In a universe replete with Space and Time and Bounty,
the Sign of the Times reads “No Room In The Inn.”
Conceived first in the Mind of God, and then in Mother’s womb.
There remains but little of Time for you.
Come home to My Arms, O Little One.
Outside of Time, in Mysterious Space,
My Angels will sing you a welcome.
Home, now, the Sonshine of Father’s Face.
Category Archives: Just Thinking Out Loud
Navigating Slippery Slope or Raping America
Charles Krauthammer has Obama navigating a slippery slope into socialism. Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress, says Krauthammer, “…constitutes the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. President”.
To my mind, it is a social program that should be called the Rape of America. Obama’s taking Miss Liberty in a direction she doesn’t want to go. When Ronald Reagan came to office wanting to take America on a different trajectory, Krauthammer says Reagan’s aim was to “shrink government, lower taxes, rebuild American defense.” How long will it be before we will see that again in this nation?
Obama’s will is to force universal health care, universal education and green energy via government funds, government regulation, by government Democrat’s and Presidential manifesto down our collective throat. How? Krauthammer explains, “We know what opportunity he wants to seize. Just as the Depression created the political and psychological conditions for Franklin Roosevelt’s transformation of America from laissez-faireism to the beginnings of the welfare state, the current crisis gives Obama the political space to move the still (relatively) modest American welfare state toward European-style social democracy.”
Is there the will or the way among Conservatives, Independents, Libertarians and still breathing Republicans to stop the plunder and pillage. Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee and thinking Americans have their work cut out for them. They need to find traction, indeed, rescue and deliverance, from Obama’s slide into Socialism.
Lenten Plan – Day 3
Day3 Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan 2/27/09
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter To the Ephesians: 1-7
Day 3 Lite Version
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter To the Ephesians: 1-7
Compilation of Lenten readings
Printer-Friendly Version of Outline: Church Fathers Lenten Reading Plan PDF
Great Read
What’s So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D’Souza.
I took this with me while riding my bike. You can go for miles, all the while wishing you could upload D’Souza directly into your brain. He takes on the atheists, the “brights”, modernists, progressives, Darwinists and sundry hogwash. Great discussion of Galileo and his reformation, the Crusades, the Inquisition and Darwin vs. Darwinism.
What If God Was One of Us?
Paul Mayers reflects with this silent video: What If God Were One of Us?
Pluggin’ Away
Prayer in the wee small hours, at Adoration or on the go, what a blessing! Listening and praying with a community at prayer, that’s what DivineOffice.org offers. It’s a banquet that Lent allows, even encourages! It is also good to remember that the Liturgy of the Hours is meant to be prayed aloud and in community.
Dane , the producer, offers free daily inspirational scriptures and prayers. His crew is talented and dedicated to bringing us Divine Office. They are “promoting the tradition of praying always through these ancient treasures of the Church.” This is not a blessing for Catholics only but for all Christians universally.
Lent is here. “There are few better ways to improve your observance of this season then to pray the Liturgy of the Hours as often as your schedule allows,” according to Dane at Divine Office.org. He says, “Instead of laying something down for Lent, you may want to consider taking something up… a renewed and invigorated dedication to prayer.”
“We hope everyone will enjoy these free daily inspirational scriptures and prayers. Listening to psalms in the morning as you start your day or at the conclusion in the evening is a wonderful form of prayer.”Dane