07.06.08
Diary of a former atheist
“ET TU?” is the blog of former atheist Jennifer F., who is now a practicing Catholic:
When I was 26, I had never once believed in God, not even as a child. I was a content atheist and thought it was simply obvious that God did not exist. I thought that religion and reason were incompatible, and was baffled by why anyone would believe in God (I actually suspected that few people really did). After a few years in the Bible Belt, I became vocally anti-Christian. Imagine my surprise to find myself today, just a few years later, a practicing Catholic who loves her faith (my husband and I both entered the Church at Easter Vigil 2007). This is the chronicle of my journey.
It seems she is a bit of an internet celebrity. The blog seems to get featured in a few magazines now and then, including National Review and America Magazine.
I really enjoy browsing through it from time to time. She has a lucid mind and a heart-felt faith. Check out the books she came across during her conversion journey.
07.02.08
Be Catholic – Posses Superpowers!
From all Catholics are superheroes in the making:
What superpowers would you like to have? To be immortal, invulnerable, able to jump tall buildings or even fly? To be able to walk through walls? All of these and more are developed by characters in the popular sci-fi drama Heroes, currently showing on BBC Two and BBC Three…
Real science may not be able to give you magic powers, but there is another way. In fact there are two other ways. The first way is by becoming holy. There are plenty of reports of saints who can levitate or even fly, read minds, radiate light, heal illness and injury, and appear in several places at the same time. Padre Pio could do them all…
The third and safest way to get superpowers is just to wait. According to the Church, all the powers I listed at the beginning of this article (Aquinas calls them agility, subtlety, impassibility, and so on) will one day be yours. All you have to do is die in a state of grace. They are the powers of the Resurrection Body, which we glimpse in the Resurrection of Christ. The Gospels tell us that after his crucifixion Jesus appeared among his disciples in a locked room, that he was invulnerable, and that eventually he ascended to heaven. Scripture tells us that in the Resurrection those who are united with Christ will become like him.
You can read about Padre Pio on the EWTN site.
