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St. Kevin (Coemgen or even Keivin)

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My proper name is very common in Christian India, perhaps more than in its native Ireland. I had never thought to look up St. Kevin (feast day June 3), who was the founder and Abbot of a monastery as far back as the 500s. This is his New Advent entry.
There is more about St. Kevin [...]

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Numbers 12

January 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

…shows what happened to even the elect, when they spoke against Father Moses, who unlike any other prophet God spoke to man to man, even as he did with Adam before the fall. And what of Numbers 16, which describes a sedition?
What then should happen to those that speak against the Christ (and maybe against [...]

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The letter ‘X’ looks like a cross! Jihad!

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Amazing, this one. It’s so hard to tell when Mr. Jeff Miller is being serious about something, but in this case it’s not his story. The Islamists will now seek to destroy the letter ‘X’.
I’m putting a ‘humour’ tag on this post. Because this stupidity is funny.
Link: The Curt Jester

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Soundtrack to the Passion

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’ve had the soundtrack to Mel Gibson’s Passion movie for a few months, now. I love the music, Mary’s Lullaby and the Resurrection are heavenly. Here is John Debney’s official site, providing mp3 samples and the lyrics in Hebrew and Aramaic. Ah, now I can understand what the choir is singing in the background.

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The God of the OT vs that of the NT

January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

While reading through Acts 9 last night, considering the visions of St. Paul and Ananias, I was struck with the similarity of the whole encounter with those in the Old Testament. Before I go any further, I’m going to look up what the apologists/theologians have to say on this subject.