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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqoemkDqYoI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0&w=500&h=281] Natasha Bedingfield (Wild Horses) With Ballet Dancer Michaela DePrince – DWTS 2012 (Results) (by AwesomeArtistsLive) I don’t watch much television.  We purposely do not have cable.  Yes we watch tons of movies, and I’ve definitely got streaming wi-fi.  But we chose not to introduce our children or infest our family life with endless…

Authentic Compassion.

Authentic Compassion.  Society has twisted the value of human life into being dispensable as soon as we are seen as having a less-than-happy life i.e., one of suffering. It welcomes “dignified mercy-killing” and abortion out of “compassion”.  Society is losing its grasp on authentic compassion.    “But there is nothing dignified about either euthanasia or…

Easter Triduum

Tonight, on Holy Thursday,  begins the Easter Triduum.  This evening is called Maundy Thursday because it is when we recall Jesus washing the disciples’ feet and it is the Vigil of Good Friday (when we recall the Lord’s Passion). The Holy Triduum is- to me -the most spiritually and emotionally moving three days of the…