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June 21, 2005

Catholic Carnival XXXV: Stories of Faith

As I was reading this week’s posts, it occurred to me that many are simply stories of faith, love and/or hope. Each blog offers up the unique story of a life created by God and attempting to follow Him. Hope you enjoy the stories as much as I did:

+ In Living the Gospel of Live we hear the story of a woman who collapsed and died . . . she was 17 weeks pregnant. This is a story we should all read from Ramblings of a GOP Soccer Mom.

+ Rediscovering Sunday tells the story of the Sabbath and examines how we should react to that story. From Quo Vadis.

+ The story of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is covered in Roman Catholicism, Scientology, and Scandal in the Public Square. The story continues to cover Catholic schools . . . from Kicking Over My Traces.

+ Whom do I fear? Of Whom am I afraid? tells the story of fear in the Christian life. Read it to the end – the part concerning the Eucharist is excellent. From HMS Blog

+ The story of what might have happened is covered in Not Everything Merely Happens. Do miracles really occur? Go see at Be Here Mondays.

+ Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O. tells us the story of God’s love in From Meditations and Devotions. How much does God love us? Go see at Quenta Nârwenion.

+ The story of a local parish festival is told in Our Next Edition of “Isn’t the Church cool?”. The interaction between groups provides an excellent backdrop for this mediation. From Logres.

+ In The Church Is a Life, we examine how our individual story is co-mingled with that of the Church. This is a fascinating post from over at Clairity’s Place.

+ We encounter the story of truth and how it challenges us in The Lumberyard of the Eyes. This is an interesting meditation on the fine line between too worthy (in our own eyes) and too unworthy . . . go read it at A Penitent Blogger.

+ Spirituality of the Body takes the story of what makes us (mind, heart, strength) and meditates on how we worship. This interesting post is from HerbEly.

+ In the Vineyard of the Lord takes a story, The Life, Faith, and Teachings of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI by Marco, and reviews it. From la nouvelle théologie.

+ The story of embryonic stem cells has been hot this year and Stem Cell Debate examines the arguments in detail. This is an indepth article on the topic at Crusader of Justice.

+ Introduction to Christianity - a story/book written by Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI - is the key to understanding him, according to Pope B16 on Creative Minorities and New Humanism. The new blog Cahiers Peguy makes some interesting points in this article.

+ Terri Schiavo continues to be a tragic story; the latest news is explored in Terri Schiavo’s Autopsy Results. This post takes a detailed look at the autopsy – from Ales Rarus.

+ The Discerning Reader analyzes our reaction when a writer’s stories begin offering dangerous opinions. Do we lose respect? More importantly, do we answer the call? From Our Word and Welcome to It.

+ The story of AIDS in Africa is examined in Should the Catholic Church Approve Use of Condoms in Africa?. This detailed post is from Deo Omnis Gloria.

+ This blog offers the story of the future, maybe, in Thought-provoking Prediction for American Catholics. What do you think?

Finally, we have an interesting proposition from a non-Catholic blogger who many of you are familiar with through the Christian Carnival and/or the Blogdom of God, Adrian Warnock. He is asking for Catholic opinion of the ESV translation of the Bible. He wants to know a few things:

In our opinion, does doctrine influence translation?
Are there any specific examples of mistranslation in the ESV version?
Could the ESV, assuming it contained the Deuterocanonical books, serve as a “standard” translations for all English Christians? If not, could there ever be a translation that both protestants and Catholics could use?

You can join the discussion here - all those who comment or trackback to the post are eligible to win a free ESV Bible worth up to $100.

I encourage those who have some experience with the ESV version to join the discussion – this is ecumenism at a basic, fundamental level. I’ll personally try and get my hands on this version so I can comment as well.

Hope you enjoyed this Carnival! I enjoyed working on it.

God bless,
Jay

Posted by jay at June 21, 2005 7:57 AM

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