This week: The latest issue of New Evangelists Monthly awaits your perusal. Keeping focused on Advent. CS Lewis also wrote about “the other” coming of our Lord. A young woman becomes a postulant of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. Kids are blown-away by a lunchroom drama unfolding around them. Taking an itsy-bitsy closer look at the media’s latest poster boy and scientific genius – Ahmed Mohammed. Farrah Prudence is an ex-Muslim (with, of course, a fatwa calling for her murder) with some educational comments about the religion.

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Issue #36, December 2015, of New Evangelists Monthly is ready for your enjoyment! Scores of faithful Catholic bloggers have contributed their very best pieces from November. Contributing authors this month include: Matthew Coffin, Fr. Stephen Morris, Adam Crawford, Chris Capolino, Stephen Korsman, Nancy Ward, Brantly Millegan, Dave Wanat, David Gray, Ellen Gable Hrkach, Susan Fox, Carolyn Astfalk, Larry Fox, Blythe Kaufman, Melanie Jean Juneau, Rick Becker, Fr. Austin Fleming, Dn. Scott Dodge, Jennifer Cerino, Frank Rega, Reese Cumming, Nancy Shuman, John Donaghy, Emily, Emily Hartung, Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah, John Schroeder, John Russell, Tom Perna, Matthew Plese, Elizabeth Reardon, Rich Maffeo, Fr. Juan Velez, Monica McConkey, Jamie Jo, David Wong, Larry Peterson, David Torkington, Debbie Gaudino, Lianna Mueller, Robert Collins, Tony Agnesi, Ellen Kolb, Jenn Tatum, Fr. Ben Hadrich, Barbara Szyszkiewicz, George Sipe, Michael Seagriff, Adam DeVille, Ebeth Weidner, Shannon Vandaveer, Bartimaeus Timeo, Leslie Klinger, Alexandrina Brant, Barbara Hosbach, David Cooney, Sr. Maresa Lilley, Brian Gill, Fr. Richard DeLillio, Roxane Salonen, W.L. Grayson, Rose O’Donnell, Fr. Adrian Danker, Emily Borman, Joseph Shaw, Dennis Justison, Jessica McArney, Lyn Mettler, Jeff Walker, Justin Soutar, Rita Buettner, Lisa Ponchak, Rick Rice, Heidi Knofczynski, Julian Barkin, Jennifer James, Kirby Hoberg, Laura Pearl, Jennifer Elia, Matt Nelson, Melissa Overmyer, Kathleen Laplante, Rebecca Recznik, Gregory Watson, Larry T and Msgr. Charles Pope.

This monthly “meta-magazine” showcases faithful Catholicism from theology to family life and “everything in between.” Enjoy it now at NewEvangelists.org.

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Only 2 more weeks until Christmas! But not yet. We are smack dab in the middle of ADVENT. This is not the Christmas liturgical season. That starts on the 25th (well, Christmas eve, actually). For now, let’s keep focused on Advent:

Some good Catholic Advent resources are here.

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Advent is all about Christ coming into the world, for the first time. We are excited but know that is not the only time He will come. C.S. Lewis wrote about The World’s Last Night, which is illustrated and narrated by this “video doodle.”

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A young woman enters the cloistered monastery of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration as a postulant. Located in Hanceville Alabama, this is Mother Angelica’s order. Congratulations Haley!

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Yea “flash crowd” is getting to be old-hat. Nevertheless, this one is very cute. Watch the look on the faces of these kids as this proceeds:

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You undoubtedly read about the Islamophobic prejudice brought to bear upon Ahmed Mohammed, a young Muslim scientific genius when he brought a brilliantly designed electronic clock to school. The truth is NOTHING like the always biased media presented it. William Kilpatrick has an excellent article on it for Crisis Magazine: Clock and Bull Story. Bill Whittle also touches some of some of the points here:

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Speaking of the “religion of peace,” this lady has a few observations and knows well what she is talking about. I’ll let her explain:

It is a huge mistake to assume everybody else shares our Christian values.

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Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was begun by Jennifer Fulwiler and is now usually hosted by Kelly Mantoan. This week however, Anabelle Hazard at Written by the Finger of God guest hosts. Thank you Kelly (and Anabelle) for hosting this project!

This week: Paris suffers a terrible tragedy (that simply could not at all have been foreseen). Cute children holding portraits of their preemie selves. Three stories on people who should have been killed: Martin Pistorius (a “vegetable” for over a decade), Jeanette Hall (only months to live, 15 years ago) and family “infant members” (said Margaret Sanger, venerated founder of Planned Parenthood). What time is it (the horror of daylight saving time)? Freedom of speech quickly becoming a fond memory.

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This tragedy was a complete shock! There is no way something like this could possibly have been foreseen. Really? — Judith Bergman takes a close look at this in How Can Anyone Be Shocked?.

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Bored Panda has a wonderful story showing children holding portraits of how they looked when they were premature babies. The average gestation was under 28 weeks with two born at 23 weeks.

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Martin Pistorius became ill when he was 12 and entered into what many would describe as a “vegetative state.” His eyes were open, but he was unaware of everything and would never recover. All but “brain dead” for over a decade.

Except he wasn’t.

How many people like Martin have been euthanized one way or another because they couldn’t say stop, don’t kill me?

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In 2000 Jeanette Hall was given a death sentence of inoperable colon cancer – 6 months to live. She did not want to suffer and had supported Oregon’s “right to die” law. She asked her doctor for the suicide pills. In what some would likely label blatant malpractice, her doctor instead talked her out of it. That was 15 years ago.

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In this coming year of mercy, we have these words on mercy from Margaret Sanger, esteemed founder of Planned Parenthood:

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We just passed through another “time change.” Have you had enough of that?

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Greg Lukianoff presents our vanishing freedom of speech rights for Prager University. Today, many college students (for example) demand their campuses NOT be bastions of free speech, but rather “safe places” FROM speech. You may be familiar with “safe places” to protect children from a world they are too young to navigate as adults would. Obviously, we no longer have adults running or attending many universities.

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Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was begun by Jennifer Fulwiler and is now continued by Kelly Mantoan. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Kelly for hosting this project!

This week: The latest issue of New Evangelists Monthly invites your perusal. Bishop Barron offers solid observations on Pope Francis and mercy. An atheist professor has a life changing near death experience. Matt Fradd takes on Cosmo’s very flawed view on porn. CCHD is about to be sprung again on unsuspecting parishioners. A video on preconceived notions. A video on gossip (and why it is wrong).

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Issue #35, November 2015, of New Evangelists Monthly is ready for your enjoyment! Scores of faithful Catholic bloggers have contributed their very best pieces from October. Contributing authors this month include: Chris Capolino, Stephen Korsman, Fr. Stephen Morris, Melanie Jean Juneau, Adam Crawford, Susan Fox, Larry Fox, Dave Wanat, Frank Rega, Christian LeBlanc, Fr. Ben Hadrich, Dn. Scott Dodge, John Schroeder, Joseph Shaw, Nancy Ward, Molly Oshatz, Sr. Maresa Lilley, Lisa Laverty, Melissa Overmyer, Ellen Kolb, George Sipe, Rick Becker, Celeste Ciarallo, David Wong, Joe Simmons, Nancy Shuman, Allison Howell, Rich Maffeo, Matthew Plese, Kathleen Laplante, Elizabeth Reardon, Carolyn Astfalk, Jamie Jo, Robert Collins, Dennis McGeehan, Larry Peterson, Christina Sawchuk, David Torkington, John Donaghy, Brantly Millegan, Blythe Kaufman, Michael Seagriff, Debbie Gaudino, Ellen Gable Hrkach, Laura Pearl, Fr. Richard DeLillio, Fr. Adrian Danker, Ruth Ann Pilney, Ebeth Weidner, Barbara Szyszkiewicz, Rose O’Donnell, Theresa, Brian Gill, Tony Agnesi, David Cooney, Leslie Klinger, Bartimaeus Timeo, Shannon Vandaveer, Laura, Jeff Walker, Kirby Hoberg, Rick Rice, Bonnie Way, Lianna Mueller, Fr. Errol Fernandes, Tom Perna, Andy McNutt, Reese Cumming, Melody Marie, Barbara Hosbach, Mike Landry, Rita Buettner, Roxane Salonen, Kim Padan, Fr. Gilles Surprenant, Dianna Kennedy, Larry T, Heidi Knofczynski and Msgr. Charles Pope.

This monthly “meta-magazine” showcases faithful Catholicism from theology to family life and “everything in between.” Enjoy it now at NewEvangelists.org.

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Bishop Barron offers very good observations on Pope Francis and mercy. Mercy is such an important topic and so often misrepresented. FWIW, I also recently commented on this topic.

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This is interesting. An atheist college professor (is that redundant?) has a near death experience which changes his life. This is best described as a personal revelation (i.e. intended for him, not a general revelation to us all on the nature of death, judgment, heaven and hell).

Part 2 is here .

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Matt Fradd is rightly annoyed by Cosmopolitan Magazine‘s recent piece “8 Reasons Watching Porn Doesn’t Make Him a Cheater.”

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Please give generously to faithful Catholic charities. DO NOT support charities who will use your money (at least in part) to promote actions directly contrary to the Catholic faith such as the CCHD (Catholic Campaign for Human Development). The CCHD has long been problematic with support for abortion, homosexual acts, birth control, far left activism, etc. They are not 100% bad, but there are trustworthy alternatives. When the Thanksgiving 2nd collection for the CCHD comes your way, say no, go home, and donate to any faithful charity insted.

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Our preconceived notions about people can easily color how we engage them. It is not wrong to form initial impressions (I would argue it is even wise to), but there is a line beyond which we are judgmental, unjustly acting on weak assumptions. Additionally, we often put people in buckets based on only 1 characteristic of their lives. This video illustrates these points well in an experiment.

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Prager University videos are excellent and while it is not their intention per se, they usually reflect a very Catholic viewpoint. This one (by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin) is on gossip.

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Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was begun by Jennifer Fulwiler and is now continued by Kelly Mantoan. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Kelly for hosting this project!

This week: The ELEVENTH video documenting the evil depravity of Planned Parenthood has been released. Remembering Planned Parenthood’s “compassionate response” to 9/11. Fr. Mike Schmitz explains proper understanding of the Old Testament. Jeff Harris illustrates the false and real nature of St. Francis of Assisi. Two good video clips from the political debates. How liberal arts education has been killed and replaced with progressive indoctrination. Maybe or maybe not presidential material, but the Donald has had an impact.

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Unlike what has been reported again and again in the mainstream media (progressive press), the undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood’s significant baby organ business have been released in their entirety to show they are NOT selectively edited or taken out of context. Anyone (including progressive politicians who refuse to) may see them in their entirety.

The 11th video has now been released, where Dr. Amna Dermish (a PP abortionist) describes in gruesome detail how she delivers babies with an eye to maximizing their resale value.

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PP keeps sinking lower and lower into its cesspool of immorality. I really think at this point that they have lost all sense of truth, beauty and humanity. Do you remember their “compassionate response” to 9/11?

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Often, those with disregard for context, understanding of literary types, knowledge of historical fact, or simply familiarity with the text of Holy Scripture criticize it and the Christian faith. One faulty claim is that we pick laws to follow and to ignore. Fr. Mike Schmitz explains Old Testament laws in this Ascension Press video:

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Pope Francis’ recent visit to the US has renewed interest in his chosen namesake. Jeff Harris at Sword of Peter contrasts the false vision of St. Francis with the real one:

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The televised political debates are media biased, choreographed political theatre and mostly a waste of time, IMHO. There are two video clips however worthy of some attention. They are both about progressive media forums, beginning with the recent Republican debate. I have heard people say the question is not which candidate won, but rather that the Republican’s won and the networklost. This clip illustrates it well:

The second clip is on the Democratic debate. It’s a good summary from EWTN:

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There is little liberal arts education anymore. Instead of learning to think, college students are indoctrinated. You may be surprised by how far this has gone.

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Trump’s numbers are down, but regardless if they rise again or not, he has had an impact. Bill Whittle explains:

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Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was begun by Jennifer Fulwiler and is now continued by Kelly Mantoan. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Kelly for hosting this project!

This week: The latest issue of New Evangelists Monthly awaits your perusal. Did Fiorina lie saying “…fetus on the table, it’s heart beating…”? Planned Parenthood fact-checks itself. Pro-choice counter-points. Nancy Pelosi continues to wow us with her distinctive Catholicism devoutness. Kleenex tells one story of respect for human life. TFP Student Action answers 7 pro-choice claims.

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Issue #34, October 2015, of New Evangelists Monthly is ready for your enjoyment! Scores of faithful Catholic bloggers have contributed their very best pieces from September. Contributing authors this month include: Stephen Korsman, Nancy Shuman, Virginia Lieto, Brantly Millegan, Barbara Szyszkiewicz, Connie Rossini, John Schroeder, Chris Capolino, Larry Peterson, Frank Rega, Margaret Felice, Elena Vidal, Blythe Kaufman, Matthew Rose, Melanie Jean Juneau, Dennis McGeehan, Carolyn Astfalk, Godwin Adadzie, Denise Hunnell, Birgit Jones, Molly Oshatz, Larry Fox, Susan Fox, Bartimaeus Timeo, Matthew Plese, Bonnie Way, Barbara Hosbach, Melissa Overmyer, Lianna Mueller, Ellen Gable Hrkach, Rose O’Donnell, Rick Becker, Elizabeth Reardon, Drusilla, David Wong, Ellen Kolb, Fr. Richard DeLillio, Kirby Hoberg, Rich Maffeo, John Donaghy, Sr. Maresa Lilley, Lyn Mettler, Robert Collins, Shannon Ball, Fr. Stephen Morris, Christina Sawchuk, Michael Seagriff, Dave Wanat, Leslie Klinger, Tom Perna, Tony Agnesi, Tracy E, Fr. Adrian Danker, David Torkington, Melody Marie, Roxane Salonen, Rita Buettner, Debbie Gaudino, Reese Cumming, Fr. Gilles Surprenant, Justin Soutar, Jeff Walker, Joseph Shaw, Larry T, Monica McConkey, Brian Gill, Kim Padan, George Sipe, David Cooney, Amanda Rose, Jennifer Cerino and Laura Pearl.

This monthly “meta-magazine” showcases faithful Catholicism from theology to family life and “everything in between.” Enjoy it now at NewEvangelists.org.

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I do not recommend that you watch this. It is graphic and heartbreaking. I include this video here only for those who continue to be pro-choice and/or support Planned Parenthood. Come out of your slumber. Stop listening to those telling you the recent videos were “heavily edited” (a proven lie, BTW) and watch for yourself. The media, politicians and others you have trusted are not telling you the truth.

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Speaking of truthiness, the ever-challenged PP along with their political and media backers have told some whoppers. They still do. Here, PP fact-checks one very important, common claim (I suppose testimony before congress and risk of perjury nudges one toward a more forthcoming testimony):

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To be fair, PP supporters have points to make too:

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At some point, the sport of asking Nancy Pelosi anything about Catholicism or “life issues” is like shooting fish in a barrel. Asked recently “is an unborn baby with a human heart [and] a human liver, a ‘human being’?” she responds indignantly, as always, that she is “a devout, practicing Catholic.” Sigh. There must be some other Catholic Church.

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Kleenex (the tissue people) have produced this video entitled Tiny Miracles:

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Finally, this TFP Student Action video makes good points, if not exactly the slickest production ever:

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Some random thoughts or bits of information are worthy of sharing but don’t warrant their own full post. This idea was begun by Jennifer Fulwiler and is now continued by Kelly Mantoan. So, some Fridays I too participate when I have accumulated 7 worthy items. Thank you Kelly for hosting this project!