This past week, there was a great quick reflection in The Magis Institute’s Daily Ignatian Reflection: Friday 2 July 2010 Mt. 9:9-13 In the early 1980’s, when the Solidarity movement was attacked in Poland, many people fled to the US. I was a young Jesuit scholastic who spoke some Polish, so I tried to help…
DetailsIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. …
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With Dr. Hahn on human freedom:
And there is lots I wanna post. After I get to China, the blog might turn to more of a pictures-oriented focus of my experiences in the Orient for the coming month. We shall see how much time I have to post anything but the usual weekly changes, like the quote/art switch, a weekly song,…
Details1 Gravitational coupling constant If larger: No stars less than 1.4 solar masses, hence short stellar life spans If smaller: No stars more than 0.8 solar masses, hence no heavy element production 2 Strong nuclear force coupling constant If larger: No hydrogen; nuclei essential for life are unstable If smaller: No elements other than hydrogen…
DetailsMy buddy Dan Lower over at Keyboard Theologians posted a superb and succinct thought stream concerning the idea of dignity in today’s society. Though he only brushes the topic, I will be explicit, euthanasia and induced suicide is never death with dignity – no matter what it is called in today’s world. Go read his thoughts.…
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