Warren Zevon's Upcoming Album



A great review not only of the album that will be released later this month, but also of the life and times of Warren Zevon. Zevon is dying, (given three months to live by his doctor a year ago) and this could be his last album or it could be a "wake-up" call. Time will tell:



From theNew York Observer: Zevon’s The Wind Amazing Testament To Soul’s Honesty:



"I think of this passage every time I listen to Warren Zevon’s new album, The Wind (Artemis). One year ago, Mr. Zevon, who is best known for a song called 'Werewolves of London'—a horrible injustice to those familiar with the 13 solo albums he’s released since 1969—was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of inoperable lung cancer. His doctors gave him three months to live, and Mr. Zevon made a decision: to gather his musical friends and family and, under the watch of a VH1 documentary crew, record one last album."









Also, for the "real" Zevon fans, check out this fine collection of his work:









Thanks to Amy for pointing this article out to me!

Yet Another New Amy Welborn Book!

Quote of the Day





Where the church ceases to be a symbol, a sacrament, it becomes a horrible caricature of itself.

-Alexander Schmemann (The Journals of)-

Will Catholics be "Left Behind"?



Envoy's Carl Olson answers the question for you...



An exhaustive Catholic critique of premillennial dispensationalism, the "pretrib rapture," the Left Behind phenomenon, and Fundamentalist eschatology, written by a former Fundamentalist/dispensationalist. Examines the historical, biblical, and theological roots of the "left behind" theology and the belief in a rapture event separate from the Second Coming. Also contains chapters on the Book of Revelation, the millennial kingdom, and Catholic eschatology.

Statue of Mary Glows in Youngstown



Can you say strange???







From The Vindicator:



"Crowds outside St. Joseph the Provider Church, 633 Porter Ave., have been growing larger every night since a group of women first noticed that the eyes and heart of a statue of the Virgin Mary appear to glow.



With many carrying still and video cameras and peering through binoculars, the crowd swelled to several hundred people of all ages as daylight waned Thursday, and the obvious glow of the statue's eyes and heart intensified.



Even with some notable light sources, the reason for the glow was unclear.



Light shined on the church and the crowd from inside the attached school building, where bingo was being played, and from security and streetlights outside. "

Today is the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi but Traditionally this was the Feast of St. Philomena



Absolutely one of the best little books that I've read in the past year will be released in a few weeks. It is entitled "I Ask St. Philomena" and is written by Rick Medina. It is the Catholic "Prayer of Jabez" Anyone who doesn't get this patron saint stuff has to read this book. Medina, a young professional, details how unexpectedly, even miraculously he came to claim St. Philomena as his patron. He also shows how you too can find your own patron!

Nice Quote from Thomas a Kempis



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"'Do not regard much who is with you or who is against you, but let this be your greatest study: that God may be with you in everything that you do. Have a good conscience, and He will defend you, and no evil will hinder or grieve the man God will help and defend. If you can be quiet and suffer for a while, you will, without doubt, see the help of God come in your need. He knows the time and place to deliver you, and therefore you must resign yourself wholly to Him. It is God's concern to help and to deliver from all confusion.' "