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When is stealing not stealing?


Image via Wikipedia When is stealing not stealing? Moralist will argue that we don’t always have a choice, they love to use the example of a man caught stealing bread. The moralist will say that if the man was stealing … Continue reading

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Compassion


Image by Rosie O’Beirne via Flickr Ok, so here it is, I have been listening to talk radio on the way into work, and the big topic The Arizona law on illegal’s.  The Catholic Bishops seem to think the law … Continue reading

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Avoiding Hell…


Last week I was driving my nephew and his friend back home, my nephew lives with me and his friend had spent the night so he attended Mass with us. On the way home his friend said he was thinking … Continue reading

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The Church and the Public Square


The past month or so I have been asked or confronted with the statements about the Catholic faith. Most often from Catholics themselves. The questions range from the very basic to the very deep and for the most part the … Continue reading

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Burn Baby Burn!


To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. — Mother Teresa Simple logic, add oil to keep the flame. Oil is the food that feeds the fire. Same basic principle for an electric light, we … Continue reading

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Jesus, A Slave Master?


A friend and I have an ongoing joke about being liberal or conservative, I being the conservative. Today as we chatted online was no different, it always seems that one of us (mostly me) will some how manage to bring … Continue reading

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