Sweet Melissa. May the angels guide you home and let that youthful spirit run wild down streets of gold! On terms of theodicy for my own mind, there is no good explanation for things like this. Some gifts are given to the world for a transient time and then taken out abruptly. God has some…
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My high school math teacher lost his daughter to suicide last week, and an amazing celebration of her life occurred last Thursday. I post the following, a Homily by the priest and eulogy from Mairead’s sister, not only for reflection, but so I don’t lose it. What wonderful things we can do with our words…
Details[slide]Our meaning in the face of life’s end can be yield absurdity or spirituality. A friend recently sent me a speech (this excerpted therefrom), I believe thinking that it yielded some form of the former – or at least some meaning outside of the Eternal. After reading the book A Severe Mercy, I disagree. The…
DetailsIs it a sin to go to confession in anticipation of the pagan end of the world on the 21st? Time for some soul-searching on the issues, as usual… Judge Bork died this morning, and may he rest in peace. Bork was a Catholic as of 2003, after leading a very distinguished life as a…
Detailsby Terry Pratchett: When Death met the philosopher, the philosopher said, rather excitedly: “At this point, you realise, I’m both dead and not dead.” There was a sigh from Death. Oh dear, one of those, he thought. This is going to be about quantum again. He hated dealing with philosophers. They always tried to wriggle…
DetailsToday’s second reading was James 5:1-6: Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up…
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