March 10, 2009
St. Francis did not build a church anew, but he repaired an old one, restored an ancient one. He did not tear out the foundation, but he built upon it, ever reserving to Christ his prerogative, though he was not aware of it, for other foundation no one can lay, but that which has been laid, which is...
Portiuncula: the Little Portion
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March 09, 2009
Love that he's willing to help (esp. as we consider how hard we'll have to fight him to do chores around the house once he's a teenager), but I sure wish he'd play with more of the soap next time....
Beckett-to-Be
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Christian
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St. Francis made three murderous robbers welcome with kindness and holy affection, and he consoled them by telling them many inspiring stories, and gave them back assurance that they would win God's mercy. Moreover he promised them that he would obtain mercy and grace for them from the Lord Jesus. H...
Portiuncula: the Little Portion
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Chris Dickson
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St. Francis said, 'The friars under obedience are much edified when their Ministers and preachers gladly devote their time to prayer, and apply themselves to humble and undistinguished tasks. Unless they do this they cannot admonish other friars without embarrassment, injustice, and self-condemnatio...
Portiuncula: the Little Portion
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Chris Dickson
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March 07, 2009
Andrew Keen has gone insane. The author, who has railed against the Internet for destroying our culture, now says we all must become self-promoting, Facebook-friending, constantly Twittering monkeys like unemployed videoblogger Robert Scoble. "We are all Scoble now," Keen writes. Who? Scoble, a tech...
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Owen Thomas
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The Portiuncula Hermitage is committed to tithing ten percent of their Mystic Monk Coffee Sales Commissions to Birthright (a loving alternative to abortion)! Mystic Monk Coffee is roasted by the Carmelite Monks, a Roman Catholic monastery in the silence and solitude of the Rocky Mountains of norther...
Portiuncula: the Little Portion
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Chris Dickson
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The weather forecast called for steady rain across the upper Midwest. Dee Anna was driving home late Sunday evening, and she had turned on the radio partly to keep herself company and partly to avoid thinking. Static crackled as lightening forked across the sky. Dee Anna snapped off the radio. Tee s...
THE OWL'S SONG
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Singing Owl
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March 06, 2009
Want to play Beatles songs on Rock Band? Well get excited about September then, because "The Beatles: Rock Band" is coming. Apple Corps, the band's music label, has strayed from its historical aversion to digital distribution of music by working with Harmonix and MTV Games to release the new title, ...
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
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I say no, Michelle Obama does not need a weave - and not because I am anti-weave. However, a celebrity hairstylist interviewed by Allison Samuels on NPR's News & Notes who (surprise!) specializes in weaves thinks the first lady should give it a shot for "volume not length". [NPR]The Latino Sensibili...
55 Secret Street
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Nichelle
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March 05, 2009
(I had the rare treat of driving DD to school this morning, and I took a different route than DH normally takes -- must. follow. Garmin's. orders.): DD: Are we going to be there soon? Me: Yes. (Two minutes later.) DD: Are we going to be there soon? Me: Yes, DD....
New Midlife Mommy
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Midlife Mommy
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