of the emailbox and the brain.
Remember, this is random – I make no attempt to be systematic in blogging any longer.
First – be sure to stop by the Shrine of the Holy Whapping every day this week, as they observe Disturbing Relics Week:

Our separated brethren, who usually run away screaming from this sort of thing (okay, yes, I admit, St. Catherine of Bologna does look a bit like a haunted house exhibit after five-and-a-half centuries, but that’s the occupational hazard of being a two-thousand year old church), might recall the great honor paid by the Jews to the bones of Moses, in spite of all their elaborate ritual-purity laws against touching corpses, not to mention the posthumous miracle wrought by Elisha’s bones, which brought a corpse to life. Even the persecuted Christians of the catacomb era took great pains to preserve the relics of the martyrs, in the days when hanging on to such sacred souvenirs was something close to a death-sentence if discovered.
But, okay, maybe you could ask us to be a bit more discrete, the spangled skeletons and the dessicated vocal chords and inexplicably bubbling blood are a bit tacky for all their spiritual potency. To which I said, the Church may be true, but I never said anything about good taste or respectability. “Be like little children”: surely you were five years old once? “Oooh! Cool! Gross!”

Gashwin chimes in w/St. Ambrose.

I just discovered that Susan Stabile of MIrror of Justice has her own, lovely blog in which she shares her spiritual insights.

Speaking of Mirror of Justice, after much URL-hijacking trouble, they’ve obtained a new one – here they are now.

Speaking of blogs moving, Caelum et Terra is now here.

Matthew Archbold, as is his wont, has another great post on children – lots of ’em.

New blog: The Glory of America – focused on American Catholic history, and teaching it to children.

From Mary’s Aggies:

Some friends who have a wonderful Catholic family of 9 kids, all home-schooled, are in the final 10 of a $25,000 college scholarship contest (and the parents are Aggie Catholics if you needed more incentive). They created a great video, but now need your votes to help them win. Go here to vote for them (yes, you have to fill out a short registration).