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Innocence Denied
I found this link via Fr. Jim’s Dappled Things.
While I’ve been thinking about this for some time now; I’m not ready to write a full post about it. To keep a timely response though- the dignity of being a woman have been forgotten by so many women. Does Janet Jackson not realize what the Super Bowl stunt did? In front of one of the largest television audiences of the year, she let a 12-year old’s fantasy boyfriend (at least a couple of years ago, I haven’t kept up in the 12-14-year old girl music scene) tear off a portion of her clothing. Of course, couldn’t be just a sleve or anything. Just think how that rubbed off on children.
Another interesting, granted off-topic, article: PrimeTime Family News
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the dignity of women
why meat?
Since today is Friday, we’re all supposed to abstain from eating meat per church discipline. Well, I forgot and had some chicken today for lunch. Brandon Fischer mentioned that he believed that according to old Jewish law, chicken was not considered “meat” for things like that. My question is why meat? How did the Church decide meat and what exactly counted as meat?
Just wondering…
chesterton on tradition
“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.” – Orthodoxy by Chesteron
something we should heed to
To know whom to avoid is a great means of saving our souls. -St. Thomas Aquinas
How true are these words? Birds of a feather flock together is another way to think about it. When we are doing things we shouldn’t, we usually end up hanging out with other people who shouldn’t. It’s true beyond words.
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In other news, I upgraded my CMS to MT 2.661 from the previous 2.65. It shouldn’t make a difference to any of you but all the same.
the month of st. joseph
“Change is always seen as a negative thing in our lives because it interferes with our level of comfortability. Might I suggest that we start to become comfortable with change.” -Most Rev. Gregory Aymond, Bishop of Austin, Ash Wednesday Homily 2004
The month of March is now upon us. This month is a big month. This month, all 31 days of it being within Lent, is a time for us to think about our lives and figure out if where we are is where we are supposed to be. The month is dedicated to St. Joseph, husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus, partly because the Solemnity of St. Joseph is celebrated during the month. St. Joseph was a man who was set to marry Mary when he learned that she was with child. At first, he didn’t know what to think- this woman that he was engaged to is all of a sudden with child! An angel of the Lord came to him and told him not to fret; she had not cheated on him or gone behind his back. She was simply carrying out God’s will.
So for us this month, let us remember to not judge others in our lives without fully understanding why and how they got into situations that they are in. St. Joseph had every reason to think that Mary had sinned against him and God while in fact she was carrying out the very will of God. Too often do I think ill of people because of what I have seen before I try to find out what is really going on.
On another note, new things are about to make itself known. Keep posted.
