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October 31, 2005

"Of course he's against abortion"

Thus are the words of Sam Alito's mother. If he is confirmed, he will be the 5th Catholic on the Supreme Court, which would be the largest group, obviously. Of course, Kennedy is somewhere out in left field somewhere, but it would still none the less be 5. It is sort of exciting for the Church because of this, 4 was the highest at one time, but 5 would just do it. If any of this makes sense LOL.

Anyway, Alito would also provide the privotal 5th vote to overturn the legal right to Partial Birth Abortion. He would only be a 4th vote to over turn Roe v Wade, but would provide an important vote to overturn at least some abortions in this country.

Let us all pray.

Pray for Youngstown as we away a Bishop too...

Posted by cr3do1 at 07:38 PM | Comments (0)

October 21, 2005

Once again...

So, after a few days or so of going strong, I have failed once again in keeping my blog up to date. Mea culpa.

Things have been going pretty well this Semester, I continue to grow in wisdom and age.

I have this really interesting philosophy course on Faith and Reason. I can finally see why the Church has gone through hell these past forty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council. Two differing theological ways of thinking came to collide, both with different philosophical and theological approaches. Both of course have their origin with Saint Thomas Aquinas, but not many have been as brilliant as he. I also understand why the Protestants and even the Orthodox have difficulties because of their philosophies. I see now that all theological problems are in the end a philosophical problem. The importance of a good philosophical grounding for Seminarians has now been made clear to me, and why the Church orders are proper and just. I almost wish I could go back two years and start all over again with this knowledge I have now, but things don't work like that.

The Synod in Rome should be wrapping up soon. I am anxiously awaiting the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation to see what was decided. I hope good things result from this; it is just about that time in the Church when things should start to swing back to the way things should be.

I am currently on Mid-Term Break at home; it is nice to be away from a few days. I have some reading to catch up on, and it is sort of nice to be able to go and do things on my own. I would like on the next mid-term break to go down to the Shrine in Alabama, but we shall see if that works out.

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas Vacation. I always enjoy that time of the year, it always seems holy, etc. I like it when everyone is together and I get to see family I haven't seen since the summer. It isn't that far off, maybe a Month or so.

After Thanksgiving, His Eminence Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. will be coming to the PCJ to give a talk on Vatican II. I am looking forward to it. This will be the second visit by a Prince of the Church to the Josephinum in my time there. The first was by His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick in the Spring of 2004. Cardinal Dulles is one of the brightest minds in the Church in America. It should be interesting.

The Diocese of Youngstown is still awaiting a new Bishop. I am not sure how long it will take. Some dioceses have been without a bishop for nearly two years. I hope this doesn't take that long, the Diocese needs a bishop.

Well, I am going to go and catch up on some reading. God Bless.

Posted by cr3do1 at 06:25 PM | Comments (1)

October 03, 2005

New Supreme Court Nomination

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/03/D8D0MMQG0.html

Harriet Miers was seeking to revisit the American Bar Association's position on Abortion. Seems like a good thing, we shall see how she fares over the next few weeks.

Posted by cr3do1 at 06:37 PM | Comments (0)