By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study published in the Middle East Quarterly has uncovered solid evidence that the majority of mosques in America are promoting moderate to severe violence.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
“Gotcha Journalism” Goes Awry: Profoundly Moving E-Mail Found Among Palin Stash
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
It’s a classic case of “gotcha journalism” gone awry. The media frenzy over the release of thousands of e-mails from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin uncovered nothing incriminating but plenty of evidence that she was a hard-working civil servant. And among the stash was one e-mail about her son, Trig, that some say could alter America’s perception of her forever.
Obedience
“He is a Christian, a true Christian, who subjects himself to the rule of the one and only Word of God.”
Origen
For Reflection:
In light of this quote, am I a “true Christian?” What in me still needs to be brought into right order with the Word of God?
T-Tapp: A Great Workout That Respects God’s Design for Our Bodies
One of our most faithful blog readers, CF, just sent in this suggestion for people who want to work out without being pummeled with Eastern religious practices.
Harrowing Suicide to be Broadcast in UK as “Happy Event”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a documentary meant to glorify euthanasia, Britain’s BBC2 is planning to air a show tonight in which a man is seen gasping, convulsing and pleading for water as he succumbs to a lethal dose of barbituates.
Despite 1/2 Million Complaints, Home Depot Refuses to End Support for Homosexual Agenda
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of receiving a petition signed by nearly a half million people asking the company to “remain neutral in the culture war,” Home Depot is refusing to stop pushing the homosexual agenda.
Michigan Priest Under Review for Participating in Forbidden Liturgy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of a letter from Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron forbidding clergy in his diocese to participate in a Mass that took place during a conference by heretical Catholic groups this weekend, a 78 year-old retired priest defied the ruling and is now under review for presiding over the liturgy.
Obedience
“Obedience is servility only to those who have not understood the spontaneity of love.”
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
For Reflection:
What do I think is the relationship of love to obedience?
Obedience
“I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.”
St. Teresa of Avila
For Reflection:
How does obedience make things easy – even if they seem impossible?
Obedience
“A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest contemplation.”
St. Maria Maddalena De Pazzi
For Reflection:
Today, I will count my “little drops of simple obedience.” How many have I had?
