Daily Archives: 3 August 2015

Monday Opening

Here’s a good summary of evolution in this BBC feature. To the east of me, lots of fossil finds, like this fish, right, from Wyoming. In reading up on natural wonders in my new state, I learned that native legends … Continue reading

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Dives in Misericordiae 13h: Love More Powerful Than Human Weakness

Yesterday we discussed the need for continual conversion. It is then that others notice the quality of mercy in the people of the Church. It is how God treats us in weakness, rather than in our strength and splendor, that … Continue reading

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Laudato Si 50: Birthrates

The encyclical letter Laudato Si is available here on the Vatican website. 50. Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. … Continue reading

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