Vivificat!: Video: Why Am I a Catholic

Monday, February 01, 2010

Video: Why Am I a Catholic

3 comments:

pennyyak said...: What a good video. Simple but powerful. Do you know who made this?; 2/01/2010
Teófilo de Jesús said...: I don't know! I got it from this YouTube user:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SpanishWrangler

Either he did it, or he knows who did.

You are a bassett slave, er, owner too?

-Theo; 2/01/2010
pennyyak said...: A mixed breed hound at the moment, but yes, normally I am under solemn vows to those rascals.; 2/01/2010

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View from the choir

UKULELE - BLITZKRIEG BOP! - The Ramones on ukulele. Amazing.
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

Las Américas y su destino - Carlos Caso-Rosendi Como resultado de mi presentación reciente de una traducción al español de la visión de George Washington en Valley Forge, he recibido...
Roamin' Catholic

Photos for the Feast of Title at St. Paul's Church 2011 - ere are some photos from the Solemn Mass at St. Paul's Church for the External Solemnity of the Feast of Title--the Commemoration of St. Paul (June 30, 201...
Journey to Therese

Incredible Example of Forgiveness - A noble lady, who had an only son, was informed one day that he had been * killed*. The * murderer* had by chance taken refuge in her own palace. She then...
The Four Mass'keteers

Beatific Vision - “He was the face of Jesus to all of us,” St. Charles Borromeo School principal Linda Lacot's comment about our friend Athos in an article yesterday in the...
Lead kindly light

Heart Speaks Unto Heart - new blog! - I've given up with my google problems & thought that the time had come with our new house to start a new chapter! My new blog Heart Speaks Unto Heart will ...
Notes from Stillsong Hermitage

Questions on the Concert, Oakland Civic Orchestra, etc. - [[Sister Laurel, how was your concert? Will you be playing others? Also, you said this was an amateur orchestra. Are there any pro's [sic] playing in it?]...
†Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam†

Prayers & Reflections for May 12 -
kath'olon

Health Facts About Hormone Replacement - FACTS ABOUT HORMONE REPLACEMENTBy Dr. Jeffrey WeiserLow Testosterone levels in men is directly correlated with high body fat. If you have type 2 diabetes, y...
One Monk of the Order of Saint Benedict

For Wednesday of the Octave of Easter - Luke 24:13-35 Emmaus may have been the home of Cleopas and his fellow disciple. At least it was their goal to spend the night in Emmaus after leaving Jerus...
A Catholic Man

Apostolic Succession By Francis J. Beckwith - Francis J. BeckwithIn 2007, when I was prayerfully thinking about returning to the Catholic Church, there were four theological issues that were deal break...
Ashley Weis

- Deep in the trenches of Los Angeles, California Skipp Townsend entered a gang at the age of thirteen. While most American families watched their pre-teens ...
SUB TUUM

Angelic Movers for Beatrice of Nazareth - A medallion of Beatrice from a painting of Cistercian women. The entire image can be seen here. Today the Menology has a posthumous postscript on the grea...
Patrick Madrid

patrickmadrid.com is the new home for this blog - At the urging of a priest friend of mine, Father Bud, I first launched this little blog back on *November 8th, 2008*, and had no idea whether my musings h...
Living Gracefully

Tom Young with Audrey Assad February 4th @ Ave Maria University. - Audrey Assad shot to the top of the Christian Music Scene with her debut album “The House Your Building.” The album features good friend Matt Maher and is...
Journey to Rome

Catholic and Thinking for Myself - Recently I was informed that a Reformed Presbyterian gentleman who pastors the congregation where we were formerly members had expressed his opinion, his c...
Path Of The Weis

Feast of Theophany! - Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, and the revealing of the Trinity! What a beautiful celebration. In early Christianity, this was ce...
All the Way Home

Joy To The World, Third Day -
COMMONPLACIANA

O Come, O Come - From the website Vivificat the wonderful O Antiphons of the octave before Christmas. If you pray the Liturgy of the Hours from Christian Prayer, I commend...
Aprehendite disciplinam

The Tipping Point: Entering the Catecumenate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church - For all my reader’s edification and much to the scandal of my detractors my wife and I have been consulting with an Orthodox hiermonk priest and will be en...
Catholic Perspective on Paul

The Catholic Perspective on Paul is Published! - My new book The Catholic Perspective on Paul is now officially published and available! Please consider watching the book’s trailer on YouTube: You can dow...
Desert Songs

Awesome! Pop-Up Hallelujah Chorus at Macy - Awesome! Pop-Up Hallelujah Chorus at Macy
An Examined Life

Our New Dark Ages - Recently I had the opportunity to listen to part of a debate between candidates for public office, and the topic of cap and trade was on their agenda. I wa...
Return to Rome

Return to Rome has moved to Patheos.com - Beginning today, October 11, 2010, this blog, Return to Rome, has permanently moved to Patheos.com. You can find it here. You can also access it directly v...
admin

Today is the Feast of St. Faustina! - Today is the Feast of St. Faustina, to whom Jesus revealed the wonders of divine mercy. Many of you pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Did you know that thi...
Sober Catholic

****THIS BLOG HAS MOVED**** - Please note that this blog has moved to its new web address of http://www.sobercatholic.com or just click on the direct link here:----->Sober Catholic Pl...
Chicago Roman Catholic Examiner

Life in the Spirit Retreat Sept 17-19 - Would you like to live a life that is closer to Jesus? Would you like to walk in His presence daily, learning to know Him more and more intimately? Are you...
Roman Catholic Examiner

Life in the Spirit Retreat Sept 17-19 - Would you like to live a life that is closer to Jesus? Would you like to walk in His presence daily, learning to know Him more and more intimately? Are you...
Lisa Graas

Examining Social Impact: Recycling, Eating Habits.........and Genocide - Dr. Alan Keyes makes a brilliant point. The Left would never dispute the necessity of looking at the social impact of recycling.....or the social impact o...
Oblate Blog

Today's Coptic monks: See 1,700 years into the past. A Benedictine oblate blog - Coptics are from Egypt As a Protestant I wondered about early Christianity. How did early Christians live, what did they believe, how did they view the worl...
Reditus: A Chronicle of Aesthetic Christianity

Once more on morality - A moralizing Philistine’s favorite method is the lumping of reaction’s conduct with that of revolution. He achieves success in this device through recourse...
Clairity on Culture

Katyn Forest Massacre Movie Trailer -
The Sign of the Mustard Seed

Opening up - You'll want to read A Cracking of the Heart after viewing this post on*Inside Catholic * by William Doino Jr. Very moving. Very convicting.
DREADNOUGHT - SITE ARCHIVED

A Statement from John Heard - * "I was rather young to be so far north, but there is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanage...
Blest Atheist

Sabbath Sunday #29 - Fr. Christian Mathis (Blessed Is the Kingdom) has made the suggestion that we "rest" on the Sabbath by taking a break from our normal blogging and sharing ...
Benedictine Beacon

WELCOME - Welcome to the "Benedictine Beacon," which focuses on how ancient monastic thought might impact upon the issues and interests held in our own time. Likely it...
Luke Coppen

A new home for Morning Catholic Must-Reads - From today, Morning Catholic Must-Reads has a new home on The Catholic Herald’s new website. Thank you for reading the blog here. I look forward to seeing ...
Steve Ray's Blog

Tour de Arizona -
The Integrated Catholic Life

The Truth About Pope Benedict and Abuse in the Church - Many of us have been concerned, frustrated and bewildered over the reported cases of abuse in the European Church and the reporting of this crisis in the m...
In the Light of the Law

Roman Catholic Arch / Bishops of the USA - Besides regularly updating my Roman Catholic Arch / Bishops of the USA page, I have recently been improving the layout of and links offered on the page. Now,...
Intentional Disciples

Moving Day - Dear ID readers and lurkers: You may be wondering about the strange little header that says this blog has moved and the link that sends you to a new blog o...
Verbum Veritatis in Mahonyland

Since it is the Solemnity of St Joseph - I've decided to quickly return.... To tell you that I'm moving.... my blog... to this address http://verbumveritatis.wordpress.com So if you'd update yo...
Ad Rem Salva Veritate

Guess which one is the Atheist - Here are two brothers who took divergent paths in life. . Guess which one is the atheist. . . Be sure to read this interesting article at th...
So. . . This Is The Road I Am Traveling On

Please Pray for Us - I found out a few minutes ago that my daddy is being airlifted to a Seattle hospital for chest pains. He has had an heart attack a few years ago that resu...
Maria Lectrix

#1721: Ch. 5, The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis by Clemence Housman - The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis continues, as a single line of Malory is retconned into a brilliant and evocative Arthurian episode. Chapter 5. 13:45. Th...
Robert Steven Duncan

Alien Invaders Pack The Milky Way - [image: A Hubble Space Telescope image of the typical globular cluster Messier 80, an object made up of hundreds of thousands of stars and located in the d...
Priests in Crisis

Fr John Zuhlsdorf Requests Prayers - Would you please take a moment and visit Father Z’s site, WDTPRS, to offer your prayers for these priests who contact him? Prayer Requests for Priests Help...
The Catholic Hack!

Your almost there! - Sorry folks! This blog is no longer being maintained... go to http://CatholicHack.com for the latest's posts! God Bless You Joe
Catholics in the Public Square

"A Respite from Politically-Oriented Blogging" - As you may have noticed, 'Catholics in the Public Square' has been quiet of late. There are a number of reasons: What started out as a collective blogging ...
In Persona Christi Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience - I have no words to describe how happy I am or even how to thank all those who worked on this and have been the original signers. This is what we have been ...
The Deacon's Bench

Homily for World Priest Day - You can find it over here. It's a re-post of my talk from 2008.
Urban Sit Spot

Blog Moved to WordPress - *Hello!* Both of my Blogger based blogs, "*Urban Sit Spot*" and "*a hermit's journal*" have been combined (old posts and comments) and moved to the WordPre...
a hermit's journal

the journal has moved to WordPress - Well folks, I up and done did it! I have just moved this blog over to WordPress. Google Blogger's idiosyncrasies and total psychotic breakdowns just becam...
ProLife Coalition

Father Eugene's Thoughts & Reflections (Part 1) -
Disputations

You're nobody in this town ... until you've made ... - *You're nobody in this town* ... until you've made the Google Doodle.