norway that lost her kids because of her IQ! Lovely world we live in. Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068526697888594122003-11-10T23:58:00.000-05:002003-11-10T23:58:14.906-05:00Fantastic debate on Iraq over at Mark's C&EI
Scroll down to "Have I changed my views substiantially about the War?"
Disputations offers even more well-reasoned discourse on the subject.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068366790231274232003-11-09T03:33:00.000-05:002003-11-09T03:33:07.983-05:00"What If" War
Russell Shaw perfectly addresses my concerns (and voices my argument first, damn it!) about the justice of the Iraq War. Would that pro-war American Catholics give this view a fair hearing. Unfortunately, quite a lot of rhetoric is scalding the air around St. Blogs, particularly at C & E I
When it comes to war, we can follow Mars or Athena. Alexander the Great followed Athena. Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068366399321960152003-11-09T03:26:00.000-05:002003-11-09T03:26:37.143-05:00Watching Different Films
A wise assessment on "The Passion". Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068366003862247872003-11-09T03:20:00.000-05:002003-11-09T03:20:01.743-05:00Why Are the Archangels Called Saints?
I always wanted to know the answer to this myself. St. Michael is my confirmation saint, after all.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068365485637348242003-11-09T03:11:00.000-05:002003-11-09T03:11:23.626-05:00Without Christianity, Europe suffers an identity crisis, Pope says
Does Europe want an identity?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068364331363995372003-11-09T02:52:00.000-05:002003-11-09T02:58:47.916-05:00Who Does Howard Dean Think He Is?
It's good to know the leading Democratic contender has such integrity. Nothing like fabricating a story of a 12-year-old's incest to boost up the rank-and-file. Funny, how old media seems to have dropped this story, too. Curious.
Also
The Death of Spin
Ah, to be a leftist ranting in the dark as the dawn breaks over the rooftops. How noble, their suffering.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068363561573022542003-11-09T02:39:00.000-05:002003-11-09T02:39:19.276-05:00A little image problem...
They couldn't find one woman who supports the ban? One? Isn't PR part of any war, including a culture war?
via NRO's the cornerFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068362878536626552003-11-09T02:27:00.000-05:002003-11-09T02:27:56.346-05:00"Iraq is not Vietnam."
Senator McCain makes sense. We will win in Iraq when the people win. The people can't win while terrorists bomb American soldiers and innocents in any part of the country. Since this is not Vietnam, what is the problem with sending another division?
I still have my concerns as to whether the war was just. I have no such concerns about winning the peace. We can not fail Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068362188742042622003-11-09T02:16:00.000-05:002003-11-09T02:16:26.666-05:00Episcopal Church still bleeds.
If only the homophobic neanderthals of the developing world would just get with the program, this would all be over. Following Scripture as a source of Revealed Truth...who do they think they are?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1068361870455244742003-11-09T02:11:00.000-05:002003-11-09T02:11:08.436-05:00Car Bomb Explodes At Saudi Complex
President Bush announces that Democracy is the future in the Middle East. Two days later at the most, a bombing in Saudi Arabia. Hmmmm....Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067665304491915802003-11-01T00:41:00.000-05:002003-11-01T00:41:43.056-05:00Rod Dreher's recalls an exorcist
Fitting story for Halloween or All Saints day.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067664842239168882003-11-01T00:34:00.000-05:002003-11-01T00:35:41.390-05:00hypocricy stands naked on Broadway, stuttering. Warning: extreme PG! Walk the children out of the room
Thanks to instapundit for the link
Raunchy, I know. The point, however, could not be a greater validation of the Gospal's truth: What we do hidden in the dark will come to see the full light of day.
That's the danger of placing ideology on the throne within our souls that's reserved for the Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067663859651686052003-11-01T00:17:00.000-05:002003-11-01T00:17:38.543-05:00InstaPundit chimes in about Luskin v. Atrios
Ah, a civil war in the blogosphere turns to a civil action in the court. Love that first ammendment right to take on another's first ammendment right. Where else on earth can this happen?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067662815852705092003-11-01T00:00:00.000-05:002003-11-01T00:00:14.993-05:00Ah, Justice! Commit crimes against humanity, walk away a free man!
Just what Liberia needs to put Taylor's atrocities behind them.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067661970452640542003-10-31T23:46:00.000-05:002003-10-31T23:46:08.960-05:00Standing up to CBS and its character assasination
Scarborough Country interviewed Merv Griffin tonight. Drudge and others have already documented the story. Basically, CBS will air a hatchet job film-bio of Ronald Reagan's life during sweeps. The group blogged above has organized a boycott. Spread the word. Save a great man's character while he lies dying and defenseless.
And for those who Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067576452639964942003-10-31T00:00:00.000-05:002003-10-31T00:00:51.896-05:00How Islamicists really treat Christians
But, of course, it's all America/the west's fault. Islam and the west could peacefully co-exist if only America stopped its corrupt imperial ways and let Muslims be muslims. Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067574973780221222003-10-30T23:36:00.000-05:002003-10-30T23:50:00.810-05:00The Sully rant
Amy's response (scroll down)
Sullivan's over the top. I've read Amy's reflections on Andrew Sullivan's decision to walk away from the Church over the Church's position on gay sex. She's never said Sullivan is not a Catholic. As for the Ratzingerite "slur", depend on a media dog to throw a media sneer-label that has no truth outside the media's mind. Of course, if he's suggesting Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067574426152884742003-10-30T23:27:00.000-05:002003-10-30T23:27:05.156-05:00 "Truly civilized e-mail"
Legion: as busy as everFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1067574330971614752003-10-30T23:25:00.000-05:002003-10-30T23:25:30.003-05:00Secret Agent Man rules
Come on! Who else can write like this?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1066793552344469292003-10-21T23:32:00.000-04:002003-10-21T23:39:12.030-04:00Praise you, Lord Jesus Christ,
For you have won the victory for life!
Mark Shea
has the updates on Terri Schiavo.
And the Senate passes the ban on partial birth abortion!
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065239417172441362003-10-03T23:50:00.000-04:002003-10-03T23:50:16.606-04:00Dems--still no message!
Easy complaints
War wrong, rarara!
Taxcuts wrong, rarara!
Bush wrong, rarara!
"So what's the right way?"
Silence.
stammers.
Throat-clearing.
Then, the pandering to the edge
The mainstream wanna-bes don't want the mainstream to see.
And nothing else.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065239064038860402003-10-03T23:44:00.000-04:002003-10-03T23:44:23.563-04:00Still nothing in Iraq
Did Bush reason ahead of the facts on the ground?
Was there another way to resolve the situation, short of war, in light of these facts?
A former student of mine was to be deployed. His division stood down before he shipped out. Another friend nearly went over, nearly missing the birth of his daughter.
Others' friends, spouses, parents and children die up to two a day inFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065238385517902382003-10-03T23:33:00.000-04:002003-10-03T23:33:05.196-04:00A meeting between Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury
"There must be a way."
"The way is to pass through the Truth."
"The truth is what we struggle with."
"To walk in the Truth is to walk in the shadow of the Cross. Struggle must be part of that."
"Yet we agree on so much besides."
"Is an assent to the head complete without a respect for the body?"
"Our way is frought with Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065237783339626052003-10-03T23:23:00.000-04:002003-10-03T23:23:03.143-04:00Carpet, baby steps
Hands and knees scramble up
He's up and smilingFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065067420321430712003-10-02T00:03:00.000-04:002003-10-02T00:03:40.440-04:00October's first breeze
Pale smoke rises from my breath
Pull my jacket tightFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065066982541446972003-10-01T23:56:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:57:59.200-04:00The truth and Freedom we do not want
Go away, with your talk
Of Truth and Freedom
Christ has set me free, you say.
That's not the freedom I want.
Christ is the Truth that sets me free.
He's not the truth I want to believe.
I don't want that kind of Freedom.
I prefer my slavery
To the convenient lie,
The slap of cold cash in my hand
The hand patting my back
The feel of my hands on her hips
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065066506542298492003-10-01T23:48:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:48:26.020-04:00Only In America
Why don't they who decry illegal immigration ever address the justice of quotas? Could it be because their isn't any?
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065065980014983812003-10-01T23:39:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:39:39.620-04:00We crucify him again.
The smoke choked his eyes. People stared from across the street. Tears, yes, great sadness--but no suprise. St. Patrick's blackedned; the flames consumed it without mercy.
The police stood back, uneasy. He sighed. There would be a report of course. There would be no record of statistic over this. Could be political, after all.
Besides, it was only a Catholic Church Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065065313622614162003-10-01T23:28:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:28:33.363-04:00Social Justice or ProtLibTheo a la Wheezing Marxist style?
How can the poor be served if their personhood is denied?
Economy, Global since the 1500s
Local alone, a sure way to remain in poverty.
Resistance, and how is force the answer?
Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065064224031385632003-10-01T23:10:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:10:24.020-04:00The price of liberation
"My daughter needs to come to this school."
She was the fifth mother today. I tried to look sympathetic. I gave her my most empathetic smile. "I'm sorry. There's no more room."
"She has a bad leg. She can't walk to any other school, and we can't drive her. Please, She needs to come here."
I continued to smile. We both knew that was all I could do. With the highest debtFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1065063285012300392003-10-01T22:54:00.000-04:002003-10-01T22:54:44.406-04:00Rich words, filled with truth
Distant, vacant, eyes of pain
Believer's struggleFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064979762184029922003-09-30T23:42:00.000-04:002003-09-30T23:42:41.730-04:00Razzled red highlights
Intense stare from tired eyes
Mira keeps goingFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064891731687053032003-09-29T23:15:00.000-04:002003-09-29T23:15:31.660-04:00Fading evening light
Reckless tired hands stumble
Poet's lullabyFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064891600062539942003-09-29T23:13:00.000-04:002003-09-29T23:13:20.040-04:00Religious Freedom in the US v. idealogical fear-of-persecution fantasies
When does the protection of the rights of minorities become the oppression of the interests of the majority?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064890726949905822003-09-29T22:58:00.000-04:002003-09-29T23:00:49.296-04:00Just another conservative Cleric raised to Cardinal by JPII
They call them conservative
For they stand for the Truth
They do not yield to the convenient lies
They tell so they may sleep at night
With blood on their hands.
These conservatives
Defend me while the world ignores me.
They speak out against the injustice
My own people would put on me.
They shelter my children
from the opportunists' Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064890008690441162003-09-29T22:46:00.000-04:002003-09-29T22:46:48.356-04:00But America is still a unilateral, environmental rogue state.
They dream European socialist dream
Spit bitter bites of banter at the America of their longing
But the Bear in their midst balks
For how long will the Euro Elite gnash their teeth?
Long enough to shatter the illusion of their unity?
Long enough to remember We were not alone?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064889748539210432003-09-29T22:42:00.000-04:002003-09-29T22:42:28.250-04:00"I come to help you build a new Middle East"
My father would not give the order to slaughter peasants. For that we had to run for our lives. Now, the country I've called my home for years calls me a terrorist. My homeland shakes its saber at my homeland. And then tells me "I come to help you build a new Middle East." Do you still wonder why I do not believe you?
_____________Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064889061624268832003-09-29T22:31:00.000-04:002003-09-29T22:31:01.446-04:00Cool draft, my crying son
Trembling arms, a tired back
Fatherhood, my joy!Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064552234914618812003-09-26T00:57:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:57:15.093-04:00Blacktop, pelts of rain.
Tired Cicedas sing on
A dying seasonFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064552127085458612003-09-26T00:55:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:55:27.266-04:00I tell my students that life needs them, that they're meant for great things. They look at me like I'm loco. That's what it's come to. Young people in the Bronx don't believe they matter. No one has seriously told them they do. Exactly how will secular or political humanism and its varient threads face this reality? They won't.
That leaves Us. That leaves me. I shudder at the responsiblity. But Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064551399827369012003-09-26T00:43:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:45:52.180-04:00Truth, Doubt, And Simplicity: The Foundation of modern civilization, or why clueless, ahistorical mind-mush that pretends to be intellectual property corrodes basic intelligence
Yes, I stand firm with Nietzsche. Of course, God must be dead! Only...How do I account for all those people who line up to see the Pope...Ah, they must all be brainwashed ninnies. Doubt is supreme, after all...only, thatFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064550764798472782003-09-26T00:32:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:32:44.626-04:00Allies come from all corners. They may not have the full song, but they know the refrain.
Do what you want,
as long as you don't hurt anyone else.
The Chorus cries again and again,
So watch Madonna neck Brittany,
or just turn the channel.
'Tsup to you,' they say.
They say.
Do what you want,
as long as you don't hurt anyone else.
What does the chorus say
When we cry out, "enough. enough"
We Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064550036104499952003-09-26T00:20:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:20:36.060-04:00The world's humanism is anything but.
Who do these Christians think their fooling? I know what they're about. Intolerance! The imposition of bigotry exposed by history as a defamation of man! They can't tell me the truth; I already know it. There is no truth I can know with certainty. Why do they keep talking? Stop, already! You had your day.
No! Don't you dare show them that picture! Marx was Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064549148518391772003-09-26T00:05:00.000-04:002003-09-26T00:43:36.090-04:00A sign of hope
They march on the streets,
Their chants deafen my small voice,
No! No! No!
I don't want to empty their pews.
I want to stand and worship, as they do,
unharrassed.
Is that too much?
Georgian president, in Vatican flap, promises new religious freedoms
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - President Eduard Shevardnadze announced that Georgia planned to enact a wide-ranging law extending Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1064548313947478492003-09-25T23:51:00.000-04:002003-09-25T23:51:54.133-04:00September's night sky
A Raven's descent atop
Cool suburban seasFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063855463687080812003-09-17T23:24:00.000-04:002003-09-17T23:24:23.490-04:00A night's walk alone
My dry tears, her step outside
witness by myselfFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063855356588240712003-09-17T23:22:00.000-04:002003-09-17T23:22:36.413-04:00The World Today - A sign of hope
They saw my cross, cried "shut up! Shut UP!"
But I speak, for death and ressurection
will not be silentFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063855077041549632003-09-17T23:17:00.000-04:002003-09-17T23:17:56.930-04:00Have we forgotten Afghanistan again?
Holding her dead husband's head on her lap, she has no tears left to cry.
Westerners in uniform shift foot to foot; they can't find words for her.
It is a reaction she has come to expect.
When has the West been for her people before?
We can't win the war on terror--a mortal face-off with Legion's ultimate embodiement of the Culture of Death--if we do not Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063854727008729662003-09-17T23:12:00.000-04:002003-09-17T23:12:06.983-04:00He had a gun when I shot him. I swear...
The light had faded. My heart beat in my throat. He faced me in the last of the light, his smile not reaching his eye. I raised my gun. Others told me, "Don't! Wait! Let's see!" Then he raised his arm. Something dark. I pulled the trigger.
After they carted his corps away, I looked around. There was no sign of whatever he had threatened me with.
That's Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063853367576766842003-09-17T22:49:00.000-04:002003-09-17T23:05:56.100-04:00A compelling debate at Open Book
Lots of confusion from certain parties about Jesus' establishment of the hierarchy.
Here are some testaments of Revelation to consider:
Scripture:
"'And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on Earth Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063852065694145742003-09-17T22:27:00.000-04:002003-09-17T22:27:45.456-04:00Cricket choir night
Wisp of autumn tickles me
Calm before the stormFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063778023212445802003-09-17T01:53:00.000-04:002003-09-17T01:53:42.640-04:00Secular justice for a modern martyr
Thanks to Amy Welborn
Totalitarianism kills. It's as simple as that. Facist or communist. Doesn't matter. Any society/government/entity that tells you it--and it alone--can decide what's best for you will use you for what's best for it. Your life counts for nothing.
Archbishop Romero stood up for the poor and persecuted of El Salvador. He did not support Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063776365975773962003-09-17T01:26:00.000-04:002003-09-17T01:26:05.786-04:00Relapsed Catholic shows Canada may be waking up
Thanks for the link. A few more tries, and our Northern friends might remember, oh, about 8,000 years of civilized tradition!Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063775939753968692003-09-17T01:18:00.000-04:002003-09-17T01:18:59.653-04:00Lose Spirituality, lose Culture. Lose Culture, lose Civilization
What state is Europe in today? Which state are we in? As long as we have the culture we want, we have the spirituality we want. But is what we want what is honestly what we need, the most important need supremely being the Truth?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063774670302961022003-09-17T00:57:00.000-04:002003-09-17T00:57:49.683-04:00the whining of the do-nothings over the democrat's squashing of Estrada's nomination
A little historical note: the Judiciary has never been politically neutral. Perhaps that was what the Founding Father's intended. That has never been the practice. Chief Justice John Marshall was Federalist to the bone. His articulation of Judicial Review--never explicitly stated in the constitution--implied Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063772783247532902003-09-17T00:26:00.000-04:002003-09-17T00:26:23.050-04:00A plague on both your houses. By William�Saletan
Another reason I'm not affiliated with either party. Here's a reminder to all the so-called leaders of America: If you're not about the Common Good, you're not about what's good for America.
Of course, you don't get elected by yourselves, so...am I ADDRESSING the WRONG CROWD?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063772160439171232003-09-17T00:16:00.000-04:002003-09-17T00:16:00.390-04:00Suicide bombers can be deterred
Interesting. How does a democracy deny the terror organization's strategic goal without triggering more violence?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063771756158126562003-09-17T00:09:00.000-04:002003-09-17T00:09:16.206-04:00Media wrap-up
From Mere Comments, a follow-up on Ray Flynn's "Your Catholic Voice"Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments: "FLYNN PLAYS IT DOWN THE MIDDLE:
Fans of our 'The Godless Party' issue will be interested to know that the former mayor of Boston and Clinton-appointed ambassador to the Vatican, Ray Flynn, has started a group called 'Your Catholic Voice.' Dominico Bettinnelli quotes Mr. Flynn Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063770446853611852003-09-16T23:47:00.000-04:002003-09-16T23:47:26.700-04:00Crying baby nights
sitting up, sobbing, his crib
wild screams and tearsFranknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063161980478028102003-09-09T22:46:00.000-04:002003-09-09T22:46:20.390-04:00KKK fliers mar antiracism project in Gary
How often are we, as a people of faith, confronted with the ugly fact of racism? How can we respond so that we truly witness the Truth of every person's God-given dignity, in the face of this evil?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063161697071374382003-09-09T22:41:00.000-04:002003-09-09T22:41:37.063-04:00A possible reconciliation of brothers
Such a healing between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Church is long overdue. God grant us the Grace to see it happen within our lifetime.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063161307140598562003-09-09T22:35:00.000-04:002003-09-09T22:35:07.083-04:00CNN.com - Another sign of a dying Church
I'm so out of touch! Love this juxtaposition: Ave Maria opens, the first new Catholic University in forty years, while Catholic University of America ends the celebration of Mass on-campus. A victory for Religious Freedom and true education.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624812.post-1063161026359418672003-09-09T22:30:00.000-04:002003-09-09T22:30:26.336-04:00KSL News: Draper City Opens its First Roman Catholic Church
Praise God!
Franknoreply@blogger.com