Earth Day 2010 – Celebrate Human Life
LifeSiteNews.com – The pro-life group CatholicVote.org says it’s time to use Earth Day to celebrate nature’s greatest gift – human life.
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Creation and Man
Christian Post | by Chuck Colson | 4/22/2010 … Christians are rightly concerned that extremists have turned Earth Day into “Worship-Earth Day.” Just listen to a few of these suggestions for Earth Day 2010 that some of the more radical groups are proposing: taking down “global eco-criminals” like Exxon-Mobil; having school kids meditate about the … Read more
The Earth Is Not My God
by Bob Lonsberry | 4/22/2010 Earth Day is a crock. It is the high holy day of the environmentalism cult and I choose not to engage in that particular brand of idol worship. I choose not to worship the earth as if it were a god and I were a savage. I am its steward, … Read more
God in Our Classrooms
Townhall.com | by Joseph C. Phillips | Apr. 15, 2010 Such was our founder’s belief in the preeminence of God that when the First Continental Congress convened in 1774, Massachusetts delegate Thomas Cushing suggested to the assembly that together they pray for divine guidance and protection. The historical events that would forever change the world … Read more
Prophet Jim Wallis and the Ecclesia of Economic Ignorance
Acton Institute | by John Couretas | 4/14/2010 This class of the very poor – those who are just on the borders of pauperism or fairly over the borders – is rapidly growing. Wealth is increasing very fast; poverty, even pauperism, is increasing still more rapidly. – Washington Gladden, Applied Christianity (1886) For three decades, … Read more
Shouldn’t We be Nice to Puppies?
Orthodoxy Today | by Wesley J. Smith | 4/9/2010 What is the proper Christian view toward “animal rights?” That depends on how one defines the term. Christians—like all people—certainly have the duty to treat animals humanely and with proper standards of care. But that is properly called animal welfare, not animal rights. So what’s the … Read more
Why a Town in Iowa Sought to Abolish Good Friday
by Dennis Prager | 4/6/2010 Leftism functions as a secular religion, and its adherents understand that the major obstacle to the dominance of Leftist policies and values is traditional religion, specifically Christianity. With the demise of Christianity in Western Europe, Leftist ideas and values came to dominate that continent. America, the most religious industrialized democracy, … Read more
Pascha – Christ is Risen!
Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; let those who hate Him flee from before His face! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! This … Read more
Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom is read at the end of Orthros (Matins) at Pascha, the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, universally throughout the Orthodox Church. It was composed sometime during his ministry in the late 4th or early 5th century. St. John’s Sermon is traditionally read to the faithful near … Read more
The Lamentations at the Tomb – Matins of Holy and Great Saturday
On Friday night, the Matins of Holy and Great Saturday, a unique service known as the The Lamentations at the Tomb (Epitáphios Thrēnos) is celebrated. This service is also sometimes called Jerusalem Matins. Much of the service takes place around the tomb of Christ in the center of the nave. A unique feature of the … Read more