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St. Ignatius Loyola on Theology Posted by Dc Calamity at 10:15 0 comments Labels: Catholic, Faith, Find Your Inner Iggy, Quotes, St. Ignatius of Loyola


St. Francis Assisi on Perseverance Posted by Dc Calamity at 09:11 0 comments Labels: Catholic, Perseverance, Quotes, St. Francis Assisi


A Little Progress Everyday for the Good Press 

Titus Brandsma on Faith Posted by Dc Calamity at 00:01 0 comments Labels: Change, Faith, Quotes, Titus Brandsma


Pope Francis on Greatness Posted by Dc Calamity at 10:07 0 comments Labels: Greatness, Pensee, Politics, Pope Francis, Quotes


Pope on the Copacabana--Bota fé

Originally, the official welcoming ceremony for Pope Francis to World Youth Day was supposed to have been held elsewhere.  But due to the heavy rains in Rio, that venue was a mud pit.  So the welcoming ceremony was hastily moved to the famous Copacabana Beach.

Pope Francis' remarks to the World Youth Day crowd--

Dear young people:


h/t:  RomeReports.com
Vatican Radio
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Roger Waters Taps Into Anti-Semitic Imagery

Considerable controversy has been sparked by "Pig Drone" which Roger Waters used as an inflatable prop during a concert in Belgium. Olon Anifus Asif, an Israeli living in Belgium, attended the Roger Waters European concert and noted:

The Elder of Ziyon blog posted a video of this spectacle on You Tube labeled "Pig Drone"

Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, labeled the Waters blow up  wild pig as a "grotesque display of Jew-hatred."  Cooper inveighed: “With this disgusting display Roger Waters has made it crystal clear. Forget Israel, never mind ‘limited boycotts promoting Middle East Peace.’ Waters is an open hater of Jews.” Roger Waters fans would rightly point out that Pink Floyd's album "Animals" (1977) featured an inflated pig.  Moreover, the prop was used during the "Run Like Hell" song from "The Wall" (1979), which was written from the point of view of an anti-hero who  imagines himself turning into a Nazi dictator.

Todd Gutnick, the director of media relations at the British Anti-Defamation League, seemed unconcerned that the Star of David on Water's inflatable pig had an anti-Semitic intent.  Gutnick noted that Waters has been doing the same thing for years.  Gutnick  observed: "For this most recent tour, the pig appears to have numerous symbols, including a hammer, dollar signs, and sickle and a small Star of David."  Moreover Gutnick noted that in the filmed version of The Wall (1982), mobs raid and destroy the homes of blacks and Jews, so the imagery is consistent with the intent of the song.

Delving into the intent of the imagery, the symbols are supposed to represent fascism, dictatorship and oppression of people.  Of course, the Star of David was the only religious-national symbol.  These images displayed on dirgibles have not been static.  One former fan complained when "Bush" was scrawled on the porcine balloon during a prior US tour.  So to keep current and live on the artistic edge, Waters might have included a crescent to depict the authoritarian impulses of Islamists who seek to impose a sharia compliant Caliphate on the world. But that would be at varience with Waters' stated political opinions.

Roger Waters  has released "A Song For Palestine", which shows where he stands on politics in the Holy Land. Waters has been a vocal proponent of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions effort against Israel.  During an interview with Electronic Intifada in March, Roger Waters claimed that:  "[T]he Israeli government runs an apartheid regime in Israel, the occupied territories and everywhere else it decides.”  He has encouraged other artists like Beyonce to boycott Israeli appearances. But if Roger Water's animus is only against Israel as one of the powers that be , this distinction seems to be lost on the general public.

Some comments on the You-Tube "Pig Drone" video felt into typical anti-semitic smears.  This sort of reaction is unsurprising.  Rabbi Cooper opined that: “Waters deployed a classic disgusting medieval anti-Semitic caricature widely used by both Nazi and Soviet propaganda to incite hatred against Jews.”  The imagery may be old in basis and nothing new for Waters' theatrical concert experiences.  But at a time when the world is in turmoil with war on several fronts in the Middle East and a shaky financial system, many may look for scapegoats and Jews are easy targets.

h/t: The Blaze
International Business Times-UK
Posted by Dc Calamity at 19:22 0 comments Labels: anti-semitism, Jewish, Jews, Music, Pig Drone, Roger Waters, Run Like Hell, The Wall, Video

Pope Francis on Mercy Posted by Dc Calamity at 10:31 0 comments Labels: Catholic, Faith, Mercy, Pope Francis, Quotes, Temperament


Ignatian Discernment Found in Homeboys Industries 

It is amazing where we can find the divine if we only look lovingly.
Posted by Dc Calamity at 21:10 0 comments Labels: Catholic, Dr. Phil, Faith, Find Your Inner Iggy, Fr. Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries, Jesuit, Pensee, S.J., St. Ignatius of Loyola, Tattoos on the Heart, Video


St. John Climacus on Anger Posted by Dc Calamity at 10:17 0 comments Labels: Anger, Faith, Quotes, St. John Climacus, Temperament


Drawn to Eternal Truths–“The Truth Is Out There” Comic 

h/t: Catholic News Agency

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Henry David Thoreau on Success Posted by Dc Calamity at 09:35 0 comments Labels: Pensee, Quotes, Success, Thoreau


Tardy Jesuitical Discernment

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Assessing Atheist Archetypes The Guardian recently publicized a study out of the University of Tennessee which characterized six types of atheists. Amongst the 1,153 atheists living in southeastern states, 37% of those surveyed were said to be “intellectual atheists”.  These “intellectual atheists” are characterized as well educated people who are interested in religion but who are non-believers.

Such intellectual atheists are comfortable in secular societies which reflects Jacques Derrida’s deconstructionist conceit which rejects an exclusive hermeneutic of truth.  This is distinct from “non-theists” who live life without regard to considering transcendental truths. The "anti-theists" comprised 14% of the study.  These anti-theists colloquially can be characterized as the “angry, argumentative, dogmatic type”.  This group aggressively aruges for their belief or non-belief system.

Some sympathizing with secular humanism think that the 14% was too high a figure.  But as in individual who is inclined to engage in metaphysical musings with others, it seems like a low figure.  It may be that dogmatic and narcissistic anti-theists are more vocal in evangelizing their anti-theist opinions. Another subcategory of atheists are “ritual atheists” who may not themselves believe but believe that society can be enhanced by ritual and tradition.  These ritual non-theists  can rationalize their assent to religious rituals  for others as a means to live life and achieve happiness rather than a route to transcendental liberation. A similar class of atheists are “seeker agnostics” who can best be described as “spiritual but not religious”.  Theists may jibe that “seeker agnostics” are atheists who have lost their faith.  Much of American Jewry seems to align itself as ritual atheists or seeker agnostics, but it would seem more cultural affinity rather than spiritual contemplation. A final portion of the atheist population can be labeled “activists”, as atheists who hold strong ethical and environmental opinions which activists do not perceive are not rooted in religion.  Of course, a deeper contemplation of these mainly western values begs the question from where these ethos are derived.

These six atheistic archetypes does not include every opinion, Richard Dawkins, the author of The God Delusion (2008), argues that religious education should be a part of a literary education in state schools.  Dawkins contends that the King James Version translation of the Bible (1611) has inspired 129 biblical phrases that are instantly recognizable to any cultured English speaker. But before one is lead to believe that Dawkins might be a “ritual atheist”, Dawkins  endorses the effort to put  King James Bibles in state schools to show that scripture is not a good guide to morality.

h/t: The Guardian

Posted by Dc Calamity at 14:23 0 comments Labels: Atheism, Audio, Deconstructionism, Faith, Humor, Jacques Derrida, King James Bible, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion


George Washington on Faith Posted by Dc Calamity at 13:05 0 comments Labels: Arnold Friberg, Art, Faith, George Washington, Quotes


St. John Baptist de La Salle on Faith Posted by Dc Calamity at 23:58 0 comments Labels: Catholic, Pensee, Quotes, St. John Baptist de La Salle

 "Father of all nations and ages, we recall the day when our country claimed its place among the family of nations; for what has been achieved we give you thanks, for the work that still remains we ask your help, and as you have called us from many peoples to be one nation, grant that, under your providence, our country may share your blessings with all the peoples of the earth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever."

{from the July 4th Collect of the Roman Missal}
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A God Forsaken Patriotic Beer Commercial 

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Pope Francis on Problems 

James Madison on Conscience Posted by Dc Calamity at 08:40 0 comments Labels: Conscience, James Madison, Law, Moral Law, Pensee, Quotes
