http://blog.euphemos.com Things worth thinking about... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:57:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Several of you missed one or more of the handouts from this weekend. Mark scanned in the entire set for your convenience and reference. deaconinstructionsoblate110708.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110708.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110808a.pdf deaconspiritualdirectionfrbill110808b.pdf deaconlectorsrlale110908.pdf deaconlectiodivinafrleisy110908.pdf http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/11/12/lubbock-deacon-formation-handouts/ Some of the aspirants are not able to open the .docx file format in which our syllabus and homework were made available. I had similar problems even with the Office 2007 Compatibility pack, so I've converted those to the Word 97/2000/XP format, and attached those here: Spiritual_Direction_and_Faith_Development_-_Lubbock.doc Spiritual_History_Assignment_-_Lubbock.doc http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/11/07/spiritual-direction-and-faith-development-documents-november-2008/ Apparently it's difficult to understand why 50 million murders is a more grave issue that 50 million uninsured, or why 1.3 million babies murdered in a single year (2000) outweighs 1.3 million US properties foreclosed in 2007. Perhaps the human mind just can't comprehend that much evil, so we block ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/10/30/scores-of-us-bishops-issue-statements-on-abortion/ A great deal of heated discussion among liturgists today focuses upon whether the Mass should be celebrated Ad Orientem (towards the east), or Ad Populum/Versus Populum (towards the people). Early on, Christians adopted the Jewish practice of praying toward Eden, in the east (Gen. 2:8), the direction from which Ezekiel ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/10/08/people-look-somewhere/ My friend Roberta is participating in an Alzheimer's walk. I'm participating "In honor of Grace (Meme) Hybner" (my grandmother), and would appreciate it you'd consider doing the same. The Alzheimer's Association has a good record with the BBB's charity evaluators, and they do not actively support ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/07/22/alzheimers-association-memory-walk/ I found a site I'd not encountered previously that has a nice collection of teachings of the Early Church Fathers categorized by doctrine, practice, or belief. http://www.earlychurchfathers.org/index.php Unlike many similar websites, this one refrains from commentary other than the commentary implicit in the decision to include or exclude specific teachings or teachers. http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/06/11/early-church-fathers-wwwearlychurchfathersorg/ The last words of our Lord before his death, in approximate order, are "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." Luke 23:34 "This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise." Luke 23:43 "Woman, behold thy son." John 19:26-27 "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/06/10/my-god-my-god-triumphant-not-forsaken/ ...While discussing the rosary, and how it is the story of Jesus from Mary's perspective, with joy and sorrow interwoven, and how the point of the rosary is to meditate upon and talk about Jesus with his mother... Boo: "So the Rosary is like Mary's baby book?" MommyDaddy: "<thoughtful pause> yeah, just ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/06/02/from-the-mouth-of-babes-the-rosary/ Assuming you're using the "Green Catechism" (Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition), and that, like me, you didn't bother to look in the Table of Contents yet... Page 861 (After the index and before the glossary) has a list of abbreviations helpful in understanding the footnotes and references in the ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/06/02/a-note-on-notes-in-the-catechism-of-the-catholic-church/ These sites, in addition to those listed on the "Good Stuff" page linked above, and some general searching on Pharisee, Sadducee,  Essene, Herod, etc. were helpful to me as I tried to get a better perspective on the Holy Land from 6BC to 1AD. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com Keep in mind that it has a ... http://blog.euphemos.com/2008/06/02/the-political-and-religious-climate-of-israel-when-jesus-was-born/