Sunday, June 07, 2009

The Holy Trinity


Shield of the Trinity

Fr. John Hardon, S.J. - Catholic Doctrine on the Holy Trinity





















The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc - Czech Republic




















Most Holy Trinity Sunday


Holy Trinity Sunday

Conversion Story - Andre Frossard (from EWTN-Fr. Joseph Mary's homily)

Fr. Mark's post

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Glory Be to The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Spirit!

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Glory Be to The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Spirit!

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Glory Be to The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Spirit!



O Holy Spirit, love of the Father and of the Son be as a furnace of love in the center of our hearts and ever bear like glowing flames, our thoughts, our affections, our actions on high, even unto the bosom of the Father. May our whole lives be a Glory Be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.




Sunday, May 31, 2009

Our Dear Blessed Mother - Pentecost

See Fr. Mark's posts - Seven Mysteries of the Holy Spirit, Cardinal Mercier's Secret of Sanctity, I asked in prayer for love of Christ, Whitsunday, & Consecration of Priests to the Holy Spirit

COME, HOLY SPIRIT COME!
I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus (Christ). God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let us pray.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
(My favorite -I don't know the author)
O Holy Spirit, love of the Father and of the Son be as a furnace of love in the center of our hearts and ever bear like glowing flames, our thoughts, our affections, our actions on high, even unto the bosom of the Father. May our whole lives be a Glory Be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Friday, May 29, 2009

A Boondoggle? "Recovery.gov"? You Decide!

Transparency 2.0
Introduction

President Obama has made Internet-enabled government transparency a cornerstone of his administration, but there hasn't been much talk about the information technology needed to pull it off.

Well, the time has come. The White House's vision for transparency is clouded with numerous technological hurdles, and agencies right now are making decisions that will determine whether this effort makes government more open or becomes another costly federal IT blunder.



Definition of Boondoggle

Our Dear Blessed Mother


Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Prop.8 UPHELD!

See.

More from the Government....

White House Launches Data.gov and Seeks Advice on Transparency

FCC’s Warrantless Household Searches Alarm Experts

Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate

SCOTUS: Nominee Sonia Sotomayer



Duck and cover: She may be Catholic

Organized for Life Petition Opposing Sotomayor Nomination

Petition opposing Sotomayor as Supreme Court Judge

CERN & some other observations

It appears the project is running out of support due to the high cost and the current economic situation around the world....

Physicists collide with Austria over Cern pullout

Austria to quit CERN particle physics laboratory

Austria opts back into Cern, Big Science survives

Austrian scientists happy over CERN U-turn

Matter and Antimatter, Angels and Demons

CERN's Collaborative Management Model


A couple of items from Herescope - THE MATHEMATICS OF THE MECHANICS


Mathematics emerged into scientific prominence during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through men such as Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who employed mathematics to better understand and give description to God’s majestic universe.

They believed that God had supernaturally created the universe and continued to providentially preserve it, and through mathematics they were able to describe how through natural laws God governed the universe. The acknowledged progression was natural laws derived from supernatural acts. This understanding that God created and maintains the universe by His sovereign working through supernatural power and natural laws is fundamental to the Christian faith.

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When the theologian says that “the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever,” this is an all-inclusive statement. Mathematics is but a tool that man can employ to help him understand and describe the physical world. When divorced from God, man becomes divorced from the source of reality; he becomes lost amidst the universe, with his ultimate demise being assured. All men, mathematicians included, who reject God will see their worlds crumble and come at last to nothing. Thus Laplace on his deathbed was forced to admit that in the end, “Man follows only phantoms.”[8] While mathematics aids in describing the universe in which we live, mathematics cannot account for the existence of it. After all, why is there something and not nothing? But those who choose to follow the God of the Bible will find that beyond human calculations there is a solid foundation that will stand for all eternity, the Lord Jesus Christ. Through the study and application of mathematics, the natural revelation of the wonders of God’s creative and sovereign power ought to humble us before His majesty.


"The Spiritualization of Science, Technology, and Education in a One-World Society"

"And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?" Blaise Pascal