Friday Finds

• The Art of Manliness a blog dedicated to rediscovering the lost art of being a man. It features articles on helping men be better husbands, better fathers, and better men. In our search to uncover the lost art of manliness, we’ll look to the past to find examples of manliness in action. We’ll analyze the lives of great men who knew what it meant to "man up" and hopefully learn from them.

• Veritas Vos Liberat written by Joseph, a seminarian studying for the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St Louis, Missouri. He is currently in his Theology II year, and, God willing, will be ordained a priest in May of 2011.

• I found this amazing video via The Four Mass'keteers who credits Lady Dawn @ The Dawn Patrol.

• The Four Mass'keters also have a wonderful post, I Don't Get It (which should really be entitled, I Don't Get Why They Don't Get It!) It is posted by Athos, one of the 4 contributors. Here is a snippet:

"I spent 20+ years as an United Methodist pastor. . . . nearly all [of those] whom I left for full communion with the Catholic Church - which for 1,500 some odd years was the only Church in the West (not counting the schism with the East) - love and believe in Jesus Christ. But they have no use for the 'one holy Catholic and apostolic Church.'
Nearly all of them seem to boil the Christian faith down to a sincere kind of 'hunch' set of criteria which, ipso facto, includes the denial of the Catholic Church.
Never mind that everything that they love most about the Christian faith came directly from and as a result of the unwavering protection of the dogmas, doctrines, and tenets by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church for those 1,500 years prior to the "Reformation" (and on to this present moment).
They set great store in the individual conscience as a trustworthy guide and stand by their pastor so long as
(a) he doesn't commit an egregious act like shop-lifting or adultery and
(b) he strokes their egos sufficiently.

Note: I, Soutenus, would add (c) makes them feel

1. warm and fuzzy or
2. uplifted or
3. like they have learned something new or
4. (a biggie in my neck of the woods) . . . . entertained

Morning Coffee has been doing a day by day re-telling of Esther. It has been interesting to read the commentary along with the Bible passages, of course! This blogger is Protestant but, in the book of Esther I do believe we are similar in our insights and interpretation. The blog's author, Renae, has a deep love for Christ and is a joy to visit. The day to day commentary on Esther begins in her May 25th post and is ongoing. Her other blog is Coffee Talk - Essays for life from the Preacher's Wife.

Generic Disclaimer:
My Friday Finds are simply that -- cool posts, clips, website landing pages or blogs I have discovered in my meanderings. These are not places with which I am extremely familiar. I don't know a lot about these sites so enter at your own risk!

graphic source: Ava's Originals