Pray without ceasing

VATICAN CITY, 15 JAN 2008 (Zenit.org) - The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, traditionally celebrated every year from January 18 to 25, begins on Friday.
Lord Jesus, you prayed that your disciples might be united with each other,
in a unity grounded in your oneness with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
May your prayer for unity grow in the depths of the hearts and minds of all
Christians. May we be one in our words, that a single reverent prayer might
rise before you; may we be one in our yearning and pursuit of justice; may
we be one in love, serving you by serving the least of our sisters and
brothers. Lord, make us one in you. Amen.

Islamic Jesus?

"The bulk of "Jesus, the Spirit of God", which won an award at the 2007 Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, faithfully follows the traditional tale of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament Gospels, a narrative reproduced in the Koran and accepted by Muslims..."

...sans His Crucifixion.

I wonder what Mel's two-cents would be.

Comments are welcome.

A new year, a new blog

Look what the storm brought in: Stephanie has started a blog. A grad student should theoretically not have time for this, and honestly, if you don't hear from me in a while, it probably won't be for that reason anyway.

Contrary to what the layout of this blog might strongly suggest, the purpose of this journal will not be exclusively for disseminating and scrutinizing Catholic topics, news, and commentary, nor will it contain heavy discussion pertaining to politics, government, current events and the like. I am grateful for the myriad of brilliant writers out there in the Blogosphere who regularly contribute their words for us to ponder and further discuss among ourselves. I am grateful for the spiritually uplifting anecdotes, stories of real life saints, and reading commentary on such things that make me go Hmm. I believe that part of bearing witness to the faith is sharing what you've read with others. With that, I turn your attention to the list of links over there on the right.

I know what you're thinking. What ARE you going to talk about, Stephanie? Well, first of all, those of you that know me know that I have a bit of a random mind. I like to think about various things. I will be the first to admit that I can be (frustratingly, to some) unfocused. I like to believe that is part of my charm or something. We'll see. I'll probably complain a bit, since those rumors you hear about graduate school are for the most part true. Right now I am in the middle of data analysis for a GeneChip study looking at some interesting genes involved in a detox process. When you are all aching from curiosity, I will post a colorful visual graph of the results.

It's so BRRRRRRRRR in this State! This morning we thanked God for the gift of two-digits: a Feels-like temp of 11 degrees. Saturday we are not supposed to make it over zero. Tis the season for knee-high-outdoor-sport-wool-socks-layered over warmies-layered-over-warmies. Yes, I meant to write that last part twice.

Tonight I will be attending a lecture at the Cathedral:
Mary Model of Femininity
Dr. Rosemary Lemmons of the University of Saint Thomas Catholic Studies and Philosophy Departments
7-9PM.

This lecture is one of a three-part "Creative Genius" series hosted by the Cathedral Young Adults of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis-St.Paul. I'm so excited!