Robert Edwards

Living a Catholic life.

TUESDAY MORNING EDITION

3 Biblical Reasons for Fasting and Self-Denial – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Did Christ Erase the Need for Purgatory? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

The Strict Passionist Once Known as ‘The Dancer’: St. Gabriel Possenti – Catholic Herald

The Baltimore Catechism and Blue-Collar Catholicism – Mark Stricherz, Catholic Vote

Film review: “October Baby” – Michael J. Miller, Catholic World Report

Alaska 40 Days for Life: Volunteers Brave 8 Foot Snowdrifts – Shawn Carney, Life Site Nws

Jesuitical 12: America and the Bishops – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Congregation: Don’t Sing So Much! – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Ethicists Argue for Post Birth Abortions – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Because Water Washes, Baptism Forgives Sins – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Thlgcl Mvmnt

Quæritur: Are Sundays Part of Lent? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Lessons from the Front Pew – Matt Swaim, Integrated Catholic Life™

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MONDAY EVENING EXTRA

Something New at the Sacred Music Colloquium – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life & Mind of Christopher Dawson – B. Birzer, TIC

Cardinal Wuerl Launches a Blog – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Video: Mother Dolores at the Oscars! – Chelsea Zimmerman, Reflections of a Paralytic

Reflection: Meaning Of Forty Days Of Lent – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

AP Discovers a New faith: “Southern Baptism” – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Swiss Bishop Creates Two Traditional Parishes – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

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MONDAY EXTRA: U.S. CULTURE WARS

Obama’s Support of Infanticide Takes Center Stage – Jill Stanek, LifeSiteNews.com

Huffington Post Suggests Santorum Should be Assassinated – Fr. Z’s Blog

Should the Government be Involved in Marriage? – Thomas Patrick Burke, Crisis Magazine

Media Shirk Debate on Religious Liberty – Mollie Ziegler, Get Religion

Santorum Makes Case for Religion in Public Sphere – Michael Barbaro, New York Times

A Consideration of the Church’s Role in the Public Square – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

It’s Not Just Santorum Who Believes In Satan – David Kuo & Patton Dodd, Washington Post

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

The Mommy Rhythm – Karen J. Rinehart, Catholic Lane

Rick & Bella Shake Secularist Foundations – Daria Sockey, Cthlc Exchng/Coffee & Canticles

The Necessity of Miracles – Howard Kainz, Crisis Magazine

Think Like a Catholic: 7 Questions on the Four Laws – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter’s List

Does B16 Favor Admitting Divorced-&-Remarried to Communion? – Dr. Ed Peters, ITLOTL

What’s at Stake in the “Same-Sex Marriage” Debate? – Melanie Baker, Public Discourse

Glimpse of Hackers Tactics on Attack of Vatican Website – John Markoff, New York Times

Secularist Attacks on Catholics Get Worse on Both Sides of the Atlantic – Wil. Oddie, CH

Piggyback – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Eating Bitterness: Catholics in China – Anthony E. Clark PhD, Catholic World Report

Did Jesus Say 2nd Coming Would Happen in Apostles’ Lifetime? – Mark Shea, Pths/CAEI!

Spiritual Strength Training: How to Tone Flabby Self-Discipline – Lori H. Chaplin, Dly Rgstr

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MONDAY EXTRA: GLOBAL CULTURE WARS

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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Feasts and Fasts – Sean Lewis, Cowboys-Philosophers-Poets

A Sea Change – Fr. Bevil Bramwell OMI, The Catholic Thing

Is the Pope About to Bring the Hammer down on the SSPX? – David Werling, Ars Orandi

How I Came To Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus – Leticia, Catholic Sistas

BBC “Catholics”, Count Me Out – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Deeper into Lent: Living in the Kingdom of God – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, Intgrtd Cthlc Life™

Why is Andrea Tornielli Sympathetic to the Austrian Dissidents? – The Eponymous Flower

Revenge of the Lent Police – Pursued by Truth

The Evil of Contraception: The Vortex – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

Vatican Gives Ultimatum to Wayward Catholic University – Matthew C. Hoffman, LSN

Father Barron and Edmund Burke on Atheism – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Lent of the Church: Either Supremacy or the Cross – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

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SUNDAY EXTRA

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SUNDAY EDITION

Practical Distributism: The Home Mortgage – David W. Cooney, The Distributist Review

Quæritur: Books for Singing the Novus Ordo Mass in Latin – Fr. Z’s Blog

Everyday Holiness for Ordinary Lives – Lisa Socarras, Daily Register

The Red Ladder of Penance & the White Ladder of Mary – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Temptation: St. Francis de Sales – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

The Man Who Could Wield a Spade as Well as His Intellect – Richard Collins, Linen

There Is No Moral Confusion When One Is A Faithful Catholic – Peter’s Barque

B16: “Marriage is the Only Worthy Place for Having Children” – A. Speciale, La Stampa

The Crazy Thing About A Curveball – Andrew and Cristina, Ignitum Today

Deluges and Deserts, Sin and Salvation – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Noah’s Ark and the Baptismal Flood – Marcellino D’Ambrosio PhD, Catholic Lane

B16 & the Word of God: Distinct Themes of Verbum Domini – Vincent Demeo, Hm & Ps Rv

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SATURDAY EVENING EXTRA

An Open Letter to Cardinal George – David Pence MD, The Anthropology of Accord

Next Archbishop of Calcutta: Thomas D’Souza – UCA News

Hispano-Mozarabic Liturgy Celebrated in Royal College of Spain – Shawn Tribe, Nw Ltr Mv

Report on the Gregorian Chant Network – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Silly Ideas For Lent – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Funny, Interesting, Serious Lenten Tweets – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

Lent and the Spiritual Return Home – Carlos Espinosa, Living The Faith On A High Wire

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SATURDAY EDITION

The Sisters & Obama: Forgetting What Religion Is – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Culture

I’m Pope & I’ve Approved the Content of This Tweet – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester

Return of the Altar Rail – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

St. Francis de Sales Sermon on Fasting – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

The Way of the Cross: Christian Living During Lent – Marlon De La Torre, Catholic Lane

The Lost Dignity of Work – Chris Robertson, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

Excerpt from Msgr. George Ratzinger’s Book, “My Brother, the Pope” – Carl Olson, Ig In Sc

The Church Must Embrace & Fund My Trans-Fatty Identity! – Mark Shea, Ntnl Cth Register

No Stations Observed on Fridays of Lent Because That’s Against Vatican II? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Fr. Edward J. Flanagan, Servant of God? – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

France: Pres. Candidate Retreats From Pro-Euthanasia Position – M. C. Hoffman, LSN

America Mag. Bails on the Fight for Religious Liberty – Mt. Archbold, Crd Nwmn Scty Blg

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FRIDAY EXTRA: GLOBAL CULTURE WARS II

Gingrich Rips Obama for ‘Infanticide’ Vote – Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com

Latin America Teeters on Edge of Abortion Abyss – Matthew Hoffman, Daily Register

Gingrich and the Fourth Estate – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Women to Obama: We Oppose HHS Mandate – EWTN News

Romney Did Require Catholic Hospitals to Provide Morning-After Pills – Boston Cthlc Insdr

Nec Laudibus, Nec Timore – Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing

US Delegation to UN Women Commission Stacked With Pro-Aborts – Lisa Correnti, TBAB

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

If Christ Could Not Sin, How Was He Tempted in the Desert? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

Priest Spent 40 Years in the Rainforest, “Not a Single” Baptism – Rorate Cæli

Why Study Latin and Greek? – Fr. John McDermott, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Dumb Spirit of Vatican II Idea #3464: Removing Holy Water During Lent – Fr. Z’s Blog

Overblown Reaction to Dawkins’ “6.9 out of 7? Certainty There is No God – Jeff Miller

Pope Tweets For Lent 2012 – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

How We Used to Sleep – Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

Thank You, BBC, for a Sympathetic Portrayal of Our Faith – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Sights & Sounds of Ash Wednesday Papal Liturgy from Rome – Shawn Tribe, NLM

Religious Liberty Was Also at Issue in 18th-Century France – Joseph Pronechen, Dly Reg

Netherlands: A Prominent Euthanasia Case Ahead? – J. C. von Krempach JD, Trtl By & Bynd

Justice and Faith: the Catholic Both/And – Omar F. A. Gutierrez, Regnum Novum

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