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    • The Hail Mary’s Christmas Roots

      The Hail Mary’s Christmas Roots0

      It might be safe to say that more Americans would associate the term ‘Hail Mary’ with a lucky football pass than an earnest prayer. Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame may confuse things even more.  For Catholics, the Hail Mary is an important prayer and integral to praying the Rosary, as well as the Our Father

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    • “Pagans” May Not Want to Call Themselves That

      “Pagans” May Not Want to Call Themselves That0

      Today is the winter solstice, and though it’s the day with the least amount of daylight, it happens to be one of the most visible days for modern pagans.    The term “pagan” is increasingly self-applied by those today who are seeking to revive ancient nature worship and its rituals.    However, modern pagans may

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    • 8 Penetrating Quotes from Will Durant

      8 Penetrating Quotes from Will Durant0

      1. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”     2. “The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.”     3. “It is a mistake to think that the

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    • Science: Drinking in Moderation is Good for Your Health

      Science: Drinking in Moderation is Good for Your Health0

      For thousands of years, the maxim “moderation in all things” was accepted as a given, and prudentially applied by men and women to their various activities.   Today, apparently, some people feel more comfortable if science repeatedly confirms the truth of this maxim.   Yesterday, the New York Times reported that scientific studies have shown

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    • Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women

      Norway has to teach immigrants not to rape women0

      A fascinating article in The New York Times reporting on attempts to assimilate Muslim immigrants explodes the idea of multiculturalism and unwittingly reveals the hypocrisy of the modern, liberal society. Tolerance and acceptance, equality, moral relativism, these have become the trademarks of much of the West’s modern culture. Yet, while many do want tolerance and

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    • Is it ‘Revolutionary Millennialism’?

      Is it ‘Revolutionary Millennialism’?0

      Writing about Charles Dicken’s Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty, Myron Magnet digs into one of the deeper impulses that animates man: The desire to be God. Magnet uses the term “revolutionary millennialism” to describe what happens when that individual desire is found on a mass scale. The term itself is actually

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