The Health and Human Services contraception mandate is behind us now, right? After all, the Obama administration announced it in January and then made the appropriate accommodations in February. So everyone is happy, right? The only people left complaining are those religious, woman-hating extremists who will never be satisfied, right? That’s probably the impression you […]
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Can you settle down for just one minute? Seriously, how long can you go without feeling like you need to do some sort of activity? I don’t know about you, but I feel like I always have to do something. I feel anxious if I’m “unplugged” and not checking email, Facebook, and news feeds. I
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Upon being elevated to the cardinalate on Feb 18 in Rome, Cardinal Dolan of New York said he has a long way to go spiritually. He said to reporters: As grateful as I am for being a Cardinal, I really want to be a saint. I mean that, and I’ve got a long way to go
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Scandals in professional sports is nothing new. Every few weeks we hear about an athlete cheating on a spouse, using drugs, squandering money on an extravagant lifestyle, or being arrested for any number of crimes. And yet, if you were to take the secular media’s take on professional sports, the most scandalous and controversial athlete
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There are so many events in the news that I could write about in today’s post. I could continue talking about the Health and Human Services contraception mandate, Proposition 8 being ruled unconstitutional in California, or the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s flip-flop on sending money to Planned Parenthood. It seems like everywhere I turn, whether
The articles regarding President Obama’s contraception mandate keep piling up. Everyone is weighing in, whether it be Catholic bishops or secular sources evaluating the Constitutional consequences of this mandate. President Obama stirred up a hornets’ nest with this decision as it has now brought to the forefront questions of religious freedom, healthcare, and conscience in
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Last week Obama declared that all health care providers must cover contraception regardless of their moral objections. That’s it, no discussion, no conscience clauses, nothing except a token stay of execution. Laws that reflect and respect morality are on life support and the government is looking to euthanize them. I wish I could say that
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Do you ask for holiness? Seriously, how many times do you pray and ask God to make you holier? I don’t know about you, but I don’t ask nearly enough. My prayers usually revolve around asking God for other things like, “help so-and-so with an illness,” “help so-and-so with his job,” “give me the strength
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Do you have a plan when you pray the rosary and for incorporating what you learn from prayer in your life? Do you pray with purpose? I thought about how I pray the rosary while thinking about the three magi honoring Jesus in the Epiphany. The three wise men didn’t just set out into the
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Just what you need, another New Year’s resolution idea right? That is why I’m not going to suggest that you make a resolution to pray more in 2012. I’m not suggesting this because I don’t want prayer to join “getting in better shape,” “getting more organized,” and “quitting [insert vice here]” in the pile of
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