“But does he know you care? Does he know your actions are motivated by love?”
My mother, who might just be infinite in her wisdom
Among other things, I am proud to be one of the 300,000+ ninjas that march annually in the nation’s capital without detection from the mainstream media
I try not to post philosophical/theological-heavy things here. (For that, go to my other blog, Odyssey Toward Enlightenment!) Today I make an exception.
So, if you don’t know this: I am Catholic. (Not the limp-fish kind either! I am like a super healthy salmon fish! i.e. completely with the Church. Sometimes this makes conversations with people awkward. I hate that. Most of the time it’s because people accuse Catholics of stuff they don’t actually believe/do. Sometimes it’s because people think that folks who call themselves Catholic, but who don’t actually know/want to know/live out what the Church believes are the full representation of the Catholic faith.)
That’s a tangent, though. What I came here to say is:
This.
So, basically he’s right. Top 8 reasons why I, and my fellow Catholics are unskilled at protesting.
I mean, it’s not like we don’t protest. We just aren’t that great at it. It’s just that it’s hard to brew up that kind of anger that you need to really capture the media - and therefore the nation’s - attention when you know you’re going to win in the end.
And by, “win in the end,” I mean in the end. As in the end of time. (Hard to get more final than that!)
For those of you who doubt, just remember that time when the Roman Empire was feeding Catholics to lions.
Over the past 2,000 years, the Catholic Church has seen the birth of every governing power in the world today.
We’re still here and the Roman Empire isn’t.
“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”
G.K. Chesterton, poet, author, and Catholic extraordinaire
When I was younger, my mother would take the three of us kids to Sutton Place Grommet, which is now Balducci’s, but which at the time we called The Artichoke Store. We would be given an allowance for our lunch, and we could get whatever we wanted. Sometimes, if there was something really expensive, we would pool our resources to afford it. A favorite was for one person to get a lot of Genoa Salami, one person to get a lot of parmesan or pecorino, and for the third to get the accoutrements.
Well, whenever we went on these adventures, Mama would also get an allowance. Whatever she got, she would always get Orangina. We always hated the taste. She also liked Pavlova.
Some time later, I realized that I had started drinking Orangina. I think that’s when I first realized my tastes in food were changing.
(Source: paulagold)
“Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years.”
C.S. Lewis (via lindasinklings)
Oh, oh! I know what this one is! It’s an 8-track player!
…how I know what it is? Oh yeah, because the radio station here at FUS has one… plus a whole wall of 8-tracks. (via lifeonsundays)
So, my Christian Moral Principles class by Miller was a drag. The man was a bore. But the one thing I do remember was when discussing the morality of killing, he quoted this line from Johnny Cash. My sum total take away from the class was: It is not moral to shoot a man in Reno, just to watch him die! (via somewildthing)
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
C.S. Lewis (via supjennifer)(via teachingliteracy)
So looking forward to the end of school and the start of a wonderful Maryland summer!
callmehats:
Maryland represent!
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