Critical Mass

Okay, last year on this date, I decided that I was going to join the Catholic Church (before I ever stepped foot in the door). But, I was certain, and so I Googled “Catholic churches troy mi,” and found two: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Anastasia. Since SEAS was located closer to my old [...]

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Ah, Clammish as she is, she is not announcing, loudly, the anniversary of her birth!
Here’s a little song for you:
“Happy birthday to you!  Happy birthday to you!  We missed you at chur-urch!  But we prayed for you, too!”
It’s an occasion to rejoice!  Yippee-skippee!  The Clam was born!  On the baptism of Jesus this year, too [...]

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This week in our Bible study, we are reading 1 Maccabees, with supplemental passages from 2 Maccabees, Sirach, and Wisdom.
I just wanted to comment that Sirach, chapter 2 — I love it!  For some reason, this passage really spoke to me when I was initially writing this blog entry (before I was taken down), and [...]

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This looks like a lot of fun — except for the purchase price!
http://www.bibletheology.com/Product.asp?ID=105
Thank you, Steve Ray, for giving me new ways to drain my bank account!  :)

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Sometimes a girl just needs Catholic Answers, you know?
1.  Why would someone exclaim, “Jehoshaphat”?  I know he was one of the “good” kings of Judah during the Divided Kingdom, but how does that relate?
2.  When and why did the Israelites start self-identifying as Jews and Hebrews?  What is the etymology of those designations?

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Okay, first the Archdiocese of Detroit refuses access to my LiveJournal account.
THEN, in an effort to combat the large number of spam accounts that have been created in the past 72 hours, my blog was deleted by Stblogs.com!
I’m feeling repressed!  Hug me and support my little blog!  I’ll try to re-create what I had, but [...]

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