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Good spirits
I just had my 1st Harvey Wallbanger. I watched my attentive host, Santiago, go about the task of preparing it in a diligent manner. He began by pouring Grey Goose vodka into tall glasses from an upside down rack and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Cats in the Cradle, Harry Chapin
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Pope Francis denies the dignity of the Cuban dissident
Just when you thought this Papal visit couldn’t get any more dispiriting to Cuban dissidents, it did. The following questions were asked of Pope Francis on his plane trip leaving Cuba: Rosa Flores, CNN: We understand that more than 50 … Continue reading
The Pope? How many additional Parishes does he want?
Stalin famously mocked the moral authority of the Catholic Church by asking “how many divisions” the Pope had. Perhaps he should have just sarcastically inquired as to how many safeguarded Parishes would be required to have them look the other … Continue reading
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Joan had the Dauphin, we got Francis
Did you hear the one about the Papal encyclical whose subject matter was only on the radar of the enemies of the Church, while ignoring the rising level of violence against Christians residing in the Muslim world as the centuries-old … Continue reading
People of faith deserve to be remembered by people of faith
Update on June 27th: It was not hard to see a secular spin coming in this tragedy, but the push back from the black Christian community has been inspiring. Michael Wear in Christianity Today is tired of people attempting to … Continue reading
What to do when God appears to say no?
How do we react when God does not seem to respond to our petitions? Do we become Morris Albert groupies? A WSJ article by Gregory Cootsona gives us a glimpse into how the great C.S. Lewis navigated the issue: Finally, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books - C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis, Morris Albert, WSJ
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Unlike Cain and Abel
I visited my father Adolfo’s gravesite on Fathers Day with his grown grandkids whom he never met. Our next stop was to visit his 92-year-old younger brother and my dear uncle, Ramiro, who is in a Hialeah rehabilitation facility. He … Continue reading
D-Day Inspiration, Lt. Robert Patrick Mathias
Lacking any direct connection to those who served in WWII, my appreciation of them has over time come to be symbolized in one hero — described in historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1994 book, D-Day, June 6, 1944 — the impressive … Continue reading
