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August 2025

August 20, 2025

25 New Catholic Books in 2025

The catalogue of Catholic books continues to grow year after year. Various Catholic authors have...

August 15, 2025

Still Remembered Today

August 15, 2025 falls on a Friday this year. Various people have lived and died...

August 12, 2025

In Defence of Book Lists

I like to read. It is an engaging way to use your body, (because you...

August 06, 2025

How People Come To Believe In God Is Always A Mystery

The Manner of the Receiver I find it interesting that two people can look at...

August 01, 2025

Seeing God in the Secular

Going to mass and receiving the sacraments, reading the scriptures and engaging in prayer helps...

July 2025

July 29, 2025

We Were There When Cinema Was Cool

We Generation Xers were there when cinema was cool. We didn't have to watch classic...

July 25, 2025

Today Will Soon Be Gone

My wife was Gone for a week and went to pick her up last night....

July 22, 2025

I’m Pressing On

When you're feeling down and can't go on, I hope you find the courage to...

July 20, 2025

Images are the Books of the Illiterate

I'm working my way through the book How the Saints Shaped History which included a...

July 14, 2025

The Pretty Good Forgettable Superman

The worst thing I can say about James Gunn's Superman is that I didn't love...

July 11, 2025

25 Bits of Historical Trivia and Hot Takes: July 2025

Intro To Historical Trivia 1. When you have no other ideas of what to write...

July 08, 2025

The Beliefs of Patheos Writers

A few years ago I wrote this... I want to know the people who are...

July 04, 2025

Give me your tired, your poor, no more?

America's Attitude towards immigrants and the poor in 1883 From Wikipedia: "The New Colossus" is...

July 03, 2025

Back in Time: A Back to the Future Retrospective Review

The summer of 1985 were the transition months of my life from 7th to 8th...

July 01, 2025

Worthwhile Thoughts of 25 Plus Non-Catholic Christians

Truth expressed harshly is not truth but a mere spattering of facts. Facts that don’t...

June 2025

June 27, 2025

Devotion to the Sacred Heart

In honor of the Sacred Heart, here is a selection from the Public Domain work...

June 24, 2025

The Blockbuster Summer Movie 45 Years Ago

Muslims, Jews and Christians may not agree on who God is or how to govern...

June 20, 2025

The Blockbuster Summer Movie Season Started 50 Years Ago

We all have stress in our lives. The news of the world can come crashing...

June 17, 2025

Why Did I Dream About That?

Dreams are weird. They never make sense. Not usually. But sometimes they do. I think...

June 16, 2025

The Pope and the President on Unity

I'm Catholic and the pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. I'm an American...

June 15, 2025

A Boy Scout Promises to Honor God

June 12, 2025 is a combination of a day honoring fathers for Fathers day and...

June 09, 2025

Catholics Writing Right Now – June 2025

There are so many Catholics writing so many things that it is hard to keep...

June 05, 2025

Poets Have Been Mysteriously Silent On The Subject Of Cheese

In this essay I will talk about G.K. Chesterton and Cheese, the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln,...

June 03, 2025

The 1st Full Decade of Cinema & Sherlock Holmes-1890 -1899

Last Time on HOARATS 1889 The Year Of Tolkien’s Wife | A List Of...

May 2025

May 31, 2025

G. K. Chesterton on Why He Believes in Christianity

Why do some people believe in Christianity and some don't? G.K. Chesterton has some insights...

May 29, 2025

G. K. Chesterton Preeminent Model for the New Evangelization

Normally the end of May on the 29th brings Catholics worldwide the feast day of...

May 28, 2025

1889 The Year of Tolkien’s Wife

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

May 19, 2025

It’s Healthy to Experience Grief

My uncle-in-law just died of Cancer. I am going to his funeral on the day...

May 16, 2025

An Open Letter To Senator Bernie Sanders

My online friend Avellina Balestri has allowed me to reprint something she wrote on Facebook....

May 14, 2025

1889: A Year That Changed Art, Faith, and the World

Life in 1889 1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of...

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