The CatholiCity Message

Volume VII, Number 17 – November 12, 2003

Dear CatholiCity Citizen,

Greetings in Christ Jesus. Big day today. Big day. We come to you with three items, a joke, quotes. A quick reminder–our annual CatholiCity Tax Drive is coming soon, so keep your eye on your in-box.

"O Sacred Head surrounded, by crown of piercing thorns."

1. HEADS UP
On November 5th, President Bush signed a bill banning Partial Birth Abortion. Bud Macfarlane was inspired to write a commentary for you about how this grisly form of murder is the perfect "icon" for how the evil one goes about destroying one's soul. You can find "Attacking the Head" on our Catholic Newswire page here:

http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/

2. PELASE RAED TIHS
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"Great accomplishments are the result of thousands of small tasks completed with care and precision in accord with human nature and the order of the universe."
G.K. MacBrien

"Before you quote Scripture, read it first."
Victor J. Crown

3. THE MEN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
As we mentioned above, our annual CatholiCity Tax Drive is coming soon. Once a year we ask you to join your fellow CatholiCity Citizens who support this Message and the website.

We recently watched the "Wizard of Oz" with our children (it amazes us how well this 1939 movie holds up). We always get a kick out of the line, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." Well, there are two good men behind the curtain at CatholiCity, our managing director and our assistant operations manager (who happens to be a she). Without them, the soul-saving work of this unique online apostolate simply could not exist, and our voluntary once-a-year Tax Drive is primarily about putting food on their tables.

By the way, if you're looking for a good Catholic URL or a job in the Catholic world, our managing director runs a wonderful website during his down time:

http://www.sacredheartmedia.com/

FROM THE ARCHIVES: JOKE OF THE WEEK
During the Cold War in the late 1970's, two Polish guys, Jerzy and Stephon, were sitting in a dark, depressing bar in Warsaw drinking vodka. A KGB agent comes in and walks right up to them, turns to Jerzy, pulls out a gun, points the muzzle at his forehead, then asks in a thick Russian accent, "Vat is two plus two?"

Jerzy, terrified, answered timidly, "Four?"

Upon hearing Jerzy's answer, the KGB agent pulls the trigger. Jerzy falls to the floor, dead. The KGB agent sits down on Jerzy's stool, and starts to sip Jerzy's vodka.

Stephon, horrified, sits open-mouthed. Finally, he gathers his courage and cries out to the KGB agent with indignant anger: "But Why? Why did you shoot him!?!"

The KGB agent puts down the vodka, leans close to Stephon, arches one eyebrow, and whispers: "He knew too much."

UNTIL NEXT TIME
Thanks for reading this, and until next time, we'll be praying for you in the silence of the Eucharist, under the loving gaze of Mary...

With Christ,

Your Friends at CatholiCity