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Today is the 5th
Sunday of Easter. Welcome once again to “Sunday
Snippets – A Catholic Carnival”, in which
a few of us Catholic bloggers hang out at This That and the OtherThing with our
hostess RAnn and swap compilations of our posts from the previous week (find
the whole gang [here]). And when we call it “carnival”, don’t think
of one of those wild carnivals with all sorts of unfortunate goings-on; picture
instead an old-fashioned country fair, with a wide variety of wholesome
offerings. After all, we are all loyal
to the Magisterium of the Church, high-minded, clean living (at least I am !)
and, well, we don’t go in for that sort of nonsense. So don’t get any ideas.
Speaking of
variety, we had a varied week at Principium et Finis:
Monday - Got riled up by something I saw on the
ever-interesting Fr. Z’s blog. What can
I tell you? I don’t go for altar girls
distributing Holy Communion . “What will they think of next?” [here]
Tuesday – An article in American Heritage magazine fifteen
years ago got me to thinking about the alleged inevitability of the so-called “youth
counter-culture” and our current conventional wisdom concerning
adolescence. I’m still thinking. “Teenage Werewolves and Other Mythical Beasts”
[here]
Wednesday – At some point during the week between the Ascension
of Jesus and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentacost the nascent Church got
together to select Mathias as successor to Judas. When I read the account in the Acts of the
Apostles, I had the feeling I’d seen it all somewhere else . . . “The Church’s
First Decision: St. Mathias” [here]
and – A lovely piece from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, it’s
begins in lamentation, but rises to a soaring song of love and hope. “ Dove
Sono – Carol Vaness (Le Nozze di Figaro)” [here]
Thursday – There are those who argue that it should be
permissible to abort an “abnormal fetus”
Here’s why they’re wrong: “Abortion Myth #5 (Throwback Thursday Edition)”
[here]
That’s all for this week- y’all come back now, hear?
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