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Evening Roundup - St. Stanislaus (EF) - May 7th, 2009

American Papist >> Coverage of the Pope's trip to the Holy Land American Papist >> Video: Fr. Corapi on Notre Dame Scandal In the Light of the Law >> A response to Abp. Wuerl's claims that canon law supports his inaction in regard to Nancy Pelosi Standing on My Head >> St Augustine on Love The Alphonsianum >> The Two Great Means for Becoming Holy--Desire and Resolution The Anchoress >> Catholic talkin' sex New Liturgical Movement >> The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 1

Afternoon Roundup - Friday of Passion Week - April 3rd, 2009

Chronicles >> Should We Kill the Fed ? (Pat Buchanan) The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> And in other news today... The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Theology of the Body Conference WDTPRS >> Happy Birthday Novus Ordo! WDTPRS >> authentic worship or insanity

Bonfire of the Vanities: Eucharist, Sex & Conversion

This is a really nice meditation by Fr. Martin Fox .

Homiletic & Pastoral Review: A Catholic physician talks to engaged couples

Dr. William G. White, a Catholic Physician specializing in Family Medicine, has a beautiful article in the March edition of H&PR . I commend it to you! [...] The human person is both material and spiritual. The body is “animated” (vivified, made alive) by the soul. The human person, a unity of body and soul, is created in the image and likeness of God. The body, then, is not a puppet to be manipulated or a possession to be used, but an essential aspect of the person. One expression that I have found helpful in understanding the wonderful mystery of the human body is that the body is “the material expression of the soul.” The immortal human soul, created by God in an act of personal love for each human being, actually makes the body what it is. [...] Read more here !