Examination

Here is an interesting (and very important) one from an Examination of Conscience:

Have I found a good balance between protecting my child's innocence and teaching him about the world, in an age-appropriate way, so that he is not ignorant and naive or made to feel stupid or ridiculous about himself when in the company of those who are "of the world"? Have I given him good weapons with which to fight the evils of the world while understanding and nourishing his social needs?

Pray tell.... what is that good balance to produce saints in this heathen world?!  It's a topic that makes me go nuts every day... times 11.   To stand in this world but to stand apart from it.  To be in this odd world yet to be odder still. To stand out yet remain hidden. To remain virtuous in this vicious world.  To be or not to be, that is the question (haha).    Thank God for giving us His Blessed Mother in which we can place these things in her capable hands.

Soooo....

..... if singing is praying twice and if reciting the Litany of the Precious Blood gains a partial indulgence.... does one then gain 2 partial indulgences for singing it? Or do, by chance, 2 partials make a plenary?  Just wondering. :D

For Greater Glory Question

This is for my Spanish speaking friends.  In the movie, For Greater Glory, what did Joselito say when the man first started to cut his feet?  (before he said in repetition "Viva Cristo Rey")

Bored

So, what do you do when you are bored?  Rarely am I ever bored but this evening I was actually tired and bored... and then I stumbled across this website... the Shakespeare Insulter.  Hilarious.