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New Vivificat Media in Spanish

Folks, I've been very productive lately in Vivificat's Spanish site. With the Lord's help I've produced four audio files, praying the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries of the Holy...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: prayer, video, podcasts
Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008

Folks, I note with sadness the passing of science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since the 1950s. Clarke's style was lively, clear and easy...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: scifi, obituaries
Food for the Hearth: a review of Christopher Hitchens' The Missionary Position

Once again, I read a Christopher Hitchens' book without purchasing it at local bookstore. I am not going to line this man's pockets! I rather give it to the Missionaries of Charity! Nevertheless,the...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: anti-catholicism, atheism and unbelief, book reviews
Theo is now in MySpace!

Folks, yours truly has now a presence in MySpace. I wish the MySpace page to become an extension of the blog dedicated to social networking. You may access it here:http://www.myspace.com/vivificatAnd...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: admin notes
Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord - AD 2008

Luke 19:28-40 (New International Version)The Triumphal Entry 28After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: solemnities and feast days, lent, bible studies
Check out our new Greek and Latin Bible Verse Widget

Folks, if you scroll down and look at the right sidebar you'll see my latest additions to the blog template, two "widgets" which will reproduce for you a daily verse from the Holy Scriptures, one...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: bible studies, admin notes
The Orthodox Understanding of Sin: A Lenten Reflection

Fr. George MorelliIn the first chapter of Genesis we read that man is made in God's image and called to be like Him. The image, the Church Fathers say, is mainly our intelligence and free will. God...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: orthodox church, reflections, lent
Kidnapped Iraqi archbishop found dead; cause of death unclear

Folks, the BBC reports in its English language edition that the body of Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, was found in a shallow grave close to the city. It is not clear...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, anti-catholicism, war and peace, obituaries
U.K.'s Terry Sanderson's exclusionary ideas a study in tyranny

Folks, I read a lot as you know and separating the wheat from the chaff is a common endeavor but every so often I read something so foolish that I have to make a double-take and reread it to see if...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, anti-catholicism, church and state, family and society
Smear campaign hounds Oklahoma legislator

Folks, Representative Sally Kern, an Oklahoman legislator, finds herself under fire for expressing her views regarding the homosexual lifestyles. According to CNN, Ms. Kern was recorded secretly...

Started in Vivificat! • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, religious freedom, moral issues, media, sex