Critical Mass

Whoo-hoo!  I’m all excited about Lent!  I have plans….  And, they may involve you….  :)
Now, here’s the million dollar question:  is it okay to involve other people in your Lenten penance, as long as you the the one doing the penance, right?
Next, I need a really good cause for my Lenten penance.  Any suggestions?

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A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David’s comment.
Gently, she tucked the stethoscope into his ears [...]

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Oh, my poor maligned character!
I go into my one surgeon’s office, complaining that I am de-evolving into an alligator.  I don’t *actually* believe that, but I am annoyed with this odd skin thing.  I’m on my 4th diagnosis, and they just shrug and say probably some form of eczema and give me steroids for when [...]

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1 May 1881 - 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist and a philosopher, and was present at the discovery of Peking Man.
“The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on [...]

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Okay, by now, many of you will know that I have a particular aversion to e-mail forwards.  That said, occasionally I will pass one on because it is particularly cute or profound.  This one, while a decent message, is being posted because, well, I love God, and I have a certain fondness for coffee (no, really, I [...]

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A couple of questions arose in Bible study which were unable to be adequately answered in discussion:
1.  Regarding 2 Mc 7, the 7 brothers and their mom had unwavering faith in God and were able to withstand their tormentors due to their hope (as in certainty in the goodness and fidelity of God, as opposed [...]

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Okay, so yesterday I was late getting out the door, later still after clearing the snow off the car, and slightly delayed due to slower (although not horrible) traffic.  End result?  I was about 4 minutes late for Mass.
This means that I came in as the Gospel was being proclaimed.  What?!?  I wasn’t that late!  [...]

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Okay, am I the only one to find this humorous?
1 Mc 6:34 - “They made the elephants drunk on grape and mulberry wine to provoke them to fight.”

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Okay, now that I have figured out how to upload pictures to my Stblogs — you all are in trouble!  Hahaha!  What’s the max filespace on this site??
Here’s a flower picture that I like:

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So, a while ago I was randomly at this photography site.  I don’t know if I was there to see if I wanted to store some pictures online or what, but there was a thing where you could submit a photo to them, and I grabbed whatever was handy, which happened to be a picture [...]

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