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Hello from this slice of cyberspace Feels like it's been a long time since I first joined. I now come to mark a significant milestone in my educational and professional life. Thank you for your prayers. I request your continued prayers for my family. Great to hear from you! Much has happened since ...

His election seems providential and can't be a coincidence. Our country is at a tipping point spiritually, morally, politically, and culturally.

Either there will be a revival, or he was elected to shepherd us through some very rough waters. Probably both.

We recently changed parishes for a few reasons. One is that our new parish plays only traditional hymns. Haven't heard one of the hippie Marty H. or similar songs in the several weeks we've been members; one step closer to Heaven on Earth.

No possibility of that, I think. I cannot think of a job that could possibly be done by AI without constant human debugging of the AI. I use AI to write code for some electronic devices I build (Arduino controllers). Early on the code had a lot of debugging. Now, little to none. In fact, it has got...

I always admired Billy Graham, even after I became Catholic. I once went to one of his pilgrimages late in his ministry. He stressed a message of "Having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ" and even said, "You may have been baptized and/or confirmed, but don't know Jesus."...

We have six. When our oldest child had the MMR vaccine there was an immediate change in his behavior. He became hypersensitive so loud noises and later started tippy-toe walking - for years. There were other things, but those stand out. As he grew older, he was obviously "different" from o...

As slow as the Vatican is at updating their website, its still an order of magnitude faster than my company's IT department.

You are blaming God for things that He didn't do. 1) We have freewill and so do other people. If they make bad choices that affect you, that's on them, not God and not you. 2) We choose how we respond to every situation. He can give us the grace to respond appropriately, but we must ask for it. 3) I...

Criteria - 1) strictly bands and not individuals or individuals that led a band like Jimi Hendrix or Tom Petty. 2) overall body of work, total album sales, the # of songs that charted off those albums or the album itself achieved Gold+ status. This eliminates bands who had one stellar album and live...

Our Parish in Little Rock had a guy who wasn't Catholic as our music director. Music was excellent and orthodox except for once a year, at Easter, when the baptismal promises renewal and sprinkling of water rite. They always sang the song, with a New Orleans Jazzy flavor, "Wading in the Water&q...

Reminds me of the response from teachers when I asked how to spell a word, "Go look it up in the dictionary."

Doom wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:49 pm I don't remember ever saying that you might be thinking of someone else, but it may be a good saying if it means what I take it to mean, namely that it can take a long time to wear away the rough edges.

I was quoting Father with my comment.

As a priest, can I comment on the "blind eye to the dysfunction" part? Sometimes we're just not aware; more often, there's not a whole lot we can do about it. It turns out to be very hard to change people. All we can do most of the time is try to nudge them in the right direction. Reminds...

One thing that I learned from my bullying experiences is that bullies are very insecure at heart, and they are lashing out from their own pain. I don't think that is true in general; some people are just cruel and cannot empathize with anyone else, and some people are just monsters by nature. I've ...

I frequently now attend but am having difficulty contending with the idea that there are SO many different religions, and I see them separate from one another. Doesn't Jesus say we all should become one. An ex roman catholic priest (now doing episcopal sermons) told me that roman catholics think th...

These make sense. Thank you.

My MIL (RIP) was very Catholic, orthodox in her faith, and also very charismatic. From my point of view, the style of worship has a strong emotional component along with physical manifestations of that emotional "connection" (i.e., raising up of arms, eyes-closed with head tilted back, etc...

I hear people all the time say “OMG” or “Lord help” (including Priests).

Do either of these qualify?

We are obligated to give the most charitable interpretation of what the Pope says and assume he's being misunderstood or taken out of context.

That being said, I'm running out of charity these days.