Sunday Snippets

Sunday Snippets is the Catholic Carnival, Second Generation. :) This week, the main post containing all links is here.

My contribution is just below this post, which, for those of you on a feed aggregator, is here.

First Stones

I've been reading some online discussion of Ted Kennedy's funeral. Does he deserve a Catholic funeral? He was quite the sinner...maybe he shouldn't be allowed to have one!

All I can think is that I love that he got a Catholic funeral. I love that he was able to benefit from the Sacraments at death's door. I love that he - a great, big, public sinner - might be in Heaven ahead of me.

Who, of any of us, deserves a Catholic funeral? Who, of any of us, deserves the Sacraments?

Which of us is really fit to throw stones at him, now that he's died, when we honestly cannot say we know the state of his soul?

Pointing out his many faults at this point is useless. What is useful, however, is to pray for his soul. Pray that he's in Purgatory, being purified. Pray that he had a deathbed conversion. Pray that he repented of his public sins, as well as his private ones.

Pray that, one day, you'll see him in Heaven and embrace him there.

So you've got a choice now. You can pray for his immortal soul, or you can pick up a stone.

Which will it be?

Post for Travel Man and the Girls

1,500 hours to create.

Amazing.

Culture of Death Strikes Again

Police: Teen Mom Hid Pregnancy Then Killed Newborn

Some people would say that this shows a need for unrestricted access to abortion. I say it shows a need to stop the disconnect between sex and procreation (first), then make sure that young women know that there is somewhere to go if you don't follow God's plan and the natural consequences of sex happen to you. (In other words, you get pregnant.) There are plenty of resources that are available to this young woman, but in her desperation, she chose to kill her newborn.

What is interesting is that had she done so just an hour before the child was born, people wouldn't give it much thought, as it's her "right" to kill her unborn child. It's just not acceptable in "polite" society to do so after he's born.

Paul VI was right - there is a disconnect now between sex and it's procreative forces, at least in our minds, and this has cheapened the marital act. Because that is cheapened, the results are also cheapened. Children are seen as burdens that you only take on if you are "ready" to do so, or willing. And so they are expendable, too. If you don't want a baby, you just dispose of it. And if you can do so right up until delivery day, why does location make such a difference?

And if it makes a difference, then you must ask yourself why? Why is it okay if the baby hasn't been born, but not okay after passing through the birth canal? What magic happens that changes whether or not it's okay to kill that human being?

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May God Have Mercy on His Soul

The Associated Press: Mass. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77

Another Cool Thing About being Catholic...

...is that when your pastor comes over, and you recall his first homily where he mentioned both Archbishop Chaput and Samuel Adams (thereby referencing the beer), you can offer him a Sam Adams.

And then he can accept.

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Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple, and there were lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake, and great hail.

1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered.

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Today is the celebration of the Coronation of Mary! Read more about why Catholics revere her as Queen of Heaven and Earth here.

(It's quite Biblical. Really. Go, read.)

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In Those Days There Was No King in Israel, But Every One Did That Which Seemed Right to Himself.

Lutherans to Allow Sexually Active Gays to Serve as Clergy

This is just stunning. Stunning! Exactly which part of the laws against such behavior in the Bible do they not understand?

I'm so, so, so glad to be Catholic. I'm so glad we have 2000 years of unbroken leadership and sound doctrine that doesn't change with social whims.

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USCCB - Roman Missal | Examples

USCCB - Roman Missal | Examples

New Missal Coming! WHOO HOO!

Check out the Gloria! (Text that is different than the current translation is in bold.)

Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to people of

good will. We praise you, we bless

you, we adore you, we glorify you,

we give you thanks for your great

glory,

Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Be sure to click through. What a beautiful translation we'll be blessed with soon!