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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Other People's Happinesses (Christmas and New Year's Eve 1997/1998)

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After Christmas in 1997, I took a road trip to Colorado. I had taken many road trips in the 1960s and 1970s and I had a writer's curi...
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When is a Sin not a Sin? A Crime not a Crime?

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For a long time a lot of people I knew believed that we cannot really blame criminals because they are predetermined to do certain things ...
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Monday, July 08, 2019

Dorothy Day on Abortion: Forgiveness for Repented Sins, Yes. Approval of Sins, No

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Dorothy Day at 75 (from Commonweal Magazine ) I am concerned that Servant of God Dorothy Day’s proposed sainthood may be used by some ...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

Sacred Music Proponent William Peter Mahrt's 80th Birthday

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Three singers from the St. Ann Choir and the Stanford Early Music Singers, Miriam Palm, Lynne Toribara, and Susan Weisberg, th...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Jesus on Capital Punishment and the Fate of Those Who Scandalize Little Ones

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It seems that Jesus wasn't against capital punishment. Didn't He say in Matthew 18: 6 "But he that shall scandalize one of t...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Not the St. Paul I Know and Love: About Paul the Apostle of Christ Movie

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Did you ever watch a move made from a  book you loved and feel let down because the filmmakers left out all the things you liked about the...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Love and Not-Love At the Movies

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I hardly dare to watch modern movies any more. With a few exceptions, such as the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies, almost ...