Saturday- eternity, signs, patriarch

Hey! Sorry I have to make this quick. Another early morning tomorrow and I'm gonna try and get some homework done too! Here are the definitions!

eternity: in its full sense, duration of being without beginning, succession, or ending. Only God possesses the fullness of eternity, since only he always existed (no beginning), has no succession (no change), and will never end (no cessation). It is defined Catholic doctrine that God possesses the divine Being in a constant undivided now. His eternity is the perfect and simultaneous total possession of interminable life.
Rational creatures share in God's eternity, but only approximate it, by participation. Angels have a beginning, and they have a succession of past, present, and future, but they have no cessation since they are pure spirits that will never die or cease to be. Human beings likewise have a beginning and they have succession, but unlike the angels they will die in body, to be later resurrected, while the souls live on forever. In God's absolute power, however, angels and human souls could be deprived of existence. Their eternity depends on the goodness and will of God.

signs: Something that leads to something else. It may be an arbitrary or conventional sign that has a connection with what is signified only by agreement among people, as a flag symbolizes a nation. Or it may be a pure sign that leads to the knowledge of something without itself being first known, as our ideas lead to the knowledge of real objects. Instrumental signs give meaning or understanding, as words lead to the knowledge of things and of mental status. Manifestative signs show the existence of something else, as a person's external behavior indicates his or her personality and training.
Each of these types of signs may be either natural or supernatural depending on whetehr its basis is founded on natural reason or divine revelation.
The whole of the Church' liturgy is built on the function of word, action, and object signs as symbols of the sacred. But among the sacred signs the most important are the sacraments, which not only manifest the special presence of God but actually confer the grace they signify.

patriarch:The father and ruler of a family, tribe, or race in biblical history. A name commonly applied to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Also a prelate who has the honor of being called the prince of fathers but is without jurisdiction except in virtue of some particular law. He holds precedence over primates, metropolitans, and bishops. In the order of their dignity, the Patriarch of Rome leads those of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. In the East there are patriarchs of the Armenian, Maronite, Melkite, and Chaldean rites, with minor patriarchs of Venice, Lisbon, the West and East Indies. The power and importance of patriarchs, except that of the Pope, have diminished since the Eastern Schism. They have the right to ordain all bishops of their patriarchate; consecrate the holy chrism; summon synods; send the omophorion (pallium) to their metropolitans, and hear appeals from lower courts. they are the highest rulers in their churches. The Sovereign Pontiff alone is over them.

These definitions are all from CatholicReference.net!

-Zoe

Here's the news article of the day!

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57579
It's about a Hybrid-Embryo breakthrough.

Friday-News Article!

Friday... Today I'm just going to post a news article because I have to go to a Church thing early in the morning and I want to get some sleep so I'm going to make this quick! Here's the news article from cwnews.com (Catholic World News)!

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57631

This also has to do with the change in the Good Friday prayer. It has many peoples' opinions so I'd like it if you guys read it. Post what you think.

-Zoe

Hey! I forgot to post the news article yesterday but here is today's and it has to do with the saturday post and the whole Catholics praying for Jews thing. Here's the link:
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57598

The video today is Word of God Speak by Mercy Me


Tell me what you think! :)

-Zoe

Wednesday-Living in the Light

Hey! There's been a ton of response to the Saturday post and that makes me really happy! Here's a section from my Living Faith thing, not for kids cause that ended in March...

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his workds might not be exposed. John 3:20

I remember looking for an apartment back in my college days when money was tight and my choices were limited. Despite that, we thought something with a little character would be nice. We arranged to see this place late one evening. It was in an older, "historical" section of town and had been a single-family home that was now converted into several units. We met the landlord who was obviously quite proud of his work on the building. We entered through a back door into the kitchen. As the lights were switched on, you could see and hear a platoon of cockroaches scurrying for cover. Needless to say our landlord was a bit crestfallen.
John's Gospel today reminds me of that apartment. Bad, creepy, crawly things do their best work under cover of the darkness, hidden from view. Sometiem we are more comfortable in the shadows, unwilling to confront the darker places in our hearts. Good things, like Jesus' message and truth flourish in the open.
Dear Lord, help us live in the light.

THIS WAS NO WRITTEN BY ME!

WRITTEN BY PAUL PENNICK. PUBLISHED IN LIVING FAITH

-Zoe

Tuesday-

Hey! It's Tuesday, which happens to be April Fools Day! I hate April Fools Day so don't expect any tricks or anything!

Here's the Video

True Colors by Phil Collins



Here's the link to the Catholic News Article of the Day:
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57562

-Zoe

Announcement!

I decided to post a daily article from cwnews.com or Catholic World News. Here's today's. I'd like you guys to say what you feel.

Today's Catholic World News is something that is kinda weird. People are always thinking that Catholics are the majority of the world by a lot. Now that's not so true. Visit this link to see what I mean:
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57525

-Zoe

Monday- WOW and God

Hey! I just realized that Saturday's post was the 100th post of the blog! Nice job you guys. I never thought that this would last this long, even though I really wanted it to! Yeah! Today's debate topic is from Roni! Sorry about the debate topic on Friday and Saturday... I just had ideas and I really wanted to know what you guys thought! Now the debate topic:

Who or what is God? Is it a He or a She or neither? Where does He or She live?

Alrighty! I gotta go!

God Bless,
Zoe