Saint Bernadette Soubirous
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Catholic/Saints/B/Bernadette-Soubirous.aspx?source=NEWSLETTER
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Presidential Prayer Team- sign up and pray for our President and his Administration and Family
www.PresidentialPrayerTeam.org
O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit.
Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us.
O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth. We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (from The Book of Common Prayer)
EASTER QUOTE
Benjamin Warfield.
Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God." But He has risen in the confirmation of all His claims. By it alone, but by it thoroughly, is He manifested as the very Son of God, who has come into the world to reconcile the world to Himself. It is the fundamental fact in the Christian's unwavering confidence in "all the words of this life." — Benjamin B. Warfield, pastor and theologian
O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit.
Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us.
O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth. We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (from The Book of Common Prayer)
EASTER QUOTE
Benjamin Warfield.
Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God." But He has risen in the confirmation of all His claims. By it alone, but by it thoroughly, is He manifested as the very Son of God, who has come into the world to reconcile the world to Himself. It is the fundamental fact in the Christian's unwavering confidence in "all the words of this life." — Benjamin B. Warfield, pastor and theologian
how frigging cute is this?
OBAMA- A REAL FAMILY MAN
helping the kiddies on the White House Easter Egg hunt.
Dear Members of the Virtual Salesian Community
-We have begun the period of fifty days between Easter and Pentecost that the Church celebrates as one continuous feast - "one great Sunday" as St. Athanasius once penned - during which we contemplate the power and promise of the Resurrection.When commenting on the immensity of this redemptive act in the life of Jesus - and in the lives in each and every one of us - perhaps less is more. At the end of Book IX of his Treatise on the Love of God, Francis de Sales wrote: "Let us take up the affections suitable to the service of charity, so that we may die naked upon the cross with our divine Savior and afterwards rise again with him in the new man. 'Love is strong as death,' to enable us to forsake all other things. It is as magnificent as the resurrection to adorn us with glory and honor."During this Easter season, may we experience the uplifting - and redemptive - power that comes with dedicating ourselves to the "service of charity." That is, to the love of God and one another.
(Rev) Michael S. Murray, OSFS
Director, De Sales Spirituality Center
"Practical Paths to Holiness"
www.oblates.org/spirituality
-We have begun the period of fifty days between Easter and Pentecost that the Church celebrates as one continuous feast - "one great Sunday" as St. Athanasius once penned - during which we contemplate the power and promise of the Resurrection.When commenting on the immensity of this redemptive act in the life of Jesus - and in the lives in each and every one of us - perhaps less is more. At the end of Book IX of his Treatise on the Love of God, Francis de Sales wrote: "Let us take up the affections suitable to the service of charity, so that we may die naked upon the cross with our divine Savior and afterwards rise again with him in the new man. 'Love is strong as death,' to enable us to forsake all other things. It is as magnificent as the resurrection to adorn us with glory and honor."During this Easter season, may we experience the uplifting - and redemptive - power that comes with dedicating ourselves to the "service of charity." That is, to the love of God and one another.
(Rev) Michael S. Murray, OSFS
Director, De Sales Spirituality Center
"Practical Paths to Holiness"
www.oblates.org/spirituality
The Spirit of Truth
As Opposed to the Extreme Right Wing Perversions thereof
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
No, truth isn't "relative", or as Joyce Myers says, "relevant" (I think she meant relative, we get the point.) But neither is it synonymous with "false" or "lying skank" or "not true." Truth is absolute and knowable. Morality, however, can depend on the situation- this "situational ethics" can be confused with a confusion with the truth itself. Situational ethics can say that, for example, it is not ethical or right to walk across the street against the light as that is against the traffic laws. However, if your child darted into traffic across the street most people would deem you right and ethical to dart out after her, even if against the light to save her from being hit by a car as a higher moral mandate. The situation dictates what is there and then ethical or not. You can think of a thousand such circumstances that justify more than a black letter legal pronouncement of what is the "right." There is a "self-defense" doctrine to murder, so 'murder' is not always unjustified. There is a "just" war and an "unjust" war theory- the "just" variety exemplified by stamping out the Third Reich and the "unjust" being pure aggression for monetary gain- such as many people think that the Iraq war and deception was and is; when "unjust" it is just mass murder. Things are not always as clear as they appear.
I am a new fan of that Blog of the Courtier character for the reason that he posted a discussion of the Spanish religious blasting the Curia (see, http://www.theblogofthecourtier.blogspot.com/) for being too tied into the extreme whacked religious right, and thus thwarting the move of the Spirit expressed in Vatican II. I also like and appreciate the cartoon below the article on the flight of reason- a scary phenomenon.
Truth isn't something that should be sacrificed to a political agenda. Take for example the protest of Dawn Eden on her blog (http://www.dawneden.blogspot.com/) that Georgetown "painted over" the IHS name of Christ in Gaston Hall at the Obama lecture to play to her whacked extreme religiously bigotted audience. In an hour long lecture on the economy in which the US President discussed the banking crisis, mortgage back security abuses and economic melt-down, the only take away apparently that Dawn Eden took was that Obama didn't mention the word "Jesus" (it wasn't billed as a theological talk), and the total fabrication that Georgetown or Jack DeGoia "painted over" the IHS insignia in Gaston Hall.
When there is a non-religious talk, many of which are given in Gaston Hall because it is just a great beautiful venue for events, they nearly always cover up the the wooden dias appropriately behind the speaker(s)- regardless of their political affiliation, not as an affront to Jesus, but perhaps because the people speaking are not there to represent Jesus per se in a non-religious context. We also have something called the "establishment clause" (Ist Amendment to the US Constitution ) which is reflected in spirit at least by the US President not endorcing any religion by posting it's logo above his head.
It is nothing short of childish (grossly immature) and petulant to sit in a beautiful venue as an invited guest and insult the host like this. It is also flatly dishonest- because No one "painted over" the IHS. It is still there. It is part of an architectural gem-no one took a paint brush to this classic art just before Obama showing up.
The fact that this sort of junk is applauded, defended, financed and protected, speaks volumes about the reforms that have to be and should be made to create an intellectually honest environment where Christ is actually preached and represented and people speaking the truth in love and arguing for the reign of Love are not persecuted. If not, there is no wonder that the popular perception of the Papacy is more aligned to Eddie Izzard's reflections below (I apologize in advance for the irreverent tone, but in a sense the papacy deserves it.)
Postscript: HOMELAND SECURITY is now warning that inflamed Right Wing extremist rhetoric is creating a threat to national security coupled with the economic stress, the first African American president, etc. http://news.aol.com/?feature=428197
Another reason to recover reason and stop the madness.
Update: Apparently while not "painted" the IHS was covered over with a black triangle.
Can you imagine that uproar of what would have ensued and the titles of the articles if Obama appeared beneath the IHS?. "Who does he think he is? JESUS?"
The biggoted blogosphere still misses the point of the economic lecture completely (if they understand economics at all), and still insist on mocking Obama for his reference to the Sermon on the Mount- as if this Harvard Law graduate should be biblically ignorant or not allowed to quote scripture.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
No, truth isn't "relative", or as Joyce Myers says, "relevant" (I think she meant relative, we get the point.) But neither is it synonymous with "false" or "lying skank" or "not true." Truth is absolute and knowable. Morality, however, can depend on the situation- this "situational ethics" can be confused with a confusion with the truth itself. Situational ethics can say that, for example, it is not ethical or right to walk across the street against the light as that is against the traffic laws. However, if your child darted into traffic across the street most people would deem you right and ethical to dart out after her, even if against the light to save her from being hit by a car as a higher moral mandate. The situation dictates what is there and then ethical or not. You can think of a thousand such circumstances that justify more than a black letter legal pronouncement of what is the "right." There is a "self-defense" doctrine to murder, so 'murder' is not always unjustified. There is a "just" war and an "unjust" war theory- the "just" variety exemplified by stamping out the Third Reich and the "unjust" being pure aggression for monetary gain- such as many people think that the Iraq war and deception was and is; when "unjust" it is just mass murder. Things are not always as clear as they appear.
I am a new fan of that Blog of the Courtier character for the reason that he posted a discussion of the Spanish religious blasting the Curia (see, http://www.theblogofthecourtier.blogspot.com/) for being too tied into the extreme whacked religious right, and thus thwarting the move of the Spirit expressed in Vatican II. I also like and appreciate the cartoon below the article on the flight of reason- a scary phenomenon.
Truth isn't something that should be sacrificed to a political agenda. Take for example the protest of Dawn Eden on her blog (http://www.dawneden.blogspot.com/) that Georgetown "painted over" the IHS name of Christ in Gaston Hall at the Obama lecture to play to her whacked extreme religiously bigotted audience. In an hour long lecture on the economy in which the US President discussed the banking crisis, mortgage back security abuses and economic melt-down, the only take away apparently that Dawn Eden took was that Obama didn't mention the word "Jesus" (it wasn't billed as a theological talk), and the total fabrication that Georgetown or Jack DeGoia "painted over" the IHS insignia in Gaston Hall.
When there is a non-religious talk, many of which are given in Gaston Hall because it is just a great beautiful venue for events, they nearly always cover up the the wooden dias appropriately behind the speaker(s)- regardless of their political affiliation, not as an affront to Jesus, but perhaps because the people speaking are not there to represent Jesus per se in a non-religious context. We also have something called the "establishment clause" (Ist Amendment to the US Constitution ) which is reflected in spirit at least by the US President not endorcing any religion by posting it's logo above his head.
It is nothing short of childish (grossly immature) and petulant to sit in a beautiful venue as an invited guest and insult the host like this. It is also flatly dishonest- because No one "painted over" the IHS. It is still there. It is part of an architectural gem-no one took a paint brush to this classic art just before Obama showing up.
The fact that this sort of junk is applauded, defended, financed and protected, speaks volumes about the reforms that have to be and should be made to create an intellectually honest environment where Christ is actually preached and represented and people speaking the truth in love and arguing for the reign of Love are not persecuted. If not, there is no wonder that the popular perception of the Papacy is more aligned to Eddie Izzard's reflections below (I apologize in advance for the irreverent tone, but in a sense the papacy deserves it.)
Postscript: HOMELAND SECURITY is now warning that inflamed Right Wing extremist rhetoric is creating a threat to national security coupled with the economic stress, the first African American president, etc. http://news.aol.com/?feature=428197
Another reason to recover reason and stop the madness.
Update: Apparently while not "painted" the IHS was covered over with a black triangle.
Can you imagine that uproar of what would have ensued and the titles of the articles if Obama appeared beneath the IHS?. "Who does he think he is? JESUS?"
The biggoted blogosphere still misses the point of the economic lecture completely (if they understand economics at all), and still insist on mocking Obama for his reference to the Sermon on the Mount- as if this Harvard Law graduate should be biblically ignorant or not allowed to quote scripture.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
SOMALIA
A Special Event with Conflict Solutions International
Thursday, APRIL 23, 2009, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Event
The Conflict in Somalia
As the conflict rages on, the entire region remains in turmoil. Various factions are fighting for control of Somalia while pirates capture large foreign commercial ships and take hostages. Among our panelists are Somali economist Abdirahman Abdi, Conflict Resolution expert and native Somali Hussein Yusuf, and Refugee International Advocate Patrick Duplat.
Thursday, APRIL 23, 2009, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Event
The Conflict in Somalia
As the conflict rages on, the entire region remains in turmoil. Various factions are fighting for control of Somalia while pirates capture large foreign commercial ships and take hostages. Among our panelists are Somali economist Abdirahman Abdi, Conflict Resolution expert and native Somali Hussein Yusuf, and Refugee International Advocate Patrick Duplat.
SPEAKERS
Hussein Yusuf
A native Somali, Mr. Yusuf is currently a P.H.D student at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. He holds a Master’s in Management of Human Services and Social Systems from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a Bachelor’s in Communication and Political Science from Goshen College in Indiana. An expert on East Africa, Mr. Yusuf studies Conflict Analyses and Resolution at ICAR with a focus on state collapse, ethnic conflict and the deeply rooted age-old grievances that shape the ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa. As a humanitarian worker, Mr. Yusuf worked in Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya on United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Projects and Partners for Development and International Rescue Committee.
Abdirahman M. Abdi
An economist by profession, Mr. Abdi worked on Wall Street for Coopers and Lybrand, Citibank and Solomon Brothers. He also worked as a financial officer for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in accounting from Pace University, a Masters of Science in Finance and a Masters of Arts in Applied Economics from John Hopkins University. He is currently a PhD candidate in economics at George Washington University.
Patrick Duplat
Patrick Duplat joined Refugees International as advocate in September 2007. His work focuses on displacement issues in Somalia and Afghanistan. He has also conducted missions and follow-up advocacy in the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Previously, Mr. Duplat’s worked with Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders), in Indonesia, Somalia and Chad, where he worked with refugees from Darfur. Prior to working with MSF, he spent three years in China where he worked on investor relations with a large international public relations firm. Mr. Duplat has a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Commerce and a Master’s degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics.
Hassan Warsame
Mr. Warsame is a seasoned leader and manager. He possesses 24 years of experience in management, business, technology, telecommunications, consulting, banking, and compliance. In addition, Mr. Warsame has been community leader and organizer for over 20 years. He is co-founder and former Vice President.of Somali Diaspora Network (SDN). He is also a founding member of Somali Cause. Mr. Warsame holds Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Business Technologies, and two Graduate Level Certificates in Management and Leadership.
A native Somali, Mr. Yusuf is currently a P.H.D student at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. He holds a Master’s in Management of Human Services and Social Systems from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a Bachelor’s in Communication and Political Science from Goshen College in Indiana. An expert on East Africa, Mr. Yusuf studies Conflict Analyses and Resolution at ICAR with a focus on state collapse, ethnic conflict and the deeply rooted age-old grievances that shape the ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa. As a humanitarian worker, Mr. Yusuf worked in Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya on United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Projects and Partners for Development and International Rescue Committee.
Abdirahman M. Abdi
An economist by profession, Mr. Abdi worked on Wall Street for Coopers and Lybrand, Citibank and Solomon Brothers. He also worked as a financial officer for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in accounting from Pace University, a Masters of Science in Finance and a Masters of Arts in Applied Economics from John Hopkins University. He is currently a PhD candidate in economics at George Washington University.
Patrick Duplat
Patrick Duplat joined Refugees International as advocate in September 2007. His work focuses on displacement issues in Somalia and Afghanistan. He has also conducted missions and follow-up advocacy in the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. Previously, Mr. Duplat’s worked with Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders), in Indonesia, Somalia and Chad, where he worked with refugees from Darfur. Prior to working with MSF, he spent three years in China where he worked on investor relations with a large international public relations firm. Mr. Duplat has a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Commerce and a Master’s degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics.
Hassan Warsame
Mr. Warsame is a seasoned leader and manager. He possesses 24 years of experience in management, business, technology, telecommunications, consulting, banking, and compliance. In addition, Mr. Warsame has been community leader and organizer for over 20 years. He is co-founder and former Vice President.of Somali Diaspora Network (SDN). He is also a founding member of Somali Cause. Mr. Warsame holds Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Business Technologies, and two Graduate Level Certificates in Management and Leadership.
A reception will follow the program.
Address and directions
The Charles Sumner School
1201 17th Street (corner of M Street), N.W., Washington, DC
Nearest metro stops: Dupont and Farragut West (Red line).
The Charles Sumner School is an 1872 National Registered landmark and is part of the DC Public Schools and Archives.
We are grateful for their generous hospitality for this event.
The Charles Sumner School
1201 17th Street (corner of M Street), N.W., Washington, DC
Nearest metro stops: Dupont and Farragut West (Red line).
The Charles Sumner School is an 1872 National Registered landmark and is part of the DC Public Schools and Archives.
We are grateful for their generous hospitality for this event.
Cost
Voluntary Donation
All proceeds will go to CSI, a 501(C)(3) non-profit. Donations
are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
For more information on the foundation please visit our website at
http://www.csiorg.org/
Dress code
Business attire or dignified casual
RSVP by Tuesday, April 21 to
CSIEVENT@AOL.COM
With your full name, number of guests, phone number and email
Your RSVP is necessary to notify you in the event of event change or cancellation.
Voluntary Donation
All proceeds will go to CSI, a 501(C)(3) non-profit. Donations
are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
For more information on the foundation please visit our website at
http://www.csiorg.org/
Dress code
Business attire or dignified casual
RSVP by Tuesday, April 21 to
CSIEVENT@AOL.COM
With your full name, number of guests, phone number and email
Your RSVP is necessary to notify you in the event of event change or cancellation.
Risen Indeed
© All Scenes from DC churchs and neighborhoods, original photography by Cinzia, all rights reserved, copyright , 2009 ©
The Grudge Free Zone
Too Blessed To Be Stressed.
http://www.youtube.com/user/barackobamadotcom?blend=1&ob=4
Barach OBAMA, the current leader of the "free world" doesn't hold grudges. He doesn't apparently keep score, or throw back petty piddle for pettier piddle. The word Barach may even be derived from Baruch-blessing in Hebrew. He is a one to give Blessing, not cursing. His chief of staff is an Israeli- named no less than Emmanuel, and is one who is interested in Peace in the Middle East- can't live in a grudge zone if you do that sort of work.
Bigger news than the fact that Obama will be giving a major economic address at Georgetown University today on the economy Tuesday, April 14th, at Georgetown University (The speech will take place at 11:30 AM EDT in Gaston Hall.) -an event completely devoid of all the ridiculous upheaval for his speaking at the Notre Dame commencement while Georgetown is decidedly Jesuit- (Biden's grandkids go to the affiliated Holy Trinity Jesuit school) is that Dawn Eden is allowed to set foot in the place.
She apparently, as announced on her blog is given press credentials to attend and makes no bones about the fact that she is eager to go (hopefully she leaves the carton of eggs at home.) Hopefully they will show her more dignity than is shown the Obama supporters in her parish. I know they will.
[I said Georgetown University twice on purpose because it's twice as prestigious, twice as important and twice as high profile as Notre Dame in terms of formulation of public policy]
Dawn Eden, a self described one woman "Patrol" annointed self-promoting vigilante against anything deemed not "Pro-Life" according to the legislative definition dictated by the Republican platform, has excoriated Obama as an "infanticidal" legislator, called him the most heinous abortion proponent, loudly shouted that Notre Dame should bar him from the campus, and has been one of the most self-righteous aggresively hostile forces against the Obama Administration
in the blogosphere with a free google account. She is less a paper tiger than a cyberspace kitten, and her roar is less effective than it appears (they can't give away her used books for $4.00 and there is an entire Facebook site on the people she has "lectured" who can't abide her, not for nothing.)
And Obama? Does he send his press people out to call her a nut, a wild card, a bitter childless over 40 who needs to get a dog and call it "life" so she'll have one? No, he graciously invites her to a lecture and gives her press credentials. There is a note on "tone" there- take note.
The era of blasting the President for policies you barely understand and legislative history you never read is over.
GRACE prevails every time. GRACE has no room for grudges. GRACE requires we love and bless those who persecute us- even when they are total whack-jobs and making a minor mint at it. That goes also for those "ontologically deranged" rather than "ontologically changed" contingent of the apostolic succession.
http://www.youtube.com/user/barackobamadotcom?blend=1&ob=4
Postcript: The Georgetown Obama Address is found on C-Span here:
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-17417
BRAVO TO JACK DeGOIA FOR INVITING HIM!
Note to White House media: read www.dawneden.blogspot.com and examine your press credential policies- she is an avowed enemy of this State. Do you really want her at your event? It's bound to get worse.
http://www.youtube.com/user/barackobamadotcom?blend=1&ob=4
Barach OBAMA, the current leader of the "free world" doesn't hold grudges. He doesn't apparently keep score, or throw back petty piddle for pettier piddle. The word Barach may even be derived from Baruch-blessing in Hebrew. He is a one to give Blessing, not cursing. His chief of staff is an Israeli- named no less than Emmanuel, and is one who is interested in Peace in the Middle East- can't live in a grudge zone if you do that sort of work.
Bigger news than the fact that Obama will be giving a major economic address at Georgetown University today on the economy Tuesday, April 14th, at Georgetown University (The speech will take place at 11:30 AM EDT in Gaston Hall.) -an event completely devoid of all the ridiculous upheaval for his speaking at the Notre Dame commencement while Georgetown is decidedly Jesuit- (Biden's grandkids go to the affiliated Holy Trinity Jesuit school) is that Dawn Eden is allowed to set foot in the place.
She apparently, as announced on her blog is given press credentials to attend and makes no bones about the fact that she is eager to go (hopefully she leaves the carton of eggs at home.) Hopefully they will show her more dignity than is shown the Obama supporters in her parish. I know they will.
[I said Georgetown University twice on purpose because it's twice as prestigious, twice as important and twice as high profile as Notre Dame in terms of formulation of public policy]
Dawn Eden, a self described one woman "Patrol" annointed self-promoting vigilante against anything deemed not "Pro-Life" according to the legislative definition dictated by the Republican platform, has excoriated Obama as an "infanticidal" legislator, called him the most heinous abortion proponent, loudly shouted that Notre Dame should bar him from the campus, and has been one of the most self-righteous aggresively hostile forces against the Obama Administration
in the blogosphere with a free google account. She is less a paper tiger than a cyberspace kitten, and her roar is less effective than it appears (they can't give away her used books for $4.00 and there is an entire Facebook site on the people she has "lectured" who can't abide her, not for nothing.)
And Obama? Does he send his press people out to call her a nut, a wild card, a bitter childless over 40 who needs to get a dog and call it "life" so she'll have one? No, he graciously invites her to a lecture and gives her press credentials. There is a note on "tone" there- take note.
The era of blasting the President for policies you barely understand and legislative history you never read is over.
GRACE prevails every time. GRACE has no room for grudges. GRACE requires we love and bless those who persecute us- even when they are total whack-jobs and making a minor mint at it. That goes also for those "ontologically deranged" rather than "ontologically changed" contingent of the apostolic succession.
http://www.youtube.com/user/barackobamadotcom?blend=1&ob=4
Postcript: The Georgetown Obama Address is found on C-Span here:
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-17417
BRAVO TO JACK DeGOIA FOR INVITING HIM!
Note to White House media: read www.dawneden.blogspot.com and examine your press credential policies- she is an avowed enemy of this State. Do you really want her at your event? It's bound to get worse.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Theology without Love
is like a Mother's Milk
at a distance through a sterile bottle or syringe
It contains none of the cradling smells and caressing touch.
Theology without Love
is like sailing lessons on dry land
It lacks the elation through windblown hair and faces
Theology without Love
is like studying God through the binoculars of others
rather than staring him in the face like Moses
Love is the eyes through which vision of divinity is perfected.
If it's not really Love, its not really God.
It's an academic construction
that aproximates him vaguely.
is like a Mother's Milk
at a distance through a sterile bottle or syringe
It contains none of the cradling smells and caressing touch.
Theology without Love
is like sailing lessons on dry land
It lacks the elation through windblown hair and faces
Theology without Love
is like studying God through the binoculars of others
rather than staring him in the face like Moses
Love is the eyes through which vision of divinity is perfected.
If it's not really Love, its not really God.
It's an academic construction
that aproximates him vaguely.
It's better to feed someone than mock them for their gauntness.
It's better to pay someone than blame them for their poverty
It's better to save someone than blame them for their bondage.
It's better to love someone than blame them for their treachery.
It's better to forgive someone than blame them for their harms
It's better to free someone completely from blame and just hold them in your arms.
It's better to pay someone than blame them for their poverty
It's better to save someone than blame them for their bondage.
It's better to love someone than blame them for their treachery.
It's better to forgive someone than blame them for their harms
It's better to free someone completely from blame and just hold them in your arms.
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