Interesting...I read this book in one weekend I was so engaged. I've turned on a couple of other friends who have really enjoyed it and finished it in a...
Debra, Excellent, excellent review! Very insightful. I agree with so much of what you've said (the "Post-Holocaust" novel observation is spot on). Now...
One warning about SILENCE: It's got to be one of the "hardest to take" novels I've ever read--but don't let that stop you! BTW, one keeps hearing rumors that...
This is a bit off-topic for this group, but I figure that someone here is bound to know the answer, so here goes. Does anyone have a good source of information...
I remembered Catholic Answers' Jimmy Akin commented on the same article. In fact as I incorrectly remembered it he used the same example. The relevant thing...
Thanks for the link! If you (or anyone else) happen to come across the "mob boss" example somewhere independently of John Allen, let me know. That's apparently...
Here is an un-impeachably orthodox source, Germain Grisez's The Way of the Lord Jesus, vol. 2: Living a Christian Life, p. 237: "It is always direct scandal to...
Just tagging onto the end of this thread for a Russell update: Heard her speak at the American Library Association meeting, and got in line for an advance...
Correct enough. But one cannot use it in one's own case (it is not like the principle of double effect). It can only be used to mitigate the evil done by a...
Thanks! That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. ... evil, however slight, so as to avoid any nonmoral evil, however great. Moreover, to intend that...
Beware the potential flood of shocked anti-Grisez/Finnis types offended by the claim that anything Grisez has written is unimpeachable. (Though how they would...
I can't remember whether I've posted this here or not, but if not, behold! http://www.extremelysmart.com/humor/stopsign I found this to be very funny....
That reminds me of this classic: http://winnie-the-pooh.ru/online/lib/stud.html ... From: the_spacemouse To: literatecatholicsunite@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Ted, our mythopoeic book group has had to stop meeting, physically--too many goofy schedules to sort out, and our family is moving away from the area--but...
LOL, I can understand Russell's sentiment, though if we let previous classics stop us from writing, there'd be nothing new written ever again! We're always...
Hey all, I've got two recommendations for very different works today. First up is Juno, a film that is probably still showing in a local theater near you. I...
My dear Spacemous..."thanks for your interest", as the saying goes. No, dear, I won't throw anything at you. I HAVE begun work on the next book, though I am no...
Friends, a beloved sis-in-law of mine, a nurse, just quite her job over what she described as a "moral issue"--I don't know the details, but I know this had to...
A quick search pulled these up: PRAYER FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Dear Lord Jesus Christ, You wanted all who are weary To come to You for support. Lord, I am worn out...
Joseph the Worker would have been my first guess, too. I didn't know there was a saint specifically for those seeking employment! ... over what ... know this ...
Everyone, it should have occurred to me to ask this morning, but is it agreeable to group members that I post the Employment Novena here for the nine days of...
Sorry, Everyone! Today I learned that the daily introductions to the Employment Novena were written by a different nun, by Sister Patricia Proctor, a Poor...
Novena for Employment Today is the first day of nine days in which we join together to pray for good jobs for ourselves, our friends, and our families. No...
Novena for Employment Day Two -- Expectation On the second day of our Novena, we turn to God with expectant faith. Jesus tells us in the New Testament, "You...
Goodness, thanks so very much to Carol, Spacemouse & Naomi for your responses. I'll forward these along to my sis-in-law directly, along with your ongoing...
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