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St Nicholas and Arius

Almost 2,000 years have passed since St Nicholas punched Arius at the Council of Nicea and even though the council denounced Arius' heresy it still persists today. It just goes to show that like the old saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." that you can smack a heretic upside the head with the truth but you can't make him believe.


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Not sure which Pope this is, but still hilarious

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as though in prison with them

Hebrews 13:3 full text: "Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body."

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Waking up at 0300

found this at Aggie Catholic
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Unnamed Biblical Characters Meme

The rules for this meme are simple:
1. Name yoiur three favorite unnamed characters from the Bible
2. Tag three friends
3. Link to this post.

My three favorite unnamed characters:
1. The good thief
2. The centurion who declared "Truly this man was the Son of God"
3. Samaritan woman at the well

I tag:
Adrienne
Ironic Catholic
Anita

May God bless all who read my ramblings,

Premio Dardos

Sunny from Faith and Country has honored me with the Premio Dardos award.
This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day.
The rules to follow are :1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to other 15 blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment.
Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been chosen for this award.
My 15 blogs of choice:

1. Catholic Cavemen
2. B Movie Catechism
3. The Curt Jester
4. Infused Knowledge
5. Transitus Tiber
6. Steve Ray's Blog
7. Dominican Idaho
8. Aussie Coffee Shop
9. Adrienne's Catholic Corner
10. Maureen Martin
11. Idaho Hicks in Austria
12. Sonitus Sanctus
13. Ironic Catholic
14. Holy Cards for your Inspiration
15. Alive and Young
    

Sunny, I still keep you and your blog in my prayers.
There are still lots and lots of Catholic blogs out there to adopt.

Holy Card of Me Meme

Therese tagged me for the Holy Card meme.
What picture would I use for my holy card, should I make it to sainthood, and of what cause(s) would I want to be patron of?

I would want to be patron of Soldiers and military families. I should probably also put myself down for patron of procrastinators, but I'll do that later.

I tag:
Sunny

Rachel

Paul

Mark

Tagged

Sunny tagged with a meme the other day. Btw, thanks Sunny, I know at least that you read my ramblings.

The rules are:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
What I was doing 10 years ago: I was finishing freshman/starting sophomore year of high school.

Five things on my To Do List today: (not in any particular order)
1. Take care of Isabella (wife is at work)
2. Unload the dishwasher and reload it
3. Do a load of wash
4. Pay a bill or two
5. Make dinner
Snacks I enjoy:Reeses Pieces, gum, chips (Sunny said this, but I agree)
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:Give 10% to Church. Have a small bookstore. Kick back and relax.
Three of my bad habits:1. Procrastination
2. Lazy (at least I'm honest about it)
3. I'm incredibly messy.(Sunny also said these, but they apply to me too)
Five places I have lived:
1. Idaho
2. Illinois
3. New Mexico
4. Italy
5. Tampa (the list goes on, but there is only room for 5)
Five jobs I’ve had:
1. Laborer (shoveled frozen sawdust)
2. Telemarketer (Yes, I was that call at dinnertime for all of a month)
3. Laborer (this time I cleaned rooftop air conditioners)
4. Seminarian
5. Soldier

I tag whoever wants to be tagged.

Parable Meme

This Lent I have been reflecting a lot on the Gospels. I have also been thinking specifically about His parables. With that in mind, I am starting a meme about Jesus' parables.
Heres how it goes:

1. You name your five favorite parables
2. You tag one blogger per parable.
3. It would be nice if you linked back to this post.

My five favorite parables of Jesus:

1. The Prodigal Son
2. The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
3. The Good Samaritan
4. The Pearl of Great Price
5. Lazarus and the Rich Man

I tag Kim, Mark, I.C., Sonny, A Simple Sinner

Meme

I have been tagged by Bill
Here are the rules:
(1) Link to the person that tagged you.
(2) Post the rules on your blog.
(3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
(4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
(5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

1. I don't know why, but I love orange kittens.
2. I have around a dozen books that I have been meaning to finish, some of them for a few years.
3. I have owned the Lord of the Rings trilogy for over 10 years, but I have yet to read any of them.
4. I don't like being outside without a hat of some kind.
5. My toes are almost as long as my fingers.
6. I can tell you exactly which James Bond movie it is just by watching about 30 seconds of it.

I tag ASimple Sinner, Catholicandgop, Anita, Kim, Irenaeus, Mark

Spread the Love Award

I am little late on this one. Sorry about that.
Therese has tagged me with the spread the love award. Btw, thank you Therese.
I am passing this award onto
Faith and Country
Would you like Blog with that?
Byzantine Texas

Top 10 Post Meme

The Ironic Catholic tagged anyone who wanted to be tagged so I consider myself tagged. These are my personal 10 favorite posts on 50 Days After for the year 2007.

1. Catholic Carnival: St Joseph the Worker
2. Catholic Carnival 141
3. Athanasius Contra Mundum
4. 5 Reasons Meme
5. Citizen Soldier by 3 Doors Down
6. TAC asks Rome for Union
7. Top 5 Reasons I am Catholic
8. Ranger Rosary
9. King of Poland
10. And last but actually my favorite: A Soldier's Best Weapon

I tag anyone who wants to be tagged, but I invite everyone to share their top posts of the year.

Book Meme

I have been Memed and I am overdue for a response to Anita. And btw, I think I have met this blogger. From her profile I glanced that she is a lawyer and she lived in Moscow, ID about the same time I went to school there. And I remember an Anita, who was a lawyer from St Augustine's in Moscow.
Temporary deviation from topic at hand: I want to try guest blogging so let me know if you'd be interested in posting on 50 Days After.
Back to the Meme...

1. One book that changed your life...
I know its cliche, and yes I know it is an anthology, but the Bible has changed my life drastically. I actually started reading it when I was in high school, because I was looking for cool quotes to use. I tried to use the author and He used me instead.

2. One book that you have read more than once...
I honestly have never read any book more than once.

3. One book you would want on a desert island...
War and Peace, cause it might be a looong time before help comes.

4. One book that made you laugh...
Father Joe

5. One book that made you cry...
I am not going to admit that any book made me cry, but The Jungle came close.

6. One book that you wish had been written...
Why My Opinion is Never Wrong :)

7. One book you wish had never been written...
Das Manifest

8. One book you are currently reading...
Utopia by St Thomas More

9. One book you've been meaning to read...
The Red Badge of Courage. I started to read it but I had to return it to the library and I have always wanted to finish it.

I tag anyone who wants to be tagged. And as another side note I woud like to share that it is -41 F here this morning.

Adrienne's Meme

And now for an overdue meme response...
I have been tagged by Adrienne over at Adrienne's Catholic Corner for the latest and greatest Meme. I am supposed to say 8 random things about myself. Then I'll tag 8 bloggers. They in turn are supposed to say 8 random things about themselves and tag 8 other bloggers.

1. I have a scar in one eyebrow that I got in the process of stealing a construction sign once upon a time.



2. "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" is my favorite non-Biblical phrase.



3. I have been blogging for about a year and a half.



4. I am over six feet tall.



5. I am about a month out from becoming a father for the first time.



6. I am one of those crabby guys that always complains about Christmas specials that aren't about the birth of Christ.



7. I earned the rank of Eagle Scout.



8. I almost always sneeze twice.

I tag the following:

Kim at Transitus Tiber

Anita at V for Victory

Catholicgop at Faith and Country

The SciFi Catholic

Mark at Dominican Idaho

The Evantine Abbey

Suzanne at Big Blue Wave

Jeff at the Curt Jester

Heaven Meme

I was over at Faith and Country with the Heaven meme. It seems like most everyone in the Catholic Blogosphere has already done it except me.
There is only one question:
How do you envision Heaven?
Ok, when I first thought about this I saw the clouds and angels with harps like on the Bugs Bunny Cartoons, etc. Then I thought some more and I remembered Marge's vision of a divided Heaven as she worried ove Bart and Homer becoming Catholics. Although that version of Heaven seemed like a lot of fun, its not really how I envision it.
When I stop and think about it, I think Heaven will be the all-encompassing sense of God: His love, joy, glory and greatness. The Bible says that the angels are forever singing "Holy Holy Holy". So it sounds like they have been singing and praising God with ceasing since their creation. I think it will be an eternity of forever basking in all Jehovah's greatness so far above our own ways. This is just my vision, I long to see how what its actually like.

I tag:
Transitus Tiber
V for Victory!

Mathetes

Catholicgop has tapped me for the Mathetes Award. Its apparently an award spread from blog to blog for discipleship of Christ. She also tagged me with the Heaven Meme, but I'll have to get that one next since it takes more thought.
I am always honored that other people read my humble blog. I am now even more honored that I am awarded for my blog.
So according to the rules I name 5 other blogs and post the following:
As per the rules I'm including the original post, and 5 (6) blogs I would like to honor.

"Mathetes is the Greek word for disciple, and the role of the disciple (per the Great Commission) is to make more disciples. I'd like to take the opportunity to award five other bloggers with this award and badge for acting in the role of a disciple of Christ. These five all share the message in their own creative ways, and I admire them all for what they do.

In the spirit of this award, the rules are simple. Winners of this award must pick five other "disciples" to pass it on to. As you pass it on, I just ask that you mention and provide links for (1)this post as the originator of the award (Dan King of management by God), (2) the person that awarded it to you, and then (3) name and sites of the five that you believe are fulfilling the role of a disciple of Christ. If you know of other deserving recipients of this award, and would like to start a new string, then please post a link to where you've started in in the comments to this post. I would love for many deserving bloggers to be blessed with this recognition."

My five awardees, in no particular order, are:
The Ironic Catholic
The Lair of the Catholic Caveman
Dominican Idaho
V for Victory!
Steve Ray's Blog

Another Catholic blogger meme

I got this meme from V for Victory

1. Do you attend the Traditional Latin Mass or the Novus Ordo? Usually the Novus Ordo

2. If you attend the TLM, how far do you drive to get there? About a block

3. If you had to apply a Catholic label to yourself, what would it be? Roman Catholic

4. Are you a comment junkie? I honestly don't comment as much as I used to.

5. Do you go back to read the comments on the blogs you’ve commented on? Yes, I am not one that always has to have the last word, but I like to add onto others's sentiments sometimes.

6. Have you ever left an anonymous comment on another blog? No, I would only do that if I was ashamed of what I put. If I am ashamed to put it though, its best to keep it to myself.

7. Which blogroll would you most like to be on? Definitely the Curt Jester

8. Which blog is the first one you check? Faith and Country then I usually check out Dominican Idaho or V for Victory

9. Have you met any other bloggers in person? I know a guy who used to have a blog, but alas I do not know any current bloggers. I'd like to meet the authors of Dominican Idaho, V for Victory and especially the Cavemen

10. What are you reading? Don't Tread on Me by H W Crocker III. He also wrote Triumph

Bonus Question! Has your site been banned by Spirit of Vatican II? If it has, who do you think Father Tim really is? I hadn't of the blog or its list of banned sites, but I am tempted to try for a banning.

I tag anyone who wants to be tagged.

Five Reasons Meme

The Ironic Catholic tagged "the rest of God's frozen people" for the Five Reasons you love Jesus meme. Fairbanks definitely qualifies. I've got more than 5, but these are the top reasons.

1. He died for our sins. I'm sure this is cliche and everyone else's number 1, but it deserves to be no other place. It's HUGE that God should submit Himself to death as a common criminal, and all for the forgiveness of our sins when we don't deserve it at all.
2. God is love. Its hard NOT to love a person who is Love itself.
   
3. He gave us His body, blood, soul and divinity in the Holy Eucharist. He told us that He would be with us until the end of time and He has been true to His word. As the song "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" says, "He wil give to all the faithful His own Self for Heavenly Food".
   
4. He condescended to Human form. Its not enough that He understands Humanity because He created us, He became one of us and shared in everything Human except sin (although he shared in temptation).
5. He brings peace into my life. At different times I have tried to be at peace by different means, such as alcohol, food, people, ideas, or things. Nothing brings peace and joy into my life the way that Jesus does.

I peeked at some of the other responses. Mine is less emotional and more intellectual. If you know me that's no surprise. I would like to mention #5 from Vito at "Long Road to Priesthood": Because sometimes you have to yell and flip some tables to get your point across.

I tag anyone who reads this and feels moved to respond.
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord!

Catholic blog meme

I have been hesistant to get into it, but I am gonna try my hand at a meme. I want to start my own though. I tag everyone on this list and anyone who reads this to name their favorite Catholic blogs.
In no particular order here are my favorite Catholic blogs:

• Faith and Country
• Alabama Improper
• Ironic Catholic
• Lair of the Catholic Caveman
• Gun Lovin' Alaska Catholic Club
• Big Blue Wave
• Steve Ray's Blog
• Jimmy Akin
• Curt Jester
• Living Catholicism
• Deo Omnis Gloria
• Catholic Ragemonkey
• Daughter of the King
• A Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars
• American Papist
• Idaho Dominican
• Idaho Catholic Right
• Transitus Tiber