Be on the lookout for a post this weekend with more Facebook cover photos of the Catholic variety. I made two more and hope to have four total in one post for easy find-ability. :)
After writing my post on John 6:63, I’ve been further pondering the verse and its implications in light of the rest of the text. I’m beginning to think this verse may be my favorite support for the Eucharist from Scripture. If Jesus is not talking about His flesh in this verse (which He isn’t, because that interpretation is blasphemous), what is He talking about? The only satisfactory answer points to a literal interpretation of Christ’s words in the rest of the passage.
Utter mayhem is about to descend upon our little hometown. Every September, we are home to the largest fair in the state (larger than the state fair, actually). We live four blocks away from the fairgrounds, so close that we can hear the tractor pulls and the concerts. It’s really quite fun if you don’t have to drive anywhere. We’re planning to take the family on opening day. I anticipate being broke for the rest of the month.
Thanks for your prayers regarding the big ministry opportunity I (vaguely) referred to last week. I was asked to fill a pretty important role at a pro-life ministry in my area. I was so honored to be considered. In the end, however, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to balance this new opportunity with the commitments I already have on my plate. I was so sad to turn it down, but I am confident in God’s guidance in the decision. Maybe someday the door will open again.
I almost never watch talk shows, but I caught the beginning of a Dr. Oz show yesterday. It was about infertility and fertility treatments. As Dr. Oz was describing the process of conception, he referred to the fertilized egg as “the child.” I almost spit out my coffee. The rest of the show was just awful in the moral bankruptcy department, but I do wonder if the good doctor will receive backlash from his comment (which definitely granted personhood to the tiny zygote on his uterus diagram). Gosh, you forget to be politically correct for just one moment and all this logic starts coming out!
Would you stop reading my blog if I wrote a political post? Just one. I didn’t want to, but as this election season progresses I’m finding it harder and harder to shut up. And it’s only August. Yikes. A rant is forming in my head and it needs a place to land…
I’m participating in Support a Catholic Speaker Month 2012! The top 100 Catholic speakers have been named over on Brandon Vogt’s blog and I was able to “claim” a speaker to feature here in a blog post. Don’t worry, I got somebody cool. You can either wait until September to find out who it is or go here to search the list for The Recovered Catholic. ;)
By the way, there appear to be more speakers available if you’d like to participate. You can fill out a form at the above link to jump in on the fun.
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