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Entry: The Vatican Space Program Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_vatican_space_program#3235 Post contents: 1. Matt Swartz: Mary was in need of the grace of Baptismal Regeneration just like everyone else save Our Lord. Just as this grace normally and normatively is communicated to us by, in, and through Baptism, so this Baptismal Grace was communicated to her at her conception. So the real issue isn't the universality of original sin, but rather, What happens in Baptism? For some Christians of the "decisionist" stamp, the answer is "nothing" -- I'm thinking here of contemporary Particular Baptists. I can't say how they reconcile this with Romans 6:3-4, the completion of this Baptismal idea to include resurrection in Ephesians and Colossians, and the debate with Nicodemus in John 3. 2. At last THE Great Pope is named: Pius XII -- maybe even greater than Leo XIII. It's too early decide about Benedict XVI, however much I like what I see. 3. I am a shade concerned that Mr. Zmirak has trivialized this sacred day by metamorphing it into the cultural of hedomist entertainment. Entertainment -- a way to distract oneself from boredom and angst -- is not joy. He is also confusing Mass Cuture (produced by hucksters and politicians for consumption) with folk culture. Let's have the joy first, and then let the folk express their joy in various ways. Sent at: 2008 09 07