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		<title>Belated Happy Birthday To Blaise Pascal, Unofficial Saint and Mystic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over at Aleteia, they’re remembering the birthday of a friend of mine. He’s one of the fellows who helped bring me into the Church. My buddy Blaise Pascal is a lot like me. That is, excepting the obvious fact that he was a mathematical genius, inventor of a calculator, etc., and though I enjoy mathematics, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Because My Brother Imran Yousef Is An American Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another kid from New York was in the nightclub that turned into a killing zone early Sunday morning. His name is Yousef, and he saved a lot of lives. The Marine Corps Times published his story, but his New York connections are fleshed out in this article by the Times Union, out of Albany. Also, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Because of G.K. Chesterton (29 May, 1874 – 14 June, 1936)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gilbert Keith Chesterton died on this day in 1936.  A few years back, I had no idea about this fact for several reasons. A) I don’t know everything; B) he isn’t an official saint, so there is no feast day on the calender; C) he died long before I was born. But I can truthfully say [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joe Six-Pack, USMC, With A Few Post-Terrorist Attack Thoughts&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been close to 40 hours since we learned of the horrific slaughter that took place in an Orlando night club. Shortly after learning about it, I offered up prayers for the victims, and for their families. The amount of grieving going on in Orlando, as well as the positive responses of the community rallying [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This Is Why God Invented YouTube&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 03:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Sure, the kitten videos are cute, and watching re-runs of MTV is bitchin’, and all,  but the video below is proof that God loves us, and wants us to help each other. Behold! The rusted brake disc removal hack. Roll tape, and enjoy the soundtrack.  Yes, Grasshopper. Mechanical advantage is to brute force, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>HHS Forced Sex Changes? There Ain&#8217;t No Fait Accompli For The Church Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 23:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over at Get Religion, Terry Mattingly wonders why journalists have basically ignored the possibility that the HHS Department has language in their Final Rule Implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that indicates all recipients of monies from HHS must perform gender reassignment surgeries, no religious exceptions allowed. Like, if you wanted that kind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Because Pious Nonsense Is Not the Good News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was taking my afternoon break from work. I wandered through the little park near my office, and on to a little bench that had WiFi reception from one of the little restaurants in the square. I was checking in with the world, see, and wanted to send a picture of some flowers to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Where Do We Get Such Men?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 16:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That’s the last line from the Korean War film, The Bridges At Toko-Ri. Over at Christopher Closeup, Tony Rossi shares a true story about the seemingly unlikely friendship between the two Navy pilots pictured above. Tony asks, “What kind of man intentionally crashes his airplane behind enemy lines during wartime to save a friend?” Jesse [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apparently, There USED to be Secrets of Fatima</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Then, the Vatican went and published everything in the clear. No, really. Let me Google that for you. No more secrets, see? You’re welcome. Also, this just in from our correspondent at E.O.T.T. Jesus Assumes New Role As Savior Emeritus After Catholic Blogger Takes Over Task Of Saving Church From Francis The Holy Spirit [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For What Happens To Our Bodies When We Die, And Rise Again&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 17:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  “And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live? And I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.”—Ezekiel xxxvii, 3 I’ll be the first to admit that I have the faith of a child. I don’t have the faith of a novelist, or of a science-fiction writer. Nor do [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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