Let the Little Ones Come

Being Human...

I was reading an article this morning with my cuppa joe and just had to share it.  Archbishop Chaput has an extraordinary gift for explaining the basic truths of human existence.  He gave a speech a few days ago at the University of Pennsylvannia that is just amazing.  His speech, like all truths, is both simple and profound. 

A New Da Vinci?

 

Life has been overwhelmingly full and busy lately--a good kind of full and busy, though!  :)

My dear husband emailed me a link to an article describing a possible new discovery of one of Da Vinci's works!  I will be having the children read this today--a current event lesson in art history!   I have a few books on Da Vinci and a great art series that I have collected over the years...Time to dust them off and have some fun!

Hidden Treasure

An ancient image of St. Paul has been unearthed (literally) in the catacombs near his basilica in Rome!

Will lightning strike?

President Obama to meet the Holy Father.

A thought for the Day

"When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgment, I've often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God -- and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world -- and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, 'Spare him, because he loved us!'" 

-- the late pro-life hero, Congressman Henry Hyde

Lord Have Mercy.

Voting Our Conscience

catholicvote.com has a wonderful video that really shows the power of voting without compromising our faith and values.

A Prayer for our Nation

Election Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, You told us to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God. Enlighten the minds of our people [in] America. May we choose a President of the United States, and other government officials, according to Your Divine Will. Give our citizens the courage to choose leaders of our nation who respect the sanctity of unborn human life, the sanctity of marriage, the sanctity of marital relations, the sanctity of the family, and the sanctity of the aging. Grant us the wisdom to give You, what belongs to You, our God. If we do this, as a nation, we are confident You will give us an abundance of Your blessings through our elected leader. Amen.

Composed by Father John Anthony Hardon, S.J.
Imprimatur: +Rene H. Gracida, Bishop of Corpus Christi, July 7, 1992
Published by Eternal Life in 1992