Catholic Carnival LXII - 3 Journeys

The Journey of Faith

In The Power of Faith, HMS Blog gives a "reflection on Sunday’s Gospel reading about Jesus’ walking on the water, focusing on the meaning and importance of faith."

In A time to offend, and... , A Penitent Blogger (your unworthy servant) humbly reflects on when we should avoid offending others and when we must offend.

For The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Quenta Nârwenion has a "quote from Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O., dealing with the Transfiguration of Our Lord, and the way it foreshadows the world to come. "

In Avoiding mediocrity, Toward Contemplation (my other blog) offers reflections by the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Peter Julian Eymard.

In The Danger of Sola Doctrina, Confessions of a Hot Carmel Sundae offers "a discussion of the difference between believing that faith alone saves and believing that agreeing with the faith alone doctrine saves, and why the latter is dangerous to a Christian's walk with God."

CowPi Journal presents The Passenger: "A short story about a mystical moment when a person decides who is going to navigate his journey."

The Journey of Evolution

In Evolution and Intelligent Design, Crusader of Justice offers "perspective on the recent controversy regarding intelligent design."

In Disagreement is not a bad thing: Evolution and the Catholic Church, Angry in the Great White North observes that "disagreement and debate within the Roman Catholic Church is part of the process of understanding the truth. In this case, the issue of evolution is being debated by learned and sincere men on both sides."

The Journey from Conception to Death

In Susan Torres Update, Ramblings of a GOP Soccer Mom gives "an update to a previous post I had on the woman who suffered a stroke and was kept alive for the benefit of her (then) unborn daughter" and on this Catholic family's "commitment to living the Gospel of Life."

In Comparing Doctors - Frist and Mengele, Our Word and Welcome to It says that supporters of embryonic stem cell research say it "can yield breakthroughs in treating illness. Funny, that's what some other doctors said once."

In Don't Know Much About History, Either, Be Here Mondays has "a follow-up to an earlier post about Doug Melton, the busy, busy stem-cell researcher."

In Ardeth Wood, Dunmoose the Ageless is "commemmorating the second anniversary of an unsolved murder case here in Ottawa."

In John Roberts, Catholicism, and Abortion, Ales Rarus answers questions Rob Carr of Unspace posed "regarding Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts for his Catholic friends in the blogosphere."


In Hiroshima 60 Years Later, DSS Hubris reflects on morality and nuclear weapons.


In Proud To Be Catholic, An American Housewife reflects on "suffering and death," drawing upon the late Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris and her husband's recent death.