Podcast of the Daily Office of Readings here.
Daily Lenten Meditations in Book Form by me:
The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Lenten Meditation: First Sunday of Lent
At Lenten Meditations along with a podcast at the same site.
Podcast of the Daily Office of Readings here.
Daily Lenten Meditations in Book Form by me:
The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
Podcast of the Daily Office of Readings here.
Daily Lenten Meditations in Book Form by me:
The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
The Open Book/Annunciations Bestseller's List
Our Bestseller's List
What Books People who Read Amy's Open Book blog and Michael's Annunciation blog are Buying
February 2007 (2/24/2007)
1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
2. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You
3. The Gift of Faith
4. The Best American Catholic Short Stories: A Sheed & Ward Collection
5. Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths
Books that Spark the Most Interest (for this month so far):
1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
2. Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths
3. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You
4.*Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians
5.*Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence
*People ultimately don't buy the book, (although a few people have since this list first appeared last week).
February 2007 (2/24/2007)
1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
2. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You
3. The Gift of Faith
4. The Best American Catholic Short Stories: A Sheed & Ward Collection
5. Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths
Books that Spark the Most Interest (for this month so far):
1. The Power of the Cross: Meditations for the Lenten Season
2. Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths
3. The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You
4.*Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians
5.*Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence
*People ultimately don't buy the book, (although a few people have since this list first appeared last week).
New Books that Show Strong Interest:
Rome 1300: On the Path of the Pilgrim
By Way of Grace: Moving from Faithfulness to Holiness
A Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life by Peter Kreeft
January 2007
1. The Gift of Faith
2. When Children Became People: The Birth Of Childhood In Early Christianity
3. The Best American Catholic Short Stories: A Sheed & Ward Collection
4. God Alone Suffices
5. Behold, I stand at the Door and Knock
Saturday, February 24, 2007
A Story on the Men's Conference in Milwaukee
I'll be at the one in Cincinnati next Saturday signing books, along with Coach Danny Abramowicz at the Our Sunday Visitor booth...
From the Milwaukee Catholic Journal:
Following lunch, Danny Abramowicz, a former member of the New Orleans Saints (1967-1973) and the San Francisco 49ers (1973-1974) and special teams coach for the Chicago Bears and offensive coordinator for the Saints, also used sports metaphors to convey his message on the need for spiritual workouts.A spiritual workout, said Abramowicz, should begin with stretching out in prayer, developing the habit of prayer. Choose a regular time and find a place to pray, even if for five to 10 minutes a day, he said.
The second step in Abramowicz’s spiritual workout is jogging to Mass.
“If I told you that Jesus Christ was going to be at Lambeau Field or Miller Park today, we’d have a stampede of people trying to get there,” he said. “But guess what? Jesus Christ is going to be right here with us at Mass.”Why wouldn’t we go regularly to Mass, if we truly believe it is Jesus in the Eucharist?" He asked.
From the Milwaukee Catholic Journal:
Following lunch, Danny Abramowicz, a former member of the New Orleans Saints (1967-1973) and the San Francisco 49ers (1973-1974) and special teams coach for the Chicago Bears and offensive coordinator for the Saints, also used sports metaphors to convey his message on the need for spiritual workouts.A spiritual workout, said Abramowicz, should begin with stretching out in prayer, developing the habit of prayer. Choose a regular time and find a place to pray, even if for five to 10 minutes a day, he said.
The second step in Abramowicz’s spiritual workout is jogging to Mass.
“If I told you that Jesus Christ was going to be at Lambeau Field or Miller Park today, we’d have a stampede of people trying to get there,” he said. “But guess what? Jesus Christ is going to be right here with us at Mass.”Why wouldn’t we go regularly to Mass, if we truly believe it is Jesus in the Eucharist?" He asked.
Q. Little Time to Read? A. Pocket Guides
Our Sunday Visitor is launching a series of pocket guides and I noticed this morning that one of them that will be released next month is already on the Catholic Bestseller's list on Amazon--namely the one written by Dr. Peter Kreeft. Here is the one by him and the others that will be coming out next month:
A Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life by Peter Kreeft
A Pocket Guide to Purgatory by Patrick Madrid
A Pocket Guide to the Mass by Michael Dubruiel
And the one pocket guide that was released last year:
A Pocket Guide to Catholic Apologetics by Patrick Madrid
And this Fall they will release:
A Pocket Guide to Confession by Michael Dubruiel
Along with two others that still are being finalized by two very popular Catholics in the U.S.
A Pocket Guide to the Meaning of Life by Peter Kreeft
A Pocket Guide to Purgatory by Patrick Madrid
A Pocket Guide to the Mass by Michael Dubruiel
And the one pocket guide that was released last year:
A Pocket Guide to Catholic Apologetics by Patrick Madrid
And this Fall they will release:
A Pocket Guide to Confession by Michael Dubruiel
Along with two others that still are being finalized by two very popular Catholics in the U.S.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Mepkin Abbey Counters PETA Accusations of Animal Cruelity
The Post and Courrier has the story. The Monk's website has a statement which in part reads:
It has always been Mepkin Abbey's purpose to provide the healthiest environment for our chickens, to treat them as one of God's precious creatures and to offer to consumers the best possible product for their health and enjoyment. That is precisely why we moved to the cage arrangement over 30 years ago, and why we have continued with it to the present. Cages provide hens protection from predators, soil-borne diseases, and diseases that are caused from walking in litter or waste.
We stand by our product and by the commitment we make to our customers as stated on the inner cover of our egg carton.
It has always been Mepkin Abbey's purpose to provide the healthiest environment for our chickens, to treat them as one of God's precious creatures and to offer to consumers the best possible product for their health and enjoyment. That is precisely why we moved to the cage arrangement over 30 years ago, and why we have continued with it to the present. Cages provide hens protection from predators, soil-borne diseases, and diseases that are caused from walking in litter or waste.
We stand by our product and by the commitment we make to our customers as stated on the inner cover of our egg carton.
Bishop's Theory on Anna Nicole Smith
From the Wisconsin State Journal:
Bishop Robert Morlino says the legal circus being waged over Anna Nicole Smith can be laid at the steps of a state that "does not protect and reinforce the marriage bond and the true definition of marriage."
Morlino, the spiritual head of the quarter-million Christians in the Madison Catholic Diocese, wrote in Thursday's edition of the Catholic Herald that "when civil law opened the door to no-fault divorce and in- vitro fertilization, the civil law started down the slippery slope that led us to the present moment."
"Tinkering with the marriage bond and the definition of marriage empowers the courts to usurp decisions that belong to the traditional family and affords great wealth to eager litigators," the bishop continued. "The natural law is the guide both to freedom and to conscience in these very sensitive matters."
One of the many things I like about Morlino is his ability to make me look at the news in a way differently than I ordinarily would. And, as a columnist for his own newspaper, he certainly has as much right to capitalize on Anna Nicole as I do in this column.
He says he is "praying frequently for the respose and soul" of Smith, which, to be honest, makes him a far better man than I am.
Bishop Robert Morlino says the legal circus being waged over Anna Nicole Smith can be laid at the steps of a state that "does not protect and reinforce the marriage bond and the true definition of marriage."
Morlino, the spiritual head of the quarter-million Christians in the Madison Catholic Diocese, wrote in Thursday's edition of the Catholic Herald that "when civil law opened the door to no-fault divorce and in- vitro fertilization, the civil law started down the slippery slope that led us to the present moment."
"Tinkering with the marriage bond and the definition of marriage empowers the courts to usurp decisions that belong to the traditional family and affords great wealth to eager litigators," the bishop continued. "The natural law is the guide both to freedom and to conscience in these very sensitive matters."
One of the many things I like about Morlino is his ability to make me look at the news in a way differently than I ordinarily would. And, as a columnist for his own newspaper, he certainly has as much right to capitalize on Anna Nicole as I do in this column.
He says he is "praying frequently for the respose and soul" of Smith, which, to be honest, makes him a far better man than I am.
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