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Good news! “Napping is linked to a larger brain”
My brain should fill our whole bedroom. When it comes to napping, two key variables that can skew data are age and sickness. Older and sicker people tend to nap more often and for longer because they are more fatigued. The researchers found that the people with the gene variants linked to napping had slightly…
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Religious Nun’s take: Barbie sequel: Barbie joining a convent –
Haha. This is pretty clever. No I haven’t, and won’t be seeing Barbie – until it is on Netflix. Hit the link for the whole funny thread, including getting around that Barbie is Jewish. According to reports, the film is packed full of woke propaganda. The premise is anti-woman, anti-mother, and pro-transgender. Sister Mary Joseph…
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Dual birthday picture!!
Yup myself yesterday and #1 Josie three days earlier – the 24th. My t shirt of course refers to #2 Tim’s high school and college javelin exploits. I have another one that says “Got Shotput?”.
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Atheist “philosopher” says Christ’s Resurrection is irrelevant
The guy responding – John Lennox – is a mathematician who does a great deal of speaking worldwide on Christianity. The comment that the resurrection is "irrelevant" is pretty stupid – but that's just me.
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“Circumcised Galatians Really Wishing That Letter From Paul Had Come Sooner”
HAHAHA! GALATIA — A local follower of the new religious sect known as “Christians” expressed frustration after a letter from the Apostle Paul arrived notifying the group of believers that circumcision is not a requirement to be a member of the church. “Would’ve helped to have known about this a few days ago,” said Lucius,…
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Religious liberty in the states; New York ranks 46th out of 50
With a score of 27%. "New York state is home to 4 of the top 10 counties in the U.S. ranked by religious diversity. What is New York doing to safeguard religious liberty for its diverse population in 2023?" Religious Liberty in the States 2023 measures each state across 34 items that form 7 groups…
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From “Consistent Life” as Biden turns from his 7th grandchild…
Farandaville is big supporter of the consistent ethic of life ethos – we are against most everything (nuclear bombs, abortion, the death penalty…) except people who we are very much in favor of. I already posted about this WSJ: “Joe From Scranton Loses His Authenticity” so I was glad when Consistent Life weekly email highlighted …
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Memorial of Carmelite martyrs of Compiegne
There is a good description of the event if you hit the link. They were guillotined on this date in 1794. The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries). They were executed by the guillotine towards the…
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Saint of the Day: Native American Kateri Tekawitha
One of Farandaville favorites – we’ve been to Auriesville, NY where part of the shrine there is dedicated to her – she was born there. There is also a large Jesuit Cemetery there, which includes some men I knew. The miraculous healing that lead to her canonization is amazing. Hit the link below for a…
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“Vatican commission will catalogue non-Catholic Christian martyrs”
I love it! Very worth hitting the link for the whole article and not just the excerpts below the link. Only takes five minutes. Just weeks after Pope Francis included Coptic martyrs in the Catholic Roman martyrology, he has established a working commission in the Dicastery for Saints’ Causes to catalogue all Christian martyrs, including…