Some more updates

I just got back from praying at the abortion clinic again. Our college group was awesome. We had a pretty good discussion ranging from the idea of the "bank" of grace to pretending that we're a catholic nutty and complaining about the postponement of the release of the book that we've been reading. Incredibly funny.

Some updates...

I finally finished the intercession saints series!
My afternoon routine at work includes playing with a small plastic volleyball across the cubicle.
I was about to say something about the usage of "Yahweh" and why it is inappropriate but let's save that for later.
I have been arguing back and forth about pro-life issues in the election. Really really interesting and I love it when people ask some real hard question. That means that we are both seeking for that absolute truth. Vondervull!

This just in, a Trappist abbot was elected to be the bishop for his diocese. As you might have known by now, OCSO (Order of the Cistercians of Strict Observance) aka Trappist is my favorite order in the Catholic church. Proven by the fact that I have gone to three of its monastery for the past three months.

On August 8, 2008, the Church decided to prohibit the usage of "Yahweh" in worship.

Why one asked?

The Tetragrammaton is YHWH, the four consonants of the ancient Hebrew name for God.

"As an expression of the infinite greatness and majesty of God, it was held to be unpronounceable and hence was replaced during the reading of sacred Scripture by means of the use of an alternate name: 'Adonai,' which means 'Lord,'" the Vatican letter said. Similarly, Greek translations of the Bible used the word "Kyrios" and Latin scholars translated it to "Dominus"; both also mean Lord.

"Avoiding pronouncing the Tetragrammaton of the name of God on the part of the church has therefore its own grounds," the letter said. "Apart from a motive of a purely philological order, there is also that of remaining faithful to the church's tradition, from the beginning, that the sacred Tetragrammaton was never pronounced in the Christian context nor translated into any of the languages into which the Bible was translated."

With that, good night, and I hope I can catch up... Since I am behind with many things.