DOGS, ANIMAL SOULS & HEAVEN

http://fatherjoe.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/do-dogs-go-to-heaven/
Some time back I made a post in response to inquiries about people’s pet dogs and the question as to whether they would be given entry into heaven. It is amazing how long the subsequent thread has become. My answer was essentially to stress human immortality and our hope for heaven. Animal substantial forms would [...]

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Priests Forbidden to Marry

Many years ago I had a website called the GEHENNA PAGE (1996-97). There really were no blogs back then and the Catholic presence online was pathetic. However, anti-Catholic sites were popping up everywhere and little men were pontificating like popes against the Church. I posted this response below to one critic’s biblical proof texts which [...]

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Father Cutie, Scandal & a Reflection on Celibacy

There are some critics who contend that the scandal in Miami with Father Alberto Cutie is providential. While God can certainly write straight with our crooked lines, I would stress that he never directly intends evil. There I have said it. I have used the big “e” word, EVIL. I am not judging anyone’s soul. [...]

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CHANGE WE CAN’T BELIEVE IN

A friend sent the notes from a priest below and I was quite impressed.  Abortion sours this presidency for me.  The fruits of Lincoln have come full circle with Obama, but still we refuse the truth.  Just as we once refused to admit the personhood and rights of black slaves; today we refuse to acknowledge the [...]

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Protected: DELETED EWTN COMMENTS: TOO MUCH?

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TUESDAY, 5TH WEEK OF THE YEAR

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin
Genesis 1:20-2:4 / Psalm 8 / Mark 7:1-13
Today’s first reading has God continuing his act of creation, particularly of the living creatures that inhabit the earth. Upon the seventh day he rests, not because God was tired but to establish a pattern of work and rest for men. [...]

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UGANDAN LRA MASSACRE CATHOLICS!

The the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) kidnaps children and inducts them into their numbers. Recently they hacked to death 45 civilians taking refuge in a Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Some reports say that as many as a hundred people died in the church. Captain Chris Magezi of the Ugandan army said [...]

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EARTH KITT DIES AT 81: SANTA BABY!

Eartha Kitt passed away today. As a kid I first became familiar with her as Batman’s nemesis, CATWOMAN. Of course, she was so much more: a singer, dancer and actress. She went far, coming from the povert of cotton fields in SC to become an icon of the industry.
She died of colon cancer.
Here is her [...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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OBAMA’S CABINET & OTHER PICKS?

It looks like most of my guesses are wrong.  I will make the corrections as the cabinet positions are announced:
State - Powell  [HILLARY CLINTON]
Treasury – [TIM GEITHNER]
Defense – Moore [ROBERT GATES]
Attorney General - Kerry  [ERIC HOLDER]
Interior – TBA [KEN SALAZAR]
Agriculture – Barry [TOM VILSACK]
Commerce - Rezko [BILL RICHARDSON]
Labor – Keenan [HILDA SOLIS]
Health - Winfrey  [TOM DASCHLE]
Education – Goldberg [ARNE [...]

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‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE MICHICAN

IT TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE GAME TIME,
AND ALL ROUND THE SHOE,
NOT A CREATURE WAS SLEEPING,
THEY WERE SCREAMING BEAT BLUE.
THE BANNERS WERE HUNG ON THE LAMP POST WITH CARE,
IN HOPES THAT ST. PRYOR WOULD FIND ROBISKIE THROUGH THE AIR.
DRUNKEN AND CRAZY AND BURNING THEIR BEDS,
WHILE VISIONS OF KICK OFF DANCED IN THE HEADS.
WHEN ALL OF A [...]

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Holy Water

Numbers 5:17: . . . and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
Here is a case where God actually commanded the use of holy water. If this is the case, how can [...]

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