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Sunday, December 11th, 2005

How Did God Design His Church?

I’ve been having an on-going discussion about Christianity, specifically Protestantism and Catholicism, with my friend and coworker, whom I call the H.
It has been a good conversation and has given me some renewed interest in learning about the history of Christianity, though, as a rule, my laziness wins out, and I research things just as [...]

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Friday, December 9th, 2005

O Sweet Mother

 
You know, sometimes Jesus touches our hearts even when we don’t want him to. I had a long discussion with two of my Evangelical Christian coworkers this evening. They are good friends of mine who I have worked with day-in and day-out for almost 5 years.
 
I won’t go into the content of [...]

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Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Safe and Sound

 
I did an uncharacteristic thing this morning:
 
It was 6 am, my car was covered in ice, so much so that the door wouldn’t open until I dumped a bucket of hot water on the door seals, and there was ice on many of the roads. Normally I would have said, “I don’t know how [...]

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Thursday, December 8th, 2005

A Bit More on Pearl Harbor

 
One of my friends sent me a link to an article which included part of his father’s experience at Pearl Harbor:
 

The seaman first class was getting ready to attend Mass when a yellowish-green smoke began to fill the deck of the USS California. Soon after Vrana hurried to the top-deck of the ship a [...]

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Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Mass Intentions for Our Pearl Harbor Soldiers

 
“L.E.”, the sacristan and acolyte for daily Mass at St. Louis, and a class of 1948 Fightin’ Texas Aggie, offered a prayer today during Mass for all our soldiers who died at Pearl Harbor.
 
May our good Lord have mercy on all their souls, and may he protect our troops at home and abroad, risking their [...]

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Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Jesus’ dad

 
I wear a medal of St. Joseph with the child Jesus around my neck each day, and today I ran into a coworker that I hadn’t seen in a long time, and we had this exchange:
 
Coworker (leaning toward me to look at medal): “Whatcha got there? ”
Me: “Oh, it’s St. Joseph and Jesus. [...]

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Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Old School

 
To the class of ‘57, truck-driving, Old Army, Corps of Cadet Aggie man who sits under the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph statues during Mass and gives me the “Gig ‘em Aggies” thumbs up during the sign of peace: Rock on!
 
Yet another reason to love the Catholic Church!

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Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Urban Outfitters: Thumbs Down

 
I read this article on Catholic Exchange about Urban Outfitters’ “novelty” items that are very demeaning and insulting to our faith (warning: Catholic Exchange lists the evil things tactfully, but it is still quite disgusting).
 
I haven’t gotten to verify it yet, but when I do I am going to send them an email, and [...]

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Monday, December 5th, 2005

King Kong vs. Godzilla

 
The G and I played the Rampage video game as kids, and tonight we saw a preview for the King Kong movie, and it brought back some memories.
 
The G: “Isn’t Godzilla just a big dinosaur?”
Me: “Yeah, pretty much.”
The G: “But can’t he breathe fire?”
Me: “Yeah, and he can do something with [...]

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Sunday, December 4th, 2005

12 miles

 
The G and I have been training for the Freescale marathon for the past month and a half. We’re supposed to do a 12-mile run today.
 
The G has had a problem with one of his feet that has been making it hard to do the long runs, and I have continued having issues with [...]

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Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

Children’s drawings

 
Today after Mass I spent some time with (Big) Jeff driving around town. When I dropped him off at his home, I went inside briefly, and his daughter Jane (who is 3 years old) handed me a picture.
 

 
Then she proudly announced to me, “It’s a cockroach!”.
 
I thought little girls drew things like hearts and [...]

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Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Protect your Identity

You know about that thing you hear on the news about people getting their identity stolen. You think, “man that would be a bummer, I’m glad that’s not me” and go on about your business. Well, that’s me. Yep, I am a victim of identity theft. Read more below the fold.
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Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Selwood Farm

 
“Well I see the sister smiling,
I see the sun upon her face,
Here is the Promise, that fills this place.
 
Well this is a day worth keeping,
This is a day worth dwelling on,
This is the Day, at Selwood Farm.”
 
Ah, that Bebo Norman. My cousin Summer gave me one of his CDs some years ago when she [...]

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Friday, December 2nd, 2005

My Daily Bread on Grace

 
If you still haven’t picked up a copy of My Daily Bread, you just gotta get one today! (Unless of course you are someone I know, and I am getting you one this Christmas, and in that case, don’t go get one).
 
Today’s lesson was about grace, and as usual, it was brilliantly inspired:

My grace [...]

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Friday, December 2nd, 2005

My Honor

 
I remember seeing Marjorie at daily Mass early in the morning ever since I went to St. Louis.
 
She had white hair, sat up front, and usually had multiple prayer intentions related to our Blessed Mother during the general intercessions. One went something like: “May our Blessed Mother be a fortress of strength and [...]

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Thursday, December 1st, 2005

God’s Dreams

 
I was thinking today about the dreams I had for my life:
Dreams of marriage and a holy, beautiful wife,
Dreams of a holy family modeled after the Holy Family,
Dreams of becoming a man after God’s own heart, a modern-day St. Joseph,
Dreams of life in Heaven forever.
 
These are all good dreams and desires. I believe our [...]

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