Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Fr. Frank Pavone Describes Common Abortion Procedures
Warning: Fr. Frank describes using a model how abortionists kill and remove the baby in second trimester abortions and quotes the abortionists themselves; it is rightfully disturbing.
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Fr. Frank started Priests for Life, a group of priests and lay persons dedicated to ending the abortion holocaust; he explains the purpose of these videos and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Love and War, Politics by Devman
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Expendable Income?
I am now a registered walker in the Texas Alliance for Life annual Walk. My personal goal is $500, which means that I only need 50 people to donate $10 each. We can totally raise that, right blog readers?
Please consider sponsoring me here. Thanks!
7 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Katie
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Bee Monastery?
Our friend Amy sent us this unusual story about a man making his beehives in the shape of monasteries because “bees have souls, too”.
Well, technically they don’t, but this story is still funny.
No Comments » - Posted in Entertainment, Grapevines and Nature by Devman
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Now, before I arouse the hopes of any of our blog readers, I’m only referring to gardening here, not to new Rosebuds. We’re still waiting on Our Lord for that one.
However, as the title suggests, Devin and I are enjoying the fruitfulness of our backyard farm. Everything’s growing wonderfully! I’ve taken a [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Grapevines and Nature by Katie
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Cardinal Egan Calls Out Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani received our Lord in Holy Communion during the papal Mass, and Cardinal Egan is standing up and saying that it was wrong for him to do so because of his persistence in promoting abortion, among other grave matters.
Via American Papist and LifeSite News.
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Politics by Devman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Homesteading Festival
Katie about to go to the festival and teach cross-stitch:
2 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Requeening Ambrose and Augustine
Katie and I ordered two new queen bees from B. Weaver apiaries and had them sent to us via express mail, and they arrived last Thursday!
We searched through the Ambrose hive but could not find the queen, even after 20 minutes of looking, so we decided to introduce the new queen and take the risk [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Grapevines and Nature by Devman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Seven Random Things Meme
The Libertos were kind of enough to tag us with this meme, 7 random things/habits/quirks about yourself:
1. I am a horrible back-seat driver, no matter how good the driver is
2. My parents thought I had obsessive-compulsive disorder growing up because of various compulsive little things I did
3. My parents also thought I was becoming a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Entertainment by Devman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Dear Eliot
My friend Dave sent us this video made by a young father during the 99 days of his son’s life, who was born with Trisomy 18:
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Makes me want to be a dad again!
1 Comment » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
When Your Little Brother Is the Pope
The National Catholic Register has a great interview with Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, who is Pope Benedict’s older brother.
Here are some of my favorite excerpts:
Q. Has something changed on a personal level after the election of your brother as Pope?
A. No. My brother was already 78 years old when he was elected Pope. Our [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Left to Tell: Jesus’ Miracle
I am going to give away an awesome moment in the true story of Immaculee in Left to Tell, so don’t read more if you want to read the book yourself, but there is one part where, near the end of the 3 months she and 6 other women had been hiding in a tiny [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War by Devman
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Rwanda: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
As I posted about previously, Katie and I have been reading Left to Tell, the story of one woman’s horrific experience in the Rwanda genocide in 1994.
Neighbor slaughtered neighbor; family friends murdered families they once ate dinner with; killers roamed the countryside raping and killing with the endorsement of the Hutu government; it is so [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Love and War, Masculine Spirituality, Politics by Devman
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Majella Banquet!
It’s been a full past few days.
The Majella Society banquet was last night, and it went great, thanks be to God!
We ended up getting to host 2 tables, each with 10 guests, which surprised us because the second table came together in just the week or two before the event. Thank you to all [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Love and War, Politics by Devman
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Why Do Young People Like Old Pope Benedict?
Colleen Carroll Campbell has nailed it in her most recent article on the New York Times Papal Visit blog.
They [young people] are hungry for God. They are seeking transcendent truth and reliable moral guidance. And a growing number of them have come to believe that they can find both in an unreserved embrace of their [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
David Barton on the Founding Fathers
This past week Katie and I went to the Texas Alliance for Life leadership circle luncheon, which is held once a quarter, and David Barton was the speaker.
He gave a great talk about the philosophy and purpose of our United States government as envisioned and implemented by the founding fathers of our country. In [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason by Devman
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
The Immaculate Conception
A fellow blogger and convert, Tim Troutman, has made a post describing early Church witnesses to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary: that she was preserved by God from the stain of original sin from the moment of her conception.
I especially liked this passage from St. Augustine, which I had never [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Saints and Angels by Devman
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Year Two for the Flower Bed
Last year we dug up part of the front yard which had withered the previous summer in a drought and began planting flowers; this was then:
And after just one full year, this is our flower bed now:
Planting flowers and herbs is easy and fun: God does most of the work by making them all grow [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Grapevines and Nature by Devman
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Ceramic Tile
We just had ceramic tile installed throughout most of the house, everything but the bedrooms:
Katie and I had talked about putting in ceramic tile for quite a while, and we finally decided to do it, and we are really enjoying it.
The Hispanic men who installed the tile worked fast and did a great job; we [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Pope En Route to Speak Before the United Nations
Tune in!
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Blog Software Version Updated
I just updated the blog’s WordPress software to the new version; everything looks like it upgraded properly, but if you see something weird or something doesn’t work anymore, let me know, so I can try to fix it.
No Comments » - Posted in Technical by Devman
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Pope’s White House Speech
I’m borrowing here from Tom Hoopes, www.pope2008.com:
“Here are some choice quotes from the prepared remarks of Benedict XVI at the White House today.
“Freedom is not only a gift, but also a summons to personal responsibility. Americans know this from experience — almost every town in this country has its monuments honoring those who sacrificed their [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason, Love and War, Politics by Katie
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
You Gave Got to Watch This!
Pope Benedict at the White House, on his 81st birthday. He’s cute (can I say that?) and holy and brilliant. The crowd sang to him “Happy Birthday”, and he sang along to the “glory alleluia” when the Marine chorus sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason, Politics by Katie
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Tavarez Family Pope Visit Blog!
Robert just put it up!
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Flying Hebert
Our friend Allen took us flying in his father’s and his plane this past weekend; it was very cool, and Katie and I were impressed by Allen’s knowledge of flying:
Before we left the house, we took a picture with the Hebert clan:
In the plane, Katie rode up front, while Denae and I rode in the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
He’s Here!!!!!
Pope Benedict is on United States soil. Only 1500 miles. Thank you, Jesus, for the gift of such a holy Pope.
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason, Love and War, Saints and Angels by Katie
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Tavarez Family Going to See the Pope!
And they got a good story written about them in the Austin newspaper.
Robert Tavarez might start a blog describing their trip, and if so, I will post a link to it!
1 Comment » - Posted in Catholic Life by Devman
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
To Whom Shall We Go, Lord?
Today’s gospel reading is continuing on John 6, Bread of Life discourse:
Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason by Katie
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Today
We’re busy today but wonderfully so, and I couldn’t be happier. Devin just built an arbor for our grapevines, digging down 18″ to ground our posts, even cutting into the limestone a few inches. Great work, babe! Photos later.
In the garden, we’ve got sprouts! Update today: 1 okra, 1 cucumber, 2 Roma [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Catholic Life, Grapevines and Nature by Katie
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Fueling the Fire of Prejudice
At work the other day, I had lunch with two coworkers and friends of mine, and I mentioned how I had been reading a book about the Rwandan genocide.
We discussed several issues about it, but I was surprised when one of my coworkers said: “What I was really angry about with it was the Catholic [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Faith and Reason, Love and War by Devman
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The Canon of Shakespeare
I have decided that it would be good for me to read more Shakespeare, as in high school I “had” to read several of his works and so had developed an aversion to them because of the compulsion involved.
So Katie and I went to the bookstore last night, and I picked the least expensive “complete [...]