A refreshing read in the post Sex in the City society.
It also began to offend my ferocious poet’s heart. Where was the romance, the glamour, the allure? The Sexual Revolution made sex boring, robbed it of meaning, robbed life of its adventure. Why are so many romance novels set in the years long before this revolution? Because the mystique was still alive.
As far as the sexual revolt goes, count me as loyal to the ancient regime.
A good explanation from Dave Armstrong on how Catholics view Protestants.
Catholics believe that Protestant trinitarian baptism offers the same exact benefits of grace as Catholic baptism. That is why, if it can be shown that one was validly baptized as a Protestant, they do not need to be re-baptized upon conversion to the Catholic Church. Thus, baptized Protestants are part of the Body of Christ, according to Catholicism. Period. End of story. Finis.
That’s not always reciprocated, but it’s good to know nonetheless.
Tony at Catholic Pillow Fight was quite thought provoking:
It seems that the misunderstanding of the call to ecumenism of Vatican II as espressed in the evil “spirit of” seems to have prompted many misunderstanding Catholics to believe that the road to reforming the Catholic church was to make it more appealing to Protestants.
But I think they completely missed that what is appealing to Protestant converts is appealing to authentic Catholics also. They hunger for the Rock of St. Peter upon which the Church was instituted, not the “boat” of St. Peter, tossed about in the wind and waves of modern culture, and subject to whoever’s hand happens to be on the tiller at the current moment.
So by making the Catholic church more Protestant, turning beautiful churches into “worship spaces”, removing all of the art, statuary, candles, incense, chant and everything else that was authenticly Catholic, they are turning the Church into “just another Protestant denomination”.
Linda Fay has a wonderful piece on nudity and violence in classical children’s literature. I’m not necessarily against either of those things in the right context. I see them both as teachable moments when they come up. Of course one of the hardest things to do as an artist is to capture the human form. Mr. Pete once took an art class with nude models and his drawings just never looked quite human to me. Our high schooler has a book from his aunt about how to draw nudes, and he realizes how difficult it is (giving him a profound respect for the great art masters!) He does amazing faces though. He can capture a likeness on paper. What a gift!
In time for Easter, fabric scrapped Easter Eggs!!
Mary at Castle of the Immaculate has a very good article in defense of modesty and women wearing skirts. I don’t wear skirts and dresses all the time, but I think the housedress got a bad wrap. Ithink they look nice and feel GREAT! I just bought to denim jumpers off of eBay (both for $25!)to get me through the summer time. Looking for to their arrival.
Speaking of housedresses, look at the nifty one this blogger found!
Fatigue and Exhaustion. Large Family Logistics tackles this problem for moms. It’s mainly focused on pregnanc but I think the tips given would be helpful to any mom! It’s part of her Beyond Survival Series.
A good article about the dangers of the normal hospital interventions for childbirth that most American women just allow their doctors to perform without question. I know, I was such a lemming myself once!
For example:
Women whose labors are induced for non-medical reasons are more likely to suffer from intrapartum fever and more likely to end up needing forceps, vacuum extraction and a cesarean surgery.
— Inductions add to the risk of poor outcomes for the health of the baby. Artificially-induced labors increase the rate of fetal distress and a serious complication of labor called shoulder dystocia (when the baby’s shoulders have difficulty passing through the mother’s pelvic bones). Elective induction babies are also more likely to need phototherapy to treat jaundice after birth, and are at higher risk for breathing difficulties and admission to neonatal intensive care.
— Use of electronic fetal monitors is more than 85 percent on low-risk women. They fail to reduce the number of perinatal deaths, the incidence of cerebral palsy or the number of admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit. Continuous fetal monitoring puts women at increased risk for an instrumental delivery, cesarean section and infection.
Lastly Bethany shares the pictures and grief of her little miscarried baby. A beautiful witness for Lent.
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