Birgittaville

Safe online and onground hypiene for active believing Catholics 27.01.2020 22:46 ↓

Use a VPN, encrypted email, a safe browser and search engine, Linux, a LAN connection, a faraday bag for your cell phone, and don't have sensitive conversations near Alexa or a T.V. or your cell phone.

Reading Psalms 51 from 8 translations 07.12.2019 1:04:32 ↓

Douay, KJV, RSV-CE, ESV, NABRE, NCV, Monastic Diurnal, Christian Prayer. How might one read through the Psalms? At the bottom of this page, find my document listing readings for all prayer hours from the Benedictine Monastic Diurnal and Matins: https://birgittaville.com/audio-reading-excerpts-from-st-birgitta/ Video of the books discussed: https://youtu.be/rqjNcWOgfjU

When Alphabet Soup Demands Catholics to Become Heretics 02.12.2019 24:38 ↓

https://birgittaville.com/2019/11/27/fr-scott-nolan-of-st-stephens-parish/

A brief examination of conscience, especially for Millennials 02.12.2019 28:16 ↓

https://birgittaville.com/2019/12/01/a-brief-examination-of-conscience-especially-for-millennials/

Twelve Classic Catholic Prayers 27.11.2019 16:13 ↓

From "Manual of Prayers," NAPC

The Sacrament of Penance, Guide for a Good Confession 23.11.2019 21:31 ↓

Reading from "Manual of Prayers", NAPC. Businesses have successfully conducted Buddhist and Hindu meditation sessions for their employees and customers for decades (leaving explicit references to "The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali" aside). Marketing might run along these lines: "Our meditation sessions benefit mind and body, soothing, quieting, calming, and relaxing them. The practitioner gains a sense...

More powerful agents of destruction than Soros, Clintons, Obama...? 23.11.2019 19:39 ↓

Maintaining balance in our turulent times--wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.

The Roman Martyrology for November 14 14.11.2019 7:05 ↓

Perhaps we’ll join the list today.

My reply to a United Methodist Bishop's article on homosexuality. 31.08.2019 45:35 ↓

Quotations from "Gay daughter sent bishop back to Scriptures" By Bishop Richard Wilke Aug. 21, 2019 | WINFIELD, Kansas (UM News) That is why the current divide in our United Methodist Church over homosexuality breaks my heart. I have given my life to revitalizing the church and bringing people to Christ. I want to say that allowing this issue to separate us seems incomprehensible.... The young wom...

My Roman Catholic response to "Letters to the Church" by Francis Chan 12.08.2019 18:28 ↓

I select several passages from Chan's book that practicing Catholics likely will appreciate.

The Didache Bible, Ignatius Press 07.08.2019 10:54 ↓

I read this Bible's commentaries on passages from Leviticus, Psalms, Mark, and I Corinthians, giving you an idea of the type of commentary offered.

Jim Cymbala's "Spirit Rising", with my commentary. 06.08.2019 52:17 ↓

I read excerpts from one chapter, commenting as a Roman Catholic.

A Call to Form Catholic Men’s College Employee Clubs 27.05.2019 28:03 ↓

A Call to Form Catholic Men’s College Employee Clubs Meet at a Eucharistic Adoration chapel or before the Tabernacle, for twenty minutes of silent prayer and adoration. Decide where to go for coffee, from there, to discuss for twenty minutes something from the day’s Missal or Breviary readings. Then, after informally chatting for twenty minutes, close with a Litany. Hang around, as time allows, ta...

Audio Excerpts from Dr. van den Aardweig's book, "The Battle for Normality" (with my commenting) 17.05.2019 46:45 ↓

"A Guide for (Self-) Therapy for Homosexuality