Feast Day today: Saint Mary Magdalene

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As St. Thomas Aquinas observed – “The Apostle to the Apostles.” Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena Here’s a little bit about her During Jesus’s Ministry And a recent article in America Magazine Nothing in the Gospel occurs by mere chance. It is highly significant that in a society where men wielded power in … Read more

Why Planned Parenthood fired their President

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Turns out that while she is very pro-abortion that's not enough. She actually thought PP should do more healthcare and less politics. So she had to go. This is from NRO via Yahoo! Good article. The author, Alexandra Desanctis, follows the issue closely. The whole article is 16 paragraphs. Planned Parenthood has long sought to … Read more

??? “Russian Orthodox Church considers ending blessings for nuclear weapons” ???

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To quote a sage I know (Ed Mechmann) “why in the world would they ever have blessed nuclear weapons to begin with?” This is from the Catholic Herald (UK) – Last month, a committee on ecclesial law met in Moscow and recommended ending the practice of blessing missiles and warheads, and suggested that priests should … Read more

Feast today: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

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The Carmelites. A big deal indeed! Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century. They had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” They soon celebrated a special Mass and Office in … Read more

Good article – no doubt about it, to live longer do strength training (lift weights, body weight training, etc)

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Not saying stop doing aerobic exercise – but … And forget needing to do heavy weights, like the cartoon here. Almost any strength training works. To Delay Death, Lift Weights. Two new studies remind of us of what we already know but sometimes forget. The results, published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, … Read more