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- Blog - David Torkington
Spiritual theologian, author and speaker, specializing in prayer, Christian spirituality and mystical theology
[the kind that makes sense-BHG] - Catholic Bard
Mark Wilson - A Song of Joy by Caroline Furlong
Writing for Joy
[more "a writer who is Catholic", than a "Catholic Writer"-BHG] - Sparrowfare (peggyhaslar.com)
(Peggy Haslar)
Seed-Searches among the Stones - "Thankful to Be Able to Be Thankful"
('The Curt Jester', Jeff Miller: atheist-turned-Catholic) - tiberjudy
Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
(Victor S. E. Moubarak)
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(Where [there is] charity and love. God is there.)
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Category Archives: Being Catholic
Last Judgment: Still Pending
You’ve heard this one before. At the Vatican, a Cardinal’s secretary bursts into a meeting. “Your Eminence! He’s here! Jesus! He landed in St Peter’s Square! What do we do?!” The Cardinal runs to the Pope’s office, repeats the news … Continue reading
Humility isn’t Being Delusional
Truthfulness and humility are virtues, pride is a sin, and we’re supposed to practice humility.1 So Olympic athletes should say they’re puny? Small wonder some folks think faith makes no sense. Accepting Reality Humility is a good idea, within reason: … Continue reading
Citizenship and Being Catholic
I like being an American, most of the time. I know that my country is far from perfect, but I’d rather be here than anywhere else on Earth. Living in Sauk Centre, a smallish central Minnesota town, probably helps. I … Continue reading
Temperance, Catholic Style
(From O. Herford, via Life Magazine/Wikipedia, used w/o permission.) (“Life” magazine, Demon Rum, and Matthew 12:45: June 26, 1919.) My household is “dry:” there’s no beer in the fridge, wine in a rack, or whiskey on a shelf. That’s partly … Continue reading
