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Computing now with Quad Power

Folks, I've upgraded my desktop computer system to a Quad processor machine and I am in the process of migrating documents from my old, trusty desktop, reloading software, and other sundry chores....

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
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To Love as God Loves in Christ is the Highest Level of Human Existence

Folks, a regular reader recently asked me this question and I want to share my answer with all of you:What is the point then? If atheist and Christians can hold the same morals, who cares where the...

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: moral issues, catholic living, personal reflections, buddhism
Pope Benedict focuses on St. Benedict

Folks, in yesterday's audience Pope Benedict's speech focused on our patron (and his), St. Benedict of Nursia. He beautifully summarized the life and meaning of this Church Father. You may read the...

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: benedictines, papacy, saints
Tibet: A Case Study in Atheist Rule

I've said it before and I'll say it again: it is hard not to be sympathetic to the travails of the people of Tibet. Annexed against their will almost 60 years ago, their culture destroyed, their...

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: catholicism and culture, atheism and unbelief, buddhism
Message to the USA from Pope Benedict ahead of his Apostolic Visit

The grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you! In just a few days from now, I shall begin my apostolic visit to your beloved country. Before setting off, I would...

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: papacy
Renunciation of Thoughts

by Michael E. Miller, for the International Federation of St. Bruno Yahoo GroupThe life of monks can include the renunciation of destructive thoughts that can lead to destructive desires. This is...

Started in Vivificat! • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: contemplative prayer, reflections, catholic living, monasticism
Let science stay in the classroom, just run the Neo-Atheists off

Folks, I've been reading with great delight Dinesh D'Souza's book, What's So Great About Christianity and in the chapter Paley was Right: Evolution and the Argument from Design, after pulling the...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: religious freedom, catholicism and culture, atheism and unbelief, bible studies
Catholic priest supports Reverend Wright, Louis Farrakhan

Folks, I want to share with you this video of FoxNew's O'Reilly Factor's producer Porter Berry confrontong Fr. Michael Pfleger, according to The New Yorker Magazine, "the leader of the Faith...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, video
Blogging slow-down

Folks, I face a very busy workweek and blogging will be slow as a consequence. I hope you enjoy our current contents. Things will pick up later in the week. May the Lord bless you all!

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
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We celebrate today the feast of Divine Mercy

Among all of the elements of devotion to The Divine Mercy requested by our Lord through Sr. Faustina, the Feast of Mercy holds first place. The Lord's will with regard to its establishment was...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: solemnities and feast days