Carl Olsen of Ignatius Insight Scoop has some good sarcastic fun over the CNS story "72 percent of Catholics say Communion sanctions improper"
William Luse writes another commanding essay that touches on many subjects but focuses on the resistance of temptation.
Jamie of Ad Limina Apostolorum mentions today a blog that I had not read before called Thoughts of Apolonio Latar III. Apolonio ‘s latest post on the liturgy is excellent, balanced, and filled with insight. Highly recommended so I will take the advantage to add this blog and some other blogs to my blogroll.
Contemplating the Laundry Because when I’m done here, I’ve got loads to do
Ancient and Future Catholic Musings A blog by a Catholic 20-something who seeks to make the Faith meaningful to people today without compromising the Truth or dumbing down.
Jumping Without A Chute
Ruminations
Barefoot and Pregnant
Scribblins The thoughts and impulses of a High School Educated Alabama Hillbilly Veteran Catholic Convert
The Ramblings, Rants, and Raves of John Book
Dressing with Dignity There is a difference between dressing attractively, and dressing to attract!
A Catholic Horizon A blog about Catholic perspectives and issues, from a person on a search for truth in all things, in a world which often provides the antithesis of truth.
Mark Winsor of Vociferous Yawpings has started a parody news blog called The Texaquarian Intelligencer. He has invited me to join him as a contribute and I have reported on the latest Philippine’s troop withdrawal.
The New Saint Blog’s Parish Hall
Mary H renames the revamped and moved parish hall.
I like the name "St. Blog" but there’s a nagging feeling that we ought to have a real saint for a patron. So I’m dedicating the hall to Our Lady of Guadalupe. The letters b-l-o-g can stand for our "Blessed Lady of Guadalupe."
A reader sent me a behind the scenes rendition of how the Ave Maria College continuation plan is presented to AMC’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
WASHINGTON: Economists searching for reasons why some nations are richer than others have found that those with a wide belief in hell are less corrupt and more prosperous, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.
Researchers at the regional Federal Reserve bank acknowledged the importance of productivity and investment in the economic process but looked at some recent unconventional efforts to explain differences in national prosperity.
The St Louis Fed drew on work by outside economists who studied 35 countries, including the United States, European nations, Japan, India and Turkey and found that religion shed some useful light.
"In countries where large percentages of the population believe in hell, there seems to be less corruption and a higher standard of living," the St Louis Fed said in its July quarterly review.
For instance, 71 per cent of the US population believe in hell and the country boasts the world’s highest per capita income, according to the 2003 United Nations Human Development Report and 1990-1993 World Values Survey.
Ireland, not far behind the United States in terms of income, likewise has a healthy fear of a nether world with 53 per cent of the population believing in hell’s existence.
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So I guess in this case it is "The Devil made me not do it."
For the third week now Jamie Blosser has been giving us a heads up on the Mass readings for Sunday through the eyes of St. Augustine. Highly recommended. This weeks installment.