Archives for February 2013

7 Quick Takes Friday (set #88)

7 Quick Takes Friday

This week: The latest issue of New Evangelists Monthly is now out. A “compromise” on the HHS mandate attacking the free exercise of religion (ref: the first amendment to the US Constitution)? A surprisingly good Superbowl ad. The Vatican is digitizing the Apostolic Library. How one father taught his children about charity. Redefining marriage undermines its secular principles. High-speed video of a Horned Owl in flight.

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New Evangelists Monthly

Issue #2, February 2013, of New Evangelists Monthly is now out! Over 50 faithful Catholic bloggers have contributed their very best pieces from January. This monthly “meta-magazine” showcases Catholicism from theology to family life and “everything in between.” Enjoy it now at NewEvangelists.org.

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Obama has compromised on his HHS mandate, right? You might think so if you causally listen to liberal mass media. The truth is, substantially, he has not and he will not. Your access to “free” contraceptives and abortifacients is more import to him than real health services (e.g. free mamograms).

Update: Matthew Franck has an excellent analysis on the Public Discourse blog – Deciding Who Gets Religious Freedom: The Latest HHS “Accommodation”.

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A surprisingly good Superbowl ad. So God made a farmer…

Spotted by Ruth Ann

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The Vatican has begun to digitize the 80,000 manuscripts in the Apostolic Library. This will take some time…

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Your children are in a protective, insular cocoon. How do you teach them charity, loving all neighbors, when they are so blessed? This was one father’s answer:

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I really like how he did this on his own – finding and filling a real need. This is instructive and inspirational in many ways.

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Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse explains how redefining marriage undermines 4 secular principles and the harm that directly results. This is a good piece to send to your secular friends.

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This is a Horned Owl, shot with a high-speed Photron Fastcam SA2 camera at 1000 frames per second.

Spotted by my friend Tom

Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was started by Jennifer Fulwiler at Conversion Diary to address this blogging need. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Jen for hosting this project!

New Evangelists Monthly – February 2013, Issue #2

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7 Quick Takes Friday (set #87)

7 Quick Takes Friday

This week: CNS video coverage of the 2013 March for Life. An abortion advocate says the child is “a life worth sacrificing” and another thanks God he was legally able to kill his. What’s the deal with Catholics and the Virgin Mary? Why can’t women be priests? Father Barron talks about sex. The overzealous evangelizer. Like a duck takes to water?

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The Catholic News Service has a good overview of the 2013 March for Life:

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Pro-abortion forces are more vocal than ever in the completely biased, hard-left mainstream media. What is new is their honesty. First, we have Mary Elizabeth Williams writing for Salon. She asks “what if abortion ends life?” She answers “If by some random fluke I learned today I was pregnant, you bet your ass I’d have an abortion. I’d have the World’s Greatest Abortion.” Then goes on to conclude “even if I still need to acknowledge my conviction that the fetus is indeed a life. A life worth sacrificing.” (Matt Barber looks at this here.)

Second, we have MSNBC’s Touré Neblett thanking God that abortion laws allowed him to kill his child. He said “I thank God and country that when I fell into a bad situation, abortion was there to save me and keep me on a path toward building a strong family I have now. And I pray that safety net stays in place.” (Ed Morrissey looks at this here.)

These examples are a new low. Always remember the simple truth…

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What’s the deal with Catholics and the Virgin Mary?

Spotted by Marcel

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Father Wojciech Giertych, theologian of the papal household, addresses the question “why not women priests?”

Spotted by Father Z

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Catholics and sex: Puritanical -or- you bet? (Answer: “you bet”!) I wrote about this two years ago in Family, sex, life. Father Barron dives deeper, speaking on Sex, Love and God:

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This is funny, but there is a very good point in it. It is not to not evangelize, but rather to do so when it will be receptive and in a manner that connects. “Real Men of Jesus” – the overzealous evangelizer:

Spotted by Marcel

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…like a duck takes to water! Well, not so much. These rescue ducks had never been in water. Time for their first swimming lesson…

Spotted by my friend Tom

Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was started by Jennifer Fulwiler at Conversion Diary to address this blogging need. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Jen for hosting this project!

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