http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com Powered by StBlogs Catholic Blogs and Catholic News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:51:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Phillipians 4:6   I took this photo just a little way from my home. The rain had started to let up to the south, on Lake St. Clair, but clouds still darkened the ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/10/05/choices-arent-closing-doors/ My guardian angel is Phred, a name I came up with in the fourth grade or so. It was shortly after a babysitter asked me for help with her homework, coming up with words that had a "ph" in them, like "dolphin" and  "Delphine" (my aunt) and "phunky chicken" (there was a dance, ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/10/02/happy-feast-of-the-guardian-angel-phred/ ...(H)e is a consciousness objector to his own conscience. - Jeff Miller, aka The Curt Jester, on Sen. Joe Biden's convoluted rationale for being Catholic who supports abortion  http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/09/07/quote-of-the-month/ Presidential hopeful Sen. Obama took a shot at Republicans by mentioning the huge numbers of lay-offs in Michigan. (The Labor Department just announced that 39,000 auto-related jobs were lost in August.)   According to the Detroit News: "These numbers are unacceptable and are just one more reminder of what is at stake in this election," Obama said in ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/09/07/politicians-arent-automotive-engineers/ I was reading about Palinsanity - a term coined by Althouse to describe the vicious attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's pick for vice-president. The Anchoress (see my blogroll) has a good round-up of stories and opinion. Personally, I went from flabberghasted to incensed in less than a day. Yesterday ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/09/02/make-up-your-minds-when-is-a-woman-an-adult/ As usual, I'm freaking out (especially since some of my usual first-week material had to be recreated). I will be blogging more on weekends than weekdays. http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/09/01/first-day-of-school-tomorrow/ Linked is Sunday's homily from Fr. John De Celles, an associate pastor at Old St. Mary’s Church, Alexandria, VA. He's talking about Pelosi, but he's also talking to the rest of us. Now, some will want to say that these bishops—and I— are crossing the line from Religion into to politics. ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/09/01/a-great-sermon-about-choosing-life/ Sister Toldjah brought up the subject of good and bad TV ads. I don't watch a lot of TV, but I sometimes catch ads here and there. Dad told me about one of his favorites: a young baseball player who wants to be greatest hitter in the world... but finds ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/08/20/something-good-on-tv-the-ads/ Full disclosure: When asked to pick a book to review for the Catholic Company, I chose A Civilization of Love because I thought it would be an easy read. The author, Carl Anderson, is the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus - and to me, the K of C ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/08/19/review-a-civilization-of-love/ Bernie and Diane are humble, unpretentious people.... They had everything they ever wanted, they said. Except for a daughter. But the more they asked about Danielle, the more they didn't want to know. She was 8, but functioned as a 2-year-old. She had been left alone in a dank room, ... http://jmbalconi.stblogs.com/2008/08/11/a-story-of-extraordinary-neglect-and-extraordinary-love/