From another conversation with a different agnostic/atheist…
from our catechism, “My Catholic Faith”
How do we know by our reason that God exists?
-We know by our reason that God exists, because of:
1. The existence of the world.
2. The order and harmony of the whole universe.
3. The testimony of our conscience.
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Dear friend,
Life is so short. It may seem to stretch far into the future, but you may notice the hours and days zooming by, and if you look back on the years you have lived, it might seem like a few blinks of an eye. I hope you don’t pass all of the rest of your time in agnostic uncertainty.
It sounds like it feels like freedom to you. Maybe you don’t remember, or you never even experienced the true freedom of Faith. The freedom that the world gives is so fleeting and so deceptive.
I told you that my religion is like a part of the air I breathe. Understand that it is not a suffocating part but a part that makes it much easier to take great, deep breaths. It frees my soul, relaxing my body. It is water fresh from the filter pitcher after the filter has been changed, the best. Sometimes understanding a new-to-me aspect of Faith is like a satisfying kick of a soccer ball (I also enjoy soccer). A good Confession is like the oh-so-satisfying feeling that comes after scrubbing and rubbing food off a dish, to see it clean again. Of course in reality is much better than all of these sensations, because it penetrates to my soul.
I hope with all my heart that one day you will again treasure the pearl of great price that you let fall from your hands.
With the love of one who embraces the convictions you once held,
your friendly neighborhood Catholic mama,
Corinne
Today’s News & Views
April 23, 2007
“If you have to dress something up to obfuscate the truth of
what’s in play, you can probably assume it’s wrong” — Part One of Two
Coverage of last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act continues unabated, rolling in like waves to the shore. Naturally, the quality varies, but each account, in its own way, contributes something important to our understanding of the historic Gonzales v. Carhart decision.
I have written six separate pieces on the 5-4 decision and reprinted two others. But the truth is, this only begins to scratch the surface of Justice Kennedy’s intriguing majority decision. Suffice it to say, the 39-page explanation operates on many levels, including some, no doubt, that are subconscious.
Several people were kind enough to forward me an op-ed that appeared over the weekend and today, written by Kathleen Parker. Talk about cutting through the fog!
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Here is some parenting advice for those who happen upon it. It is not coming from one of those annoying people who has no children and wants to tell you how to raise yours. It is coming from a mama who wants to record her observations in the hopes that they will help others.
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The fourth member of our family, Catherine’s first sibling, is baking in the Mama oven until around the middle of November, 2007. Alleluia! Deo Gratias. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us. St. Joseph, pray for us. St. Dominic Savio, pray for us.
Some mail servers these days are getting ridiculously aggressive about trying to block spam. A perfect example of this is (surprise surprise… not!) Microsoft’s mail hosting services such as Hotmail. If we try to email anyone at a Hotmail address, our mail server immediately gets a rejection before it even sends the content of the message, just based on the IP addresses on our mail server! This is a server that has never sent any sort of unsolicited email, including spam and viruses.
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