February 2012
"Accommodation"? Not really. →
badwolfcomplex:
I knew this “accommodation” was too good to be true. Rather than better, things just got worse.
From Stand with the US Bishops:
“President Obama thinks Catholics are idiots who can’t recognize a fig-leaf accounting trick when they see it. The new mandate is actually WORSE than the first. Don’t be fooled.”
“Obama tried to pull a fast one on America… Since there was no change to...
Pro-Life Advocates Blast Revised Obama... →
iam3rd:
liseezy:
Smith says Obama’s claims that the revision support religious rights “is riddled with doublespeak and contradiction,” because while Obama claims that religious employers “will not” have to pay for abortion pills, sterilization and contraception, “Who pays for the insurance policy? The religious employer.”
Don’t be fooled by an accounting technicality!
I believe this...
“Who decides?’ used to be the slogan of the feminist movement advocating for a...”
– Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser (via iam3rd)
“But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His...”
– C.S. Lewis (via myfaithisnotdead)
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us!
Btw, her feast day is this Saturday :)
“You cannot save people, you can only love them.”
– Anaïs Nin (via misswallflower)
NPR: Obamacare Vs. The Catholics →
badwolfcomplex:
Worth reading all the way through.
if you somehow still don’t know what’s going on, this is a thorough read.
“He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own...”
– Luke 18:9-14
(via shortbreadsh)
"The Church has seen tyrants come and go. And, Mr.... →
iam3rd:
bethmeetsworld:
badwolfcomplex:
So says a couple of secular journalists in Business Insider article with the greatest title ever: Time to Admit it: The Church Has Always Been Right On Birth Control. Here’s a taste:
Painting the Catholic Church as “out of touch” is like shooting fish in a barrel, what with the funny hats and gilded churches. And nothing makes it easier than the...
10 Ways the Obama Administration Has Alienated... →
“We cannot — we will not — comply with this unjust law,” Kansas City-Kansas Archbishop Joseph Naumann wrote in his letter to Sunday Mass congregations about the Obama administration’s health care mandate. “Our parents and grandparents did not come to these shores to help build America’s cities and towns, its infrastructure and institutions, its enterprise and culture, only to have their...
Victoria’s Secret Model Quits to Reserve Body ‘for... →
iam3rd:
Bisutti had decided to leave the lingerie company awhile ago. On Dec. 1, the day after the nationally televised Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in which Bisutti didn’t appear, the model posted to her Twitter page, “For all of you that were looking for me in the Victorias Secret runway show this year, I wasn’t in it. I have decided not to model lingerie Because I personally feel that I am...
themusiclibrary:
Boston - Augustana
“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via gabtothezilla)
Life Lessons From 6 Famous Failures →
Saint Catherine Young Adult Ministry: YAM General... →
stcatherineyam:
This Thursday, February 9, will be our YAM General Meeting on Love since Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! Our speakers are Edward and Stacey Lorica - newlyweds and original parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena! They will be sharing their experiences of God within their relationship and we…
“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...”
– C. S. Lewis (via makahanaloa)
“To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.”
– St Ignatius of Loyola (via thefullnessofthefaith)
“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief...”
– St. Bartholomew (via TheDailyLove)
“I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly...”
– Vincent van Gogh (via blua)
“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because...”
– Mother Teresa (via femmetotale)
“First, who’s to say we are good people? The question should be not “Why do bad...”
– Peter Kreeft
Sounds harsh, but it resonates today…
(via iam3rd)
