Against The Grain

Monday, December 27, 2004

Here and There . . .

Read the Bible in a year? A schedule [.pdf format] "follows the Liturgical Church year (beginning with December, that is,Advent) and attempts to follow the liturgical seasons in general; using natural breaks in the text, rather than chapter breaks; spacing Psalms and Proverbs throughout the entire year; calls for reading the Gospels twice a year (approximately half a chaptera day), and includes all 73 books in the original Bible." Via Fructus Ventris
"The true test for any Catholic blogger will come when they discover in the Particular Judgment that the blog added to or deducted from their time in Purgatory." - Patrick Sweeney (Extreme Catholic)
The Pontificator reflects on the meaning of the common inquiry: "Brother, Are you Saved?"
Bill Cork challenges the "willful ignorance" of The Revealer.
Training for Eternity, a blog by a military chaplain who was present at the recent terrorist attack at the Army camp in Mosul. Attending to the dying in their last moments is one of the hardest duties I can imagine any pastor could have, and Chaplain Lewis' faith is admirable to behold. (Thanks Indepundit).
My brother Jamie (Ad Limina Apostolorum") with a scholarly discussion of "Augustine on the Goodness of the Corporeal Realm."
Dave Morrison (Sed Contra) blogs about Bishop Loverde's recent attendance of their Courage meeting.
"Get behind me, Grinch!" -- Earl E. Appleby (Times Against Humanity) rounds up stories from secular society's 'War on Christmas'.
Father Dowd ("Waiting in Joyful Hope") is doing a series of posts in connection with his parish' study of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Here is Part I, on what is liturgy and 'The Liturgical Movement'?; and Part II: "Why did Vatican II change the liturgy?"
A hearty welcome (back) to Karen Marie Knapp (From The Anchor Hold), just in time for Christmas!

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