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Saturday, December 31st, 2005

“It’s R-O-C-K”…

 
“Oh yeah, the ‘C’ is silent.”
 
(That one’s for your Robert.)

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Friday, December 30th, 2005

And Again

 
It’s one of those worlds where you look at children with contempt because you have become so selfish and twisted by a malignant demon and then instead of being sent to hell along with him are brought to your knees and given the choice to believe in a good God, and when you do, He [...]

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Friday, December 30th, 2005

Oh I See…

 
…It’s one of those worlds where you pray to a good God, receive a ton of grace, are transformed from something wicked into something wonderful, fight like hell against your hellish tendencies, are forgiven when you fall by incredible, humble mercy, and then go to Heaven forever.
 
That sounds good to me! Where do I [...]

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Thursday, December 29th, 2005

I Never Thought I Would Say This

 
But I am almost sick of eating chocolate and candy.
 
I ate a TON of good food with my beloved family in Pearland and that included healthy food as well as about five pounds of chocolate and candy!
 
There’s too much to tell, so I’ll just put up some pictures.

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Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Return to Pearland

 
I’m headed to Pearland for the rest of the week with my mom to visit family, so I probably won’t be writing any entries. My mom and I lived in Pearland for a time, but it has been many years since I’ve been back there.
 
Fortunately I found a Catholic parish there, St. Helen’s, that [...]

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Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Christmas Goodness

 
Christ our Savior is born!
 
Merry Christmas to you and your family. My mom and I went to Mass early this morning with a dear old priest named Father Elmer who is a spiritual advisor at the seminary where the Austin diocese sends its seminarians.
 
We picked up Marjorie on the way, and when we entered [...]

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Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Tea Time

 
My beloved and far-off sister sent me a big package of stuff–some for me, some for my mom, some to be kept for her when she returns one day.

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Friday, December 23rd, 2005

But It Isn’t REALLY Jesus…

 
…is it?
 
Remember when Jesus said, “Whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me”?
 
We all believe that with some degree of faith, but if you’re like me, that faith is pretty small. Consider: A man is new to your parish and wants to go to Adoration, but he is [...]

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Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Jesus’ Waiting

 
In Mary’s womb, 2 days before his birth, Jesus was waiting…
 
Waiting to open up his human eyes on the world he created,
Waiting to gaze lovingly into the faces of his mother and foster-father,
Waiting to be held so tenderly by them and to be adored by them,
Waiting to feel the cold air in the little stable,
Waiting [...]

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Father Brown Hits Home

 
The G gave me a set of Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, and the first one I read last night was awesome!
 
Fr. Brown is a dumpy-looking but shrewd little priest who always solves the crimes. This one involved two men who had a duel, and everyone thought that Man A killed Man B for known [...]

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Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Response to America Magazine Protest

 
I was happy to receive this response from the Jesuit Provincial to my email about the disgusting ad in America magazine:
 
December 20, 2005
 
Thank you for your recent email concerning the advertisement in a recent edition of America. I too was shocked at the sight of it and asked the editor for an explanation. He [...]

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Monday, December 19th, 2005

Flawless Super Mario Bros. Run

 
I thought I was pretty good at Super Mario Brothers (SMB) for 8-bit Nintendo (NES), but this guy is a class above me.
 
I have played SMB enough over the past 20 years to appreciate this run–flawless in almost every way. The skill required to make the super-jumps and perfectly-timed half-jumps is incredible. There [...]

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Monday, December 19th, 2005

Iraqi Tidbits

In case you missed it like I did, George W. Bush delivered an inspiring speech last night on the progress in Iraq. You can catch it here.
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Read about a brave Iraqi-American here
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Watch an inspiring video about the Iraqi election over here

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Monday, December 19th, 2005

Christopher West And Oprah

 
Check out this article on CatholicExchange.com by Christopher West where he critiques a show that Oprah had on why men lust and look at pornography and go to strip clubs.
 
I emailed Oprah and suggested she put Mr. West on her show to give a different explanation than her panel of “experts” about why men do [...]

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Sunday, December 18th, 2005

A House Doesn’t Make a Home…

 
“…Don’t leave me here, alone.”
 
Paul Hewson, aka Bono the lead singer of U2, has sung at least a few songs about his dad, Bob Hewson (may God rest his soul).

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Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Joy

 
I know it’s the last week of Advent and NOT Christmas yet, but I gave the G his Christmas gift tonight–U2 live from Chicago (Vertigo tour). Then we went and got some ice cream and listened to Christmas music. (Don’t be cross with me, Katie, for indulging in this little bit of [...]

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Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Slackjawed

 
“Someone tells me something,
Well I’m prepared to listen;
Nothing’s going on,
Nothing’s going on…”
–the Connells, “Slackjawed” (free mp3 download off their site)
 
This album came out my sophomore year in high school, and they played it on the radio a lot. I liked it then and still like it now, though I gave the album away sometime [...]

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Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Disgusting Ad in “America” Magazine

 
I found out about this through Dom Bettnelli’s blog and sent this email to the Jesuit editor of “America” and the provincial.
 
To the editor of America magazine,
 
I saw the ad today that was included in the most recent issue of America magazine of a piece of “art” depicting our Blessed Mother in a statue covered [...]

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Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Roxy y Gerardo

 
Roxanna and her mother came to Austin today, and I finally got to meet Gerardo’s lovely girlfriend! They are both muy simpatica and speak excellent English, which es muy importante por mi since my Spanish is peor.
 

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Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Martin and Debbie

 
I just got a wedding invitation from my friends Martin and Debbie with a comic book theme of “The Incredibles” movie! It is really unique and cool, and it has Martin written all over it (figuratively speaking).
 
God knows everything and is so good. He guides our lives and deftly weaves them together–he knows [...]

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Friday, December 16th, 2005

Blessed Be God…

 
…in his angels and saints,
in his love for us all,
in his life given for us in agony,
in his mercy on our sins,
in his never-failing support and compassion,
in his beautiful daughters,
in his handsome sons,
in his holy families.

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Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Why Would St. Joseph Quietly Divorce Mary?

 
We all know the story of Mary and Joseph: Betrothed to one another, which was something similar but even stronger than our modern-day engagement, yet suddenly St. Joseph sees that Mary is pregnant!
 
Imagine it: Joseph is betrothed to the most amazingly virtuous creature who has ever existed, and he knows it. They [...]

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Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Costco Alert

 
Just want to pass along this story of twisted people working at companies persecuting faithful Catholics: From Mark Shea.
 
If you are a Costco member especially, I encourage you to send them an email or letter.

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

To Be or To Do

 
That is the question.
 
What I mean is: Is the primary goal of your life to do something or to be something?
 
Now this is a little bit of a false dichotomy because being leads to doing, and as human beings living in God and in his world, we are always doing something, but i am [...]

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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

An R, a G, and Two Bops

 
“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,—
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do
If bees are few. ”
– Emily Dickinson
 
Major bonus to anyone who knows what Magic card the above poem is the flavor text on.
 
Aside from being a really cool little poem, it has absolutely NOTHIING to do [...]

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Monday, December 12th, 2005

I never thought I’d say this…

I love France. Not because of fashion or french fries. Rather, for being the birthplace of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe. He founded the Community of St. John, a group of religious in the 1970s. They are a fairly small group, but have made their presence felt in South Texas from their priory in Laredo. The brothers [...]

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Monday, December 12th, 2005

Miracle on 34th Street

 
Late last week the G and I watched the “Miracle on 34th Street” remake that I picked up at Half-Price Books for a dollar several months ago.
 
The G was initially quite skeptical when I selected the movie, as he was in the mood for “something more serious”. I suggested we watch at least up [...]

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Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Mrs. Garcia

 
Thank you for the chocolate bon-bons. I don’t think they shall last the week!

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Sunday, December 11th, 2005

The Return of the G

 
Forget Aragorn son of Arathorn. The G returned today from his latest travels to Laredo, and he was ready to setup the Christmas tree.
 
He fished the box with our tree out of the attic, and we broke some kind of record putting it up in about 5 minutes, including lights and all 15 ornaments [...]

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Sunday, December 11th, 2005

How God Did Not Design His Church

 
I left off the last post with the pointed question about Crestview Baptist vs. Methodist churches, which were built right across the neighbhorhood street from one another.
 
I am not picking on these two churches specifically–I hope and believe they are good places full of people who are striving to follow Christ as best they can, [...]

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