Monthly Archives: March 2009

You Became a Christian Because It Comforted You

Some atheists have contended that people like me who convert to Christianity do so because they can’t hack it as an atheist and so turn to the “comfort” of religion “where everything that you need to believe is told to … Continue reading

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All Of These Roads Lead Me to Roam…

…bring me back home. – Caedmon’s Call, “Where I Began” Through other blogs I read, I have learned about two men entering full communion with the Catholic Church this Easter: 1. Journey to Rome: “Protestant Once, Anglican Now, Catholic Soon” … Continue reading

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So Grateful

So grateful for the gift of his life.  So grateful that thirty-one years today, his mother labored to bring him into the world.  So grateful that Our Lord raised him into an amazing man. I have a fabulous birthday gift … Continue reading

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A Doozy of a Prayer

St. Patrick certainly must have been quite an exorcist.  His famous prayer, written circa 377AD. Lorica I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of … Continue reading

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St. Patrick’s Day

What a difference one man can make in the history of a nation.  Brought as a slave to Ireland, he returned there as a missionary years later and brought the Gospel, baptizing nearly every person in Ireland before he died.  … Continue reading

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