A good friend posted a link to an answer to the ultimate question: What makes a fruit, and what makes a veggie? The answer from Wisegeek was: Simply put, a fruit is the ovary of a plant, which means that it may contain seeds, while a vegetable is a plant part, which does not contain […]
Young Earth Creationism vs. Old Earth Evolution: The Catholic Position.
November 14, 2012 by
God is Love. He perfect, omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnibenevolent (all good). Being Love in his very essence, he gives freely of himself to another, for the sake of the other, expecting nothing in return. God created us precisely because He is Love, and desired to share himself with us freely, expecting nothing in return. In those […]
Bartimaeus: “How Poor Was He?”
October 29, 2012 by
This Sunday’s reading came from Mark 10, and it told about Bartimaeus. This story always reminded me of that famous comedic shtick: “I once knew a man who was so poor,” to which an audience member would yell out, “how poor was he?!” In the cause of poor Bartimaeus, it seems he was so poor […]