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| Sunday, July 19th, 2009 |
catsgalore
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Unshelved News: Jorge Cham
http://www.unshelved.com/blog.aspx?post=1452 There may be nothing new under the sun, but one of the reasons I so enjoy our guest Unshelved Book Clubs is that every cartoonist has a different take on the world. Today's guest strip is a great example. That green chalkboard is so simple and yet so perfect for a book about teaching! It comes to us from our good friend Jorge Cham.
We have a lot in common with Jorge. It goes without saying that we are similarly tall, handsome, intelligent, personable, and talented. And where Unshelved is set in a library, Piled Higher and Deeper is set at a grad school. Both strips are anchored by characters you'll recognize, in situations you'll either find familiar or get to know.
Increasingly we find that Unshelved fans are PhD fans and vice-versa, and that's why we were excited when Jorge agreed to share a booth with us at Comic Con International next week. If you're one of the 126,000 people lucky enough to have gotten a ticket before they sold out, we hope you'll come visit us both! Stay tuned for more information tomorrow about what we have planned there. And of course check out PhD and sign up for Jorge's free email delivery.
Posted by Bill on 7/19/2009 12:00:00 AM |
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| Saturday, July 18th, 2009 |
catholicism
[ stonecold4jesus ]
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Slightly random but still relevant (for me at least)
Has anyone read Finite and Eternal Being by Edith Stein? God willing I'll be writing a thesis next year on the (philosophical, theological, what have you) necessity of a transcendent, invisible God to become immanent and visible (I still need to work on more clearly specifying the topic...). I was telling this to the Sioux City Carmelites I was visiting last week and one of them (named Sr. Teresa Benedicta, interestingly enough. Coincidence???) let me borrow her (well, I guess the communal library's) copy of above mentioned book hoping that I would find something helpful. I skimmed through it and I was indeed intrigued, but I wasn't there to research, I was there to listen to God (or try), so I didn't get much out of it except that it looked kind of hefty... I'm trying to figure out whether or not it would be worthwhile for me to read this and/or incorporate it into my thesis. That said, other theologians I am hoping to research (ie should have started already) include Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Luc Marion, and Martin Buber. I've read and worked with at least something from all except for Marion, and up until now I have not read Edith Stein. I was encouraged by the Prioress of this monastery to seek intercession for my mother through Edith Stein, which I think is a good idea, but I have also been asking her for help with this thesis. I'm kind of scatterbrained, and right now this isn't something that is looming in my mind as essential, maybe for a good reason but maybe because of laziness/apathy (I get to start research next semester and then write and defend in the Spring). Sooo I would love it if I could incorporate a Carmelite Jew's work into my research, especially since my director is a lapsed Catholic self-described quasi-Jew who used to want to be a Benedictine monk/priest, but not primarily because of that of course. Also I was thinking it would be cool (but super ambitious) to instead of praying in the traditional way a novena to Edith Stein, making a mad attempt at reading Finite and Eternal Being in 9 days, if in the next few days I decide it could be beneficial. Her feast day is August 9, which is why I was asking about this now and not later. Also cuz I reallly should have started doing some research before now. PS this is an undergrad thesis, and thanks in advance for lovely comments :D Current Mood:  curious |
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catholicism
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7:47a |
Part 2 of Mark Shea's Zenit Interview on Mariology
Mark Shea: Mariology From A-Z (Part 2)
Former Protestant Comments on Mary and Ecumenism
By Annamarie Adkins
SEATTLE, Washington, JULY 17, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Even though the early Protestant Reformers praised the Virgin Mary -- some even had a great devotion to her -- Catholic Marian doctrine has become a stumbling block for many Protestants and divided Christians for over four centuries.
Now, however, some Protestants are rediscovering the Blessed Mother, reinvigorating conversations between Catholics and Protestants about her role in the life and faith of the Church.
Mark Shea decided to provide a comprehensive resource for this dialogue, and the result is "Mary, Mother of the Son," a three-volume work of apologetics published by Catholic Answers.
Shea is senior content editor at Catholic Exchange. In addition to his role as a popular Catholic blogger, speaker, and writer, Shea is the star of an upcoming motion picture -- an adaptation of G.K. Chesterton's novel "Manalive."
He spoke with ZENIT about why attacks on the Mother of God are really attacks on Christ and His Church.
Part 1 of this interview appeared Thursday.
ZENIT: Why is Mary such a stumbling block to Christian unity? Shouldn't all Christians at least be able to unite around their Mother?
Shea: They should, but they haven't for roughly four centuries. There's hope in that number however, because it means that hostility to and fear of Mary is, historically speaking, a very recent phenomenon and one that really only took off well after the Reformation began.
Many of the Reformers had a profound devotion to Mary and, in fact, accepted much of Catholic teaching about her. However, as Protestantism became more remote from Catholic teaching (and as, in English-speaking countries, Elizabeth I found it very convenient to supplant the cult of the Virgin with a political cult of the Virgin Queen), that connection failed and was eventually broken.
Along with that went the loss of a sense of the sacramental, of the senses of Scripture, and of an appreciation for the feminine in the life of the Church. Mary came to be seen almost exclusively as a sort of pagan goddess and an actual threat to genuine Christian devotion: a perception that would have been absolutely foreign to the mind of any Christian in the first 16 centuries of the Church.
Read the rest here |
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Hello... I don't know if I'm allowed to post this or not, but I am desperate because I have been doing a lot of research, and haven't found any answers. My boyfriend's birthday is coming up next week, and I have been searching for something fun (but not too expensive) to do in the bay area. Particularly, I have been trying to find a place that has laser light shows! Like one with The Beatles or Pink Floyd. We have always been wanting to go to one! So, I was wondering if anyone knew of any? I have been searching and searching - and no luck! Just rental places - maybe they don't exist in the bay area? Any other particularly fun and cheaper things to do? I have done research on this as well, but it's hard to find things that are off the beaten path, and not just normal tourist attractions. Also... any recommendations on any good places to eat? Ones that are especially fun and have a fun atmosphere (again, not too expensive, but maybe up to $20 a person for dinner), we are also vegetarians (but eat fish), so it being veg friendly would be helpful :). Thanks so much for any suggestions in advance! |
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A FRIENDING MEME.
Mods, feel free to delete it if it's not allowed. |
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| Friday, July 17th, 2009 |
fireflyfans
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6:13p |
Browncoats at Comic Con
Can anyone tell me where the Browncoat booth is going to be at Comic Con? Same as last year? Does anyone know the number? Current Mood:  excited |
catholicism
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8:23p |
Part 1 of Mark Shea's Zenit Interview on Mariology
Zenit yesterday and today has published a two part interview with Mark Shea, a well known and respected convert from Evangelical Protestant to Roman Catholicism. He says that one of his biggest holdups in his conversion was Catholic doctrine on Mary – and I figured this fits in perfectly with the series of posts I am doing. He is in the process of publishing a three volume series on Mariology, which promises to be a great gift to the Church with its special sensitivity and awareness of the problems that Protestants tend to have with Marian theology. Here is part I:
Mark Shea: Mariology From A-Z (Part 1)
Former Protestant Addresses Marian Devotion
By Annamarie Adkins
SEATTLE, Washington, JULY 16, 2009 (Zenit.org).- One would think it impossible to spill any more ink about the Blessed Virgin Mary, judging from the number of Marian titles on the shelf at a local Catholic bookstore.
But when popular Catholic author Mark Shea was considering entering the Church, there were no comprehensive titles where he could address his concerns as an evangelical Protestant about Catholic Marian doctrine and devotion.
Twenty years later, that book was still missing from the shelves, so Shea set out to write it.
The result is "Mary, Mother of the Son," a three-volume apologetics tool published by Catholic Answers.
Shea is senior content editor at Catholic Exchange and a regular columnist for both Inside Catholic and the National Catholic Register.
In Part 1 of this interview, he shares with ZENIT why almost everything non-Catholics think they "know" about Mary is wrong.
Part 2 of this interview will appear Friday.
ZENIT: Why did you write a book about the Mother of God? Where does your trilogy fit on the already crowded shelf of books and treatises about Mary?
Shea: I wrote this book because it's the book I wish somebody had written when I was coming into the Church.
I waited around for 20 years, hoping somebody else would do it, but when nobody did, I decided I'd take on the project (which is only fair since I'm the only one who really knows what questions and doubts I had and what would constitute a satisfactory reply to them).
As to where the trilogy fits on the bookshelf, I suppose I'd say "Anywhere."
That is to say, part of the reason I wrote it is because there simply wasn't any book I could find that did what this book does. For instance, the books on Marian dogma didn't deal with questions about apparitions. Devotional literature didn't answer questions about where the Church was getting all this stuff about Mary. Books tracing the development of doctrine didn't talk about the rosary. In short, the literature was out there, but most people don't have time to locate all the resources for the host of questions they have about Mary. So I created "Mary, Mother of the Son" to be a sort of "one-stop shopping" resource for virtually every issue a non-Catholic (or uncatechized Catholic) might have concerning Marian doctrine and devotion.
It tackles everything from the sources of Marian belief and practice (a huge issue since oodles of non-Catholics simply assume the whole thing is a data dump from paganism) to the Catholic approach to Scripture to the four Marian dogmas to the broad spectrum of Marian devotion to private revelations and apparitions to possible ways forward in Catholic/Evangelical conversations about the Blessed Virgin.
When it comes to Marian Willies, I've run the gamut in my own life and had to deal with pretty much every difficulty and problem with Mary to which non-Catholic flesh is heir, so it's a book that comes from my heart (and gut) as well as my head.
Nothing in it is new (God willing) and the whole thing is ultimately a restatement of the Tradition. But it's a restatement that tries to run the gamut of Catholic teaching on Mary, not simply focus in on one specialized area. And it's written in order to be intelligible to the non-specialist.
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sfbayarea
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5:09p |
Alterations
Hi all! I have a dress with a rather complicated hem that needs to be shortened - can you recommend a good, reasonably-priced tailor? Nordstrom quoted me $52 and that seems a bit much, but I really don't want this dress ruined. I've looked on Yelp and haven't learned anything conclusive. I live in Ingleside, so anything in the southwestern part of the city or the nearby suburbs would be best. TIA! |
vegetarian
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6:35p |
Skittles!
I checked the tags (hey! thanks for making the tabs useful!) and didn't see anything about this... BUT DID ANYONE ELSE MISS THE MEMO THAT SKITTLES IN THE US NO LONGER HAVE GELATIN IN 'EM??? Sorry for the caps, but this was pretty exciting news for me. 13 years with no Skittles is a long time. Does anyone 'round these parts know the carmine/shellac situation with the new(ish)ly-reformulated Skittles? |
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Why did you become vegetarian?
Why did you choose to become vegetarian? If the primary reason is for the animals, what is it that prevents you from becoming vegan? When I was 16-years-old, my best friend told me she wanted to become a vegetarian. Convinced she was trying to kill herself, I went home that night to research all the unhealthy reasons that being a vegetarian was bad for your health. Surprise, surprise what I found shocked me. Not only was a vegetarian diet healthy, it was probably better for you than a SAD of meat and potatoes. I decided that night to become a vegetarian. To the horror of my family, I stopped eating meat. My sister HARASSED me every single night at dinner time to eat meat. She would dance around the table shaking her ass singing "eat meat, eat meat." A few years later I received a call from my mother, nearly in tears, telling me that my sister had now become a vegetarian. I thought it was fantastic, despite all the harassment I got from her before. Later that year, I was reading an article about milk and how it contains puss and blood and it's another species breast milk, ew, (I'm sure you've all read/heard about why milk is bad for you) and I stopped drinking it. There have been a couple of times where I decided to go full vegan, but I always slip back to cheese and eggs. I love cheese (and yes, I know it comes from milk) and I really love eggs. Those times that I decided to be vegan, I found it difficult because at the time, I wasn't doing it properly. The first time I did it, I went vegan for almost two weeks and I always felt hungry. I later realized it was because I wasn't eating enough whole grains to keep me sated. A later time, I was doing really well at being vegan until I attended a function that was serving deviled eggs and I absolutely lost it. No matter what I said to myself, I couldn't resist those eggs. I'm at a point now where I think I've found a nice balance. I (serve my family and) eat a mainly vegan diet with lots of whole grains, fresh veggies/fruit, almond milk, tofu, seitan and use yummy recipes I've found on the vegan websites I frequent. Occasionally I incorporate cheese into a meal and even less occasionally I'll have a plate of scrambled eggs. All my baking is exclusively vegan because why add eggs and milk when I can make it without? How do you maintain balance in your vegetarian life? Do you feel guilty if you eat cheese or eggs but enjoy them too much to give them up completely? Are you even an aspiring vegan, or are you just happy to avoid meat/meat products? What prevents you from eliminating milk/cheese/eggs and other animal products from your diet? I'm just curious about these things, I'm not trying to start a flame war. Thanks! |
catholicism
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prayer request
Just received word that a former teacher of mine committed suicide two days ago. She had been battling severe depression for some time, apparently. Would you be so kind as to pray for her soul and for her family, as well? Thanks. |
vegetarian
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dishes involving yogurt
Hey everyone! I'm currently doing an exchange away from home and I'm looking for help finding something delicious to make for supper that involves plain yogurt. I bought a large container to make a dip but I still have quite a bit remaining and would like to use it up asap. Since I'm on the exchange, I do have limited kitchen materials. I have one large pot, 2 small pots, aluminum oven tins and a frying pan. However, I don't have anything fancy (i.e. a blender) so I need the recipes to be somewhat simple. Thanks! Current Mood:  blah |
catholicism
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Pope breaks wrist in fall
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI was briefly hospitalized after suffering a minor fracture to his right wrist, the Vatican said Friday.
The pope, 82, fell Thursday night in his room in Val d'Aosta, a mountainous region of northwestern Italy where the pope spends his summer holidays, the Vatican said.
He was taken to the hospital in the region's central town of Aosta on Friday morning after celebrating his daily private Mass, the Vatican said.
Prayers for Papa
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| Thursday, July 16th, 2009 |
catholicism
[ theliveofv ]
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NFP
Hello all. With my wedding looming on the horizon, I'm starting to do my research on NFP and how one goes about using it effectively. Any recommendations for websites or books that you've used that were helpful? I've looked at few sites, but I'd like to know if there's a really good one out there that I shouldn't miss. Thank you very much. |
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catholicism
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5:30p |
the wounds of division
One of changes in the post Vatican II years that I have been so happy to see has been the beginnings (baby steps, really) of dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox at an official level. The thousand-year schism has gone on for a thousand years too many, and there have been many good and hope-sparking developments in recent decades. Thus, I was saddened to read this news story that led to this document issued by the Convention of Orthodox Clergymen and Monks, held in April. I was alerted to this by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) miafeliz. In it, a group of senior clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church laid out their opposition to any and all efforts at ecumenism. While I can certainly understand why there are reservations and even outright hostility to the concept of reunification (as there most certainly is on the Catholic side), the sheer ignorance of some parts of the document is disturbing. Take the following paragraph, for instance: Contemporary Papism has deviated even further than medieval Papism from the teaching of the Church, to the extent that it no longer comprises a continuance of the ancient Church of the West. It has introduced a swarm of new exaggerations in its "Mariology", such as the teaching that the Theotokos is a parallel redeemer (corredemptrix) of the human race. It has reinforced the "Charismatic Movement" of Pentecostal (supposedly Spirit-centered) groups. It has adopted further innovations to Divine Worship, such as dances and musical instruments. It has shortened and essentially ruined the Divine Liturgy. In the area of Ecumenism it has set down the bases for the Pan-religion with its 2nd Vatican Council, by recognizing "spiritual life" in the people of other religions. Dogmatic minimalism has led it to a minimizing of moral prerequisites, on account of the bond between dogma and morality, the result of which was the moral failures of leading clergymen and an increase in moral deviations such as homosexuality and pedophilia among clergymen [x]. By continuing to support "Unia" - that caricature of Orthodoxy with which it victimizes and proselytizes faithful - Papism is sabotaging the Dialogue and is contradicting its supposedly sincere intentions for union. I mean... dancing? Cheap shots about pedophilia (which I am quite sure occurs in the Greek Orthodox Church)? It reads like they've been going off of the Landover Baptist Guide to Papism for their Catholic theology and practice. And the "doctrine" of the co-redemptrix has not been formally defined. The charges of "pan-religion" read like those typically made by various Catholic traditionalists, and are just as baseless. The assertion that "Papism caused more damage to the Church than all the heresies and schisms put together" is just sheer hyperbole...I'm no ultramontanist myself, you know, but it's done more damage than Gnosticism, Arianism, Monophysitism, and everything else, all the false branches of Christianity that led people into error and endangered their souls, put together? Part of me just can't credit that anyone really believes that. And the following: The post-Schism popes are heretics; they have ceased to be successors to the throne of Rome; they no longer have Apostolic succession, because they no longer have the faith of the Apostles and the Fathers. It is for this reason that with each such pope, «not only do we have no communion, but we also call him a heretic». On account of their blasphemy against the Holy Spirit with their teaching of the Filioque, they forfeited the presence of the Holy Spirit and therefore everything of theirs is deprived of Grace. Not one of their sacraments is valid, according to Saint Simeon. ...is just so full of mean-spirited antagonism. They even deny that any baptism other than their own is invalid. Even we mean old rotten papists don't do that.It just saddens and, to be honest, angers me, that such ignorance and vitriol is directed towards the Church's efforts at reconciliation, at her sacraments and even the very presence of the Holy Spirit within her. Sure, we definitely have not done everything right, and grave mistakes and tragedies have been caused by both sides, but.... How can the Church even respond to stuff like this? On the other hand...I don't know how "official" this document is. It could very well be the Greek Orthodox equivalent of Marcel Lefebvre's invective against Vatican II and postwar popes. I just don't know. But it is not encouraging. The snarky part of me is saying, well at least it's comforting to know that it's not Catholics who sometimes say uncharitable and un-Christian things about other churches. The rest of me is merely ready to weep. |
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