Red: the color of fire and blood. Worn on martyr’s feast days, Pentecost, and at confirmation celebrations it symbolizes the zealous power of the Spirit in those who believe.
White: Used during the Christmas and Easter seasons, feasts of our Lord, Mary and saints who were not matyred. White is…
St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spirit. The thunderstorm had boiled up suddenly as Norbert was out riding. Norbert, who had…
(This is an obligatory reblog because I go to St. Norbert College)
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I think that Marian devotion is wonderful for those who find it fruitful. I think that having a strong female role model is very positive. However, I think that when church leaders commandeer Mary to use her as an example of “what a woman should be” by calling her quiet, docile, and subservient, we run into problems. Obviously, we should all be subservient to God, but to use Mary, who I see as a very strong and pro-female figure, as a vehicle to silence women is awful. Mary’s first action is to question the angel, she says yes when all social forces would have told her to say no, she pushed Jesus into public ministry even when he seemed reluctant — she is certainly a powerful woman worthy of our admiration.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
Life has caught up with me a little bit and I’ve been neglecting this blog. I plan to get back to blogging today or tomorrow. God bless!
Pope Benedict is also known to be fond of cats. As Cardinal Ratzinger he was known to look after stray cats in Rome. A book called “Joseph and Chico: A Cat Recounts the Life of Pope Benedict XVI” was published in 2007 which told the story of the Pope’s life from the feline Chico’s perspective. The story was inspired by an orange tabby Pentling cat, which belonged to the family next door. During his trip to Australia for World Youth Day in 2008 the media reported that festival organizers lent the Pope a grey cat called Bella in order to keep him company during his stay.
I am a proud Cafeteria Catholic. After all, Jesus was a Cafeteria Jew.
