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2015-04-13T12:40:54-06:00

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Pope Francis Describes the Massacre of Armenians as ‘Genocide.’ Turkey Recalls Its Ambassador.

Last updated on: April 13, 2015 at 12:40 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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In his morning homily today, Pope Francis described the courage to proclaim the Gospel as grace born of the Holy Spirit. He exercised a bit of that grace in the mass described in the video below in which he called the massacre of Armenians early in the 20th century what it was: Genocide. Turkey responded by recalling its ambassador to the Holy See. There’s no surprise in this. No one likes to face the realization that there is a monster in... Read more

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2015-04-13T13:08:31-06:00

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I Repent of My Macbook Pro

Last updated on: April 13, 2015 at 1:08 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I didn’t know that the money I spent on my computer would fund an attack on my religious freedom. If I had known, I would have bought elsewhere. I’m a mac. Big time. I own a Macbook Pro, a Macbook Air 11″, iPad, iPhone, and a Mac Pro. I’ve also got a couple of old iPods lying around that I don’t use much anymore. I’ve passed along my old hardware to family members. The Apple logo dots my family landscape... Read more

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2015-04-11T15:21:42-06:00

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Divine Mercy Novena: Praying for Those Who are Neither Hot nor Cold

Last updated on: April 11, 2015 at 3:21 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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You say you are rich and need nothing. You don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. You are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold. I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Jesus Christ I doubt if there are any lukewarm Christians in Iraq. Ditto for Iran, Yemen, Saudia Arabia, North Korea, China and much of India. Lukewarmness is the luxury of the privileged. In fact, it seems that the more privileged the person, the more... Read more

2015-04-11T12:59:04-06:00

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Gay Marriage Activists are Kinda Making My Point

Last updated on: April 11, 2015 at 12:59 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I wrote a post a couple of days ago in which I asked the question Are Gay Marriage Activists Too Needy to Take Yes for an Answer? The combox response was immediate and vociferous. Before I could say “wedding cake,” the discussion had abandoned the matter of political exigencies, as well as the weighty Constitutional questions involved, to become a discussion about whether or not gay people are people (yes) and what causes homosexuality (as of today, unknown, but I’m personally... Read more

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2015-04-11T00:49:41-06:00

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How to Make a Bootable Copy of Yosemite on Your USB Drive

Last updated on: April 11, 2015 at 12:49 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Apple no longer ships hard copies of its OS. If you want the OS, you’ve gotta download it from the App store. If it flops over for some reason, you can, theoretically, reinstall and even reformat from this same App store. Most of the time, that works. I just reformatted two laptops entirely with the App store. But sometimes, such as those times when you are feeling really lousy and taking high-powered cough meds, you may, as I did, wipe... Read more

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2015-04-10T09:09:10-06:00

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Rand Paul: Ask the DNC When They are Willing to Protect Life.

Last updated on: April 10, 2015 at 9:09 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Rand Paul gave a great answer to the inevitable question on abortion. He also addressed the religious freedom laws, such as the one in Indiana. The video below contains a lot more than just his opinion on these two issues. You can find his answers to the questions on religious freedom and abortion at the times I give you. If you want to listen to the entire video, it is interesting. I’m putting this here because I think it reflects the bias... Read more

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2015-04-11T00:32:07-06:00

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Divine Mercy Novena, Praying for Those in Purgatory, Where We are Made Fit for a King

Last updated on: April 11, 2015 at 12:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I pray a Rosary every Sunday for people in Purgatory. It takes quite a while, since I name every single person I know who has died, and I mean died, ever. I include great-great-grandparents I never met and friends of friends. It’s the least I can do for them. I only hope that when I die, someone will take the time to pray for me. I don’t know a great deal about Purgatory. But I do have a few surmises.... Read more

2015-04-09T11:38:12-06:00

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Are Gay Marriage Activists Too Needy to Take Yes for an Answer?

Last updated on: April 9, 2015 at 11:38 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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They’re going to keep going until they lose this war they’ve won. Gay marriage is knocking over barriers everywhere. After a long, hard fight, it appears that gay marriage proponents are winning. If they were smart, they’d take “yes” for an answer and pick up their winning marbles before people start changing their minds. But gay marriage proponents may be among the worst winners in political history. I’m beginning to think that, for whatever reason, they are just too dumb to... Read more

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2015-04-09T11:04:49-06:00

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Blessed are the Merciful, the Living Images of Jesus’ Compassionate Heart

Last updated on: April 9, 2015 at 11:04 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Blessed are the Merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Jesus Christ. Instead of giving up chocolate this past Lent, I went on a personal pilgrimage of forgiveness. I made a list, and I didn’t have to check it twice, of all the people I was holding a grudge against. I was astonished by how long the thing was. Some of those grudges were decades old. In fact, five... Read more

2015-04-09T10:07:20-06:00

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Computer Problems

Last updated on: April 9, 2015 at 10:07 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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When I was not feeling well last week, I did a fuzzy-headed thing and wiped the main hard drive on my desk top. One thing led to the next (stay away from computers when you’re on narcotic cough meds) and … well … I ended up having to do all sorts of computer stuff, including full reformats of both desktop and laptops. I also managed to lock myself out of Disqus for a while. 🙂 Long story short, I’ve been... Read more

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