Jennifer's Favorite Links

The saints didn't have perfect information either

2013-01-22T13:50:00.000-06:00

A great meditation on what closeness to God is really about.

A mass grave in the middle of NYC

2013-01-21T13:04:00.002-06:00

Interesting video about a mass grave that few people know about.

Flying over America - beautiful!

2013-01-17T23:52:00.000-06:00

All about the planets

2012-12-26T00:12:00.000-06:00

Here is a neat link that has a lot of information about the planets. It tells you what their density is, their temperature, how long a day is, and how long a year is. You can see on the density chart that Saturn would float on water!

A great summary of package shipping options

2012-12-18T12:39:00.003-06:00

A helpful post, especially for this time of year.

Hanukkah is the story of a great fight

2012-12-11T14:35:00.003-06:00

Fascinating article (via this great post by Simcha).

Advent in 2 Minutes

2012-12-10T04:30:00.000-06:00

See your house in a snow globe

2012-12-03T12:09:00.003-06:00

Cool...if a little creepy.

Love and the disabled child

2012-12-02T22:08:00.000-06:00

A powerful article by a woman who never wanted kids, whose life was transformed when she became a single mother to a daughter with Down syndrome who eventually developed cancer.

Fascinating facts about the biggest tsunami ever recorded

2012-11-23T12:04:00.000-06:00

Wow.

Maternal death rates in hospitals with pro-life policies

2012-11-21T11:58:00.000-06:00

DarwinCatholic has a great post about the Savita Halappanavar tragedy, with an important clarification about Catholic teaching on abortion and the life of the mother. The most interesting part was this statistic:

In this regard, Irish law and medical practice are in line with a Catholic understanding of the principle of double effect, which is to say: Not only did Irish law not mandate that the hospital decline to treat Ms. Halappanavar, but Catholic teaching does not either. And, indeed, Ireland is right to be proud of its record of caring for the health of both mothers and children. The percentage of women who die of pregnancy related complications in Ireland (6 out of every 100,000 pregnancies) is half that of the pro-choice UK and less than a third of that of the United States.