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  1. Carrye

    It's MikeK Jeopardy - with real, tangiable Catholic prizes - come play!

    [/I]That looks like a fun book! And punk down the Cistercians.
  2. Carrye

    I had my baby

    That's wonderful! I'm so happy for you and your husband!
  3. Carrye

    What is a funeral rosary?

    It usually means that a rosary is prayed for the repose of his soul either immediately before the funeral Mass, or the evening before after the wake.
  4. Carrye

    I was serenaded last night...

    QFT. I wish I could have been there with you all, Sandy!
  5. Carrye

    Why do most people seem more afraid of offending men than offending God?

    That's what I was going to say. And Shannon, I'm loving the "glorious Catholic both/and!"
  6. Carrye

    Spiritual Warfare, or God just doesn't like Christians?

    Pounding on the soul so that holes might be created into which garlic cloves are stuffed. We either come out smelly or seasoned. Perhaps the two aren't mutually exclusive. ... only kinda serious.
  7. Carrye

    How do you relate to other people?

    It always just seems to happen ... and then it takes commitment to keep it happening. I know someone is my friend when I feel comfortable sharing my thoughts. My thoughts reflect my soul, and when someone is gentle with and protective of those thoughts (keeper of secrets), then he is guarding...
  8. Carrye

    Pics from Aaron and Colleen's wedding

    I love your veil, Colleen! It's absolutely gorgeous!
  9. Carrye

    Prayers?

    For all that you need ... Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.
  10. Carrye

    Announcement and Prayer Requests

    That's wonderful news! Sending my congratulations to you, and my prayers to God.
  11. Carrye

    Happy Birthday Shannon!

    Happy Birthday, Shannon! (This would be funnier if it wasn't Shannon's birthday).
  12. Carrye

    What do you say when someone makes this charge against the Rosary?

    Now this is going through my head: "You're so vain. You probably think this decade's about you. You're so vain." Thanks Michael.
  13. Carrye

    What do you say when someone makes this charge against the Rosary?

    Right. The human person was created in a particular way. As such, that human person will engage with the world according to the way in which he was made. That fact transcends culture, ethnicity, or religion. That's not to say that all seemingly-similar religious devotions are the same, or...
  14. Carrye

    need some theology help

    I'm not sure it has to be something essentially negative. I think the fact that these heresies are re-emerging is due in part to the fact that people are trying to come up with answers to the questions of their faith. It's good that people humbly ask questions and propose answers. How can one...
  15. Carrye

    I love you, but I don't like you

    We're commanded to love people, regardless of our affection toward them; we don't have to like everyone (or anyone). Loving them means desiring their good - in temporal and eternal things. Love is an action, the result of a free choice ... not the height of emotion. Christ didn't say, "like...
  16. Carrye

    Okay Ladies

    You know who you are. You know how you love. The Lord knows too. Allow him to transform you ... and know that when you are patient and pray, that he hears with a gentle heart. (I say all of this assuming that there is at least some part of you that wants to be part of the "mother's group.")
  17. Carrye

    Why did God command us to love one another?

    God commands us to love one another so that we might be like him. His instructions to Adam and Eve were to "be fruitful and multiply," not to love one another ... because they already knew how to do that. Our fallen nature has necessitated the reminder (commandment).
  18. Carrye

    First Communion for Riley...

    And a special gift from Mary to her little ones.
  19. Carrye

    Is the Catholic Church sex-negative? The perpetual virginity of Mary

    Perhaps it was defined because it is true - Mary was always a virgin. Also, it's my understanding that at this time there were so-called "virgins of the temple" who were consecrated virgins. I believe it was then common for a man to be assigned as her caretaker/protector. Sex is not sinful in...
  20. Carrye

    Tattoos

    The answer has more to do with what the tattoo is and why you're getting it than anything. Obviously it should not be something sacrilegious, and you should not be getting it for a sinful reason.