hard-boiled

September 15th 2010

I have thought for a long time that there was some divine celestial plane on which Jews and Catholics converge.

Indirectly, this little quote nails it for me. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a roughly equal percentage of Catholics and Jews that are secular but define their culture by their religion.

I’d be one of them.

Posted at 2:43pm and tagged with: guilt, it's what's for dinner,.

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Benedict “should be welcomed to Britain” as the “representative” of “many thousands of Catholics who perhaps pay only lip service to the church’s doctrinal strictures [and] continue to do amazing work on the ragged fringes of their societies, inspired by the Gospel, a fact in which our tub-thumping secularists show no interest.

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July 22nd 2009

I Didn’t Expect Him To Speak English

I have been following Starving African Child on Twitter for about 2 weeks and as a Catholic, I can affirm that it satisfies 15% of my RDA for guilt.

Consequently, I picked up a (red)Starbucks Card to fill up for the next few weeks. My daily coffee intake will now support some people that need medicine.

I know, I know. I could have just given $10 to some charity that worksin Africa and the money would have gone directly to a good cause. However, one of the things I enjoy about programs like (red) is that there is more to it than just donating a few cents here and there. There is something good about fundamentally changing the way you consume.

That and as a human that runs on guilt, I need to consantly look for small good deeds in my daily life.

Posted at 6:00am and tagged with: starvingafrican, twitter, catholic, guilt, (red), starbucks,.