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Tabb’s Poetry IX

A Hairbreadth ’Tis in the twinkle of escape That all our safety lies. Of danger—whatsoe’er the shape— The nearness naught implies: This side is life; that side, a breath Of deviation, instant death. ’Tis in the present I am free The mental die to cast; The future yet of mastery Is palsied as the past; Between, the breathless balance still Awaits the hesitating will. Epiphany Reason, have done! Of thee I’ll none While face to face I see the sun. Be thine the ray To point the way In darkness: but, behold, ’tis day. Should faith divine Forbear to shine, Again I’ll place my hand in thine. For in thy sight To walk aright Is prelude to the perfect light. The Sisters The waves forever move; The hills forever rest: Yet each the heavens approve, And love alike hath blessed A Martha’s household care, A Mary’s cloistered prayer. Purification From flame to snow— E’en so Must all perfection flow. Each pure desire Is fledged with fire And needs must grow From dark to light, Till, passion past, Transfigured in its flight, It stand at last Unblushing on the topmost height With sister souls in white, To follow still the Lamb Wherever He may go. Moments Like the manna, mute as snow, Swift the moments come & go, Each sufficient for the needs Of the multitude it feeds; One to all, and all to one, Superfluity to none, [...]

Holy is a Four-Letter Word

Mar 6 13 • Marge Fenelon • 0 comments

As I make my way through Lent, I like to periodically stop and assess how I’m doing, and re-orientate myself toward my Lenten goal. This year, I’m feeling a bit scattered, and although I’ve been doing a pretty good job at keeping my Lenten resolutions, I don’t feel as though I have a really good [...]

A Matter of Urgency

Mar 5 13 • Ron Quinlan • 2 comments

I had a friend who first heard of the Divine Mercy Message just in time to celebrate the Feast in 2011. Within a year she was dead at the age of 55. She was blessed to learn of the Feast of Divine Mercy when she did but how many others will not. Over and over I hear [...]

Putting Politics Over Public Safety

Mar 5 13 • Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. • 0 comments

An ominous pattern has been developing, particularly of late: The Obama administration seems determined to subordinate public safety to political expediency. If a course-correction is not effected promptly, the result is predictable. Americans will be needlessly harmed, and perhaps killed. The most recent and obvious example was the release last week of hundreds of reportedly [...]

March for Marriage Planned as Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Case

Mar 5 13 • Kirsten Anderson • 0 comments

On March 26, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Hollingsworth v. Perry case, which will determine if Proposition 8 – the 2008 ballot initiative protecting traditional marriage in California – is constitutional or not. Their decision will have grave implications for the entire nation. A decision against Prop 8 would set a precedent for [...]

The Patience of the Teacher

Mar 5 13 • Stephanie Gulya • 0 comments

As a teacher, one of the most frustrating parts of my job is when I have spent time and energy planning and explaining an assignment or topic only to discover that my students have been left bewildered and overwhelmed by my presentation. Some times it feels as though I honestly could not make the topic [...]

Rediscovering Mariology: Going Beyond Apparitions

Mar 5 13 • Edward Looney • 58 comments

Recently while perusing Marian books at a Catholic gift store, I discovered many of the topics pertained to Marian apparitions, some approved and others not. Over dinner, I mentioned that I enjoyed the study of Mary, known as Mariology, and the other person shared with me that he had visited Lourdes. After giving a talk on the rosary, someone from the congregation asked, “What do you think [...]

New Evidence Challenges UN Commissioner’s Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed

Mar 5 13 • Rebecca Oas Ph.D. • 0 comments

As the UN Human Rights Council considers whether to endorse a report praising comprehensive sex education programs, a new review of the disputed curricula finds they can do more harm than good. The report released in December by the increasingly-controversial High Commissioner for Human Rights states that adolescent health depends on “comprehensive sexuality education and [...]

German Bishops “Approve” a Morning-After Pill that Does Not Exist

Mar 4 13 • Steven W. Mosher • 0 comments

Catholic hospitals and physicians in Germany left out in the cold by a decision that ignores science According to a new statement by the German Bishops’ Conference, Catholic physicians and hospitals can now prescribe and administer the morning-after pill (MAP) in cases where a woman is a victim of sexual assault as long as it does [...]

Chilling View from the Joint Chiefs (Part III)

Mar 4 13 • Genevieve Kineke • 3 comments

Concerning the question of sending American women into combat, we have thus far looked at the trajectory of the feminist movement, specifically how it went from advocating basic equality between the sexes to perverting and deconstructing sexuality altogether. There have been two distinct and deliberate effects of this radical feminism: the first being a blurring [...]

Things I Wonder About

Mar 4 13 • Cheryl Dickow • 0 comments

I know my purpose here on earth is to love and serve God so that I can spend eternity with Him in Heaven… But at my age, even having some of the answers to life’s bigger questions doesn’t mean there still aren’t a few things I wonder about… For instance, I was recently watching a [...]

The Baptism Betrothal

Mar 4 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 0 comments

When we consider the Sacrament of Baptism, two things become readily apparent. The first is how important baptism is in the Scriptures. Out of all the sacraments, none are foretold more than the sacrament of Baptism. (See Gen 1:2, Ez 36:25, 2 Kings 5:10-15, Is 1:16 to name but a few examples.) The other is [...]

Poem: “Fourth Station”

Mar 4 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

Fourth Station Good Friday “My Lord.” “My Lady fair.” “Speak lover.” “Purest Beloved: Do you remember, long ago, a gift and blessing from my Lord?” “Your Lord?” “The Lord.” “I remember misty warmth and whispery words, Some unspoken, all were heard.” “And I?” “The Gift.” “As well I do remember. His presence made present.” “A [...]

A Call to Conversion: John the Baptist, Jesus, and Mary

Mar 2 13 • Edward Looney • 3 comments

St. Asterius of Amasea wrote: “Reflect for a moment on the wealth of [God’s] kindness. Before he came as a man to be among men, he sent John the Baptist to preach repentance and lead men to practice it. John himself was preceded by the prophets, who were to teach the people to repent, to [...]

Giving Up But Holding on to Hope in our Changing Culture

Mar 2 13 • Marybeth Hicks • 1 comment

I quit. I just can’t do it anymore. I give up. I surrender. I call “Uncle.” For years, I’ve stood at the intersection of parenting and politics, trying to point out the myriad ways in which we are letting our culture change our children, only to anticipate with certain alarm the impact those changes will [...]

The Real Vatican II: A 10-part Television Series

Mar 2 13 • Jann FritzHuspen • 2 comments

Recently, Pope Benedict XVI, now Pope Emeritus, criticized the media for it’s continued misrepresenting of Vatican II. In response, NET (New Evangelization Television) debuted a 10-part weekly series called Vatican II: Inside the Vatican Council, on Thursday, February 21 at 8:30 PM ET. CNA/EWTN reported that “Pope Benedict XVI said that many of the misinterpretations of the Second [...]

Prayers for the Election of a Pope

Mar 1 13 • E. L. Core • 0 comments

From several versions of the Roman Missal.

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Parental Rights Should Not End at the State Line

Mar 1 13 • Fr. Frank Pavone • 0 comments

If you’re a parent living in one of the 38 states that require an abortionist to notify you or obtain your consent prior to his performing an abortion on your minor daughter, you may think that your rights to know what happens to your pregnant child are protected. Think again. In the other twelve states, [...]

Reeva, Oscar and the Feminist Lie

Mar 1 13 • Mary Hasson • 1 comment

Their relationship was short. And fatal. Last week the sports world was stunned at the arrest of “the Blade Runner,” South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, for the murder of his beautiful girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, whose legs had been amputated below the knee in childhood, gained fame competing in track during the London Olympics against [...]

Planet of the Apes

Mar 1 13 • Carlos Polo • 0 comments

It is now safer to be a monkey in Spain—at least if you’re one of the larger species—than a man. Thanks to a new law passed by the Spanish parliament and signed into law by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the Great Apes are protected from the moment of conception against abortion and fetal experimentation. Human [...]

Virtue and Beauty – For Women

Mar 1 13 • Mary C. Tillotson • 0 comments

Ah, beauty. We’re tempted to pluck a couple more eyebrow hairs, worry about the color of our shirts, look in the mirror one more time. Or, under the guise of being modest and counter-cultural, we don shapeless denim jumpers, long skirts and tennis shoes, thwarting any glance that might come our way. Either way, every [...]

Poem: “Third Station”

Mar 1 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

Third Station Good Friday A man lays broken Words unspoken A priceless token Freely given But still riven And yet he looks up Breathes And gets up. Matthew B. Rose

Twelve Great Gratitude Quotes

Mar 1 13 • Marge Fenelon • 0 comments

Benedict XVI has given his final papal blessing, the doors of Castelgandolfo have been sealed, and the Swiss Guard has hung their halberds because there is no pope for them to guard. Now, the Church waits in prayerful anticipation of the upcoming conclave and the installation of a new pope who will lead the Catholic [...]