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They give the sign of peace like they mean it. - Lee Ann of Literarium, on her parish
Man's natural instinct moves him to live in civil society, for he cannot, if dwelling apart, provide himself with the necessary requirements of life, nor procure the means of developing his mental and moral faculties. Hence, it is divinely ordained that he should lead his life-be it family, or civil-with his fellow men, amongst whom alone his several wants can be adequately supplied. But, as no society can hold together unless some one be over all, directing all to strive earnestly for the common good, every body politic must have a ruling authority, and this authority, no less than society itself, has its source in nature, and has, consequently, God for its Author. - Pope Leo XIII, via Bill of Random Notes
Abortion is a demonic, false liturgy wherein the child is offered up in celebration of the putative absence, or even non-existence, of God. The precise counter liturgy to abortion is baptism. - proposal of Thomas of 'Endlessly Rocking'
Steven, frankly, what I need to do is become holy, then report my findings. Watch this space. - Tom of Disputations
I find the interaction between you two, Tom and Steve, endlessly fascinating and instructive. - David on Tom of Disputations' blog. David, you're the one? Good Lord, don't encourage them.
[Lileks had] a great zinger on the generation gap between people like Kerry, who think that all of American history was preparation for -- and then commentary on -- the sixties and early seventies, and people of my generation and older, who just associate that time period with riots and ugly clothes and a bunch of pop music stars who are going to be eligible for Medicare soon. - Peony of "Two Sleepy Mommys"
Coeds in the Hands of an Angry God? -- Mark Byron on Hokie's blog, in reaction to Robert Bauer's line, "I don't want to go Jonathan Edwards on her, but I really feel like she needs to be shocked into action with evidence directly from the Bible."
It has been brought to my attention that I don't have a girlfriend. Upon having my secretary search through my records, this has been confirmed. - Robert of Hokie Pundit
Once again, a gaffe is defined as accidentally telling the truth. - Jonah Goldberg of "The Corner", on Paul Hornung's recent remarks
I'm a left-handed, Dvorak-typing, Natural-Family-Planning-teaching, old-time-radio-listening, book-devouring, movie-loving, number-crunching, happily-married, proud-papa, enthusiastically-Catholic average kind of guy. - Tom Bress of "A Thing Worth Doing"
Here´s what Federico Suarez says about Mary visiting Elizabeth [after the Annunciation] in his book "The Virgin, Our Lady,": 'But Our Lady didn´t do anything else but the vulgar and normal, something that millions of people do every day: She went to the house of a relative, to greet them, to smile, to help them out in little household chores... Really, what more could she do? It is very likely that the Lord doesn´t expect anymore of us than similar things. He doesn´t expect us do incredible or extraordinary actions, but to do the little, common everyday items, that are apparently monotonous, and which could include a greeting or a visit. But we, just as the Virgin Mary, are bearers of Christ, and therefore as instruments we have the quality that the Lord expects of us ...' - Robert Duncan of Santificarnos
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. --Mother Theresa, via Pigeon Pi
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