Thieving squirrels par for the course for Edmonton golfers

They regularly deliver golf balls to our back yard, a 1/4 of a mile from the golf course.



From CBC News: Thieving squirrels par for the course for Edmonton golfers:



"Golfers often have to deal with the frustration of watching their golf balls swallowed up by sand traps or water hazards.



But at Riverside Golf Course in Edmonton, players have another type of obstacle to watch for -- squirrels. "

Zarqawi captured on Syrian - Iraq border?

Came across this, but haven't seen anything else about it.



From albawaba.com: Kuwaiti newspaper: Zarqawi captured on Syrian - Iraq border:



"Reports in Kuwait on Friday said a man assumed to be Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi has been captured near the Syrian border.



Zarqawi, whose Tawhid and Jihad group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in Iraq, was captured during a joint operation by US forces and Iraqi police, Al Siyasah newspaper, quoting informed Iraqi sources, said Friday. "

New Vatican Document

LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE COLLABORATION OF MEN AND WOMENIN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD

Released Today. Among other issues, presents a Biblical basis for the separation of the sexes.

First those that result from the Fall:

Original sin changes the way in which the man and the woman receive and

live the Word of God as well as their relationship with the Creator. Immediately

after having given them the gift of the garden, God gives them a positive

command (cf. Gn 2:16), followed by a negative one (cf. Gn 2:17), in which

the essential difference between God and humanity is implicitly expressed.

Following enticement by the serpent, the man and the woman deny this

difference. As a consequence, the way in which they live their sexual

difference is also upset. In this way, the Genesis account establishes a

relationship of cause and effect between the two differences: when humanity

considers God its enemy, the relationship between man and woman becomes

distorted. When this relationship is damaged, their access to the face of

God risks being compromised in turn.



God's decisive words to the woman after the first sin express the kind

of relationship which has now been introduced between man and woman: “your

desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you” (Gn 3:16). It will

be a relationship in which love will frequently be debased into pure

self-seeking, in a relationship which ignores and kills love and replaces it

with the yoke of domination of one sex over the other. Indeed the story of

humanity is continuously marked by this situation, which recalls the three-fold

concupiscence mentioned by Saint John: the concupiscence of the flesh, the

concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life (cf. 1 Jn 2:16). In this tragic

situation, the equality, respect and love that are required in the relationship

of man and woman according to God's original plan, are lost.

Then from the New Testament and how Christ overcomes this Fall for those who believe in Him:

“For all of you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ... there

is neither male nor female”, writes Saint Paul to the Galatians (3:27-28). The

Apostle Paul does not say that the distinction between man and woman, which in

other places is referred to the plan of God, has been erased. He means rather

that in Christ the rivalry, enmity and violence which disfigured the

relationship between men and women can be overcome and have been overcome. In

this sense, the distinction between man and woman is reaffirmed more than ever;

indeed, it is present in biblical revelation up to the very end. In the final

hour of present history, the Book of Revelation of Saint John, speaking of “a

new heaven and a new earth” (Rev 21:1), presents the vision of a feminine

Jerusalem “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Rev 21:2). Revelation

concludes with the words of the Bride and the Spirit who beseech the coming of

the Bridegroom, “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev22:20).

Purpose of the document as stated in the Introduction is to spark conversation. I think it will certianly do that.

EWTN PRIME - Life on the Rock

Next Thursday, August 5th.



On EWTN PRIME - Life on the Rock:



"Danny Abramowicz , Former Pro Football Wide Receiver



Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint



Real Men Have A Spiritual Life"



Based on his new book:

Lourdes on High Alert for Papal Visit

From Expatica -- Living in, moving to, or working in France, plus French news in English:



"Some 2,700 French police will be mobilised next month for Pope John Paul II's visit to the southern 'miracle' town of Lourdes, expected to draw at least 300,000 faithful, officials said Wednesday.



Police and gendarmes will be tasked with providing security in the area and keeping traffic moving in the region, said Michel Bilaud, prefect for the Hautes-Pyrenees region.



The 84-year-old pontiff's visit to Lourdes on August 14 and 15 will mark the 150th anniversary of the 1854 proclamation by Pope Pius IX of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. "

Take the Devil Seriously, Cardinal Says

From Zenit:

We should take the devil "very seriously," but without losing confidence in the love of God, says the theologian of the Pontifical Household. Cardinal Georges Cottier gave this interview in the wake of last Saturday's murder of a priest in the cathedral of Santiago, Chile. The killing was linked to Satanism.

Q: In the great mystery of evil, how much does the action of the devil count and how much responsibility does man bear?

Cardinal Cottier: The devil is without a doubt the great seducer because he tries to lead man to sin by presenting evil as good. But the fall is our responsibility, because the conscience has the ability to distinguish what is good and what is evil.

Q: Why does the devil want to induce man to sin?

Cardinal Cottier: Out of envy and jealousy. The devil wants to drag man with him because he himself is a fallen angel. The fall of the first man was preceded by the fall of the angels.

Q: Is it a heresy to affirm that the devil also forms part of God's plan?

Cardinal Cottier: Satan was created by God as a good angel, because God does not create evil. Everything that comes from the creative hand of God is good. If the devil has become evil, it is by his own culpability. It was he who, by using his freedom badly, made himself evil.

O'Reilly - Moore

I watched the interview and I thought that O'Reilly didn't do Bush any favors. Here is a snippet from FOXNews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Moore: Bush 'Didn't Tell the Truth':



"MOORE: So, you would sacrifice your child to secure Fallujah? I want to hear you say that.

O'REILLY: I would sacrifice myself..

MOORE: Your child? It's Bush sending the children there.

O'REILLY: I would sacrifice myself.

MOORE: You and I don't go to war, because we're too old.

O'REILLY: Because if we back down, there will be more deaths and you know it.

MOORE: Say, "I, Bill O'Reilly, would sacrifice my child to secure Fallujah."

O'REILLY: I'm not going to say what you say, you're a, that's ridiculous--"