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May 2025

May 10, 2025

5 Years of The Catholic Bard

I've always liked writing. When I was young my mother would write down stories for...

May 08, 2025

Reflections on the Election of Pope Leo XIV

As I was saying goodbye to my Uncle in-law at the hospital after finishing up...

May 07, 2025

Short History of the Past 12 Papal Conclaves

I thought it important as a Catholic blogger to say something on the start of...

May 05, 2025

Writing Tips For The Struggling Writer

Do you sometimes struggle as a writer? I sure do. When I can't seem to...

May 02, 2025

From Critic to Defender of Pope Francis

In a guest article for the Catholic Bard Fr Matthew Mary Bartow has allowed us...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Pope Francis Shares Words of Faith, Hope, and Love

Pope Francis has officially given the office of Peter his letter of resignation. It was...

April 27, 2025

Divine Mercy On All Religious People Alive in 1889

Daughter of Stanisław Kowalski (May 06, 1868 - July 10, 1946) and Marianna Kowalska (March 08, 1875...

April 23, 2025

Who Moved The Stone- Some Realities of That Far-Off Morning

From the Logos Community Archives In the spirit of the Easter season, and as an...

April 21, 2025

RIP Pope Francis – History Remembered Easter Week 2025

We end Holy week with the end of the Paschal Triduum and move into Easter...

April 20, 2025

The Easter Celebration Makes No Sense, Unless

The Easter celebration that oodles of Christians celebrate every year around this time, makes no...

April 18, 2025

What Kind of Tree Did Christ Hang On?

For Your Edification on this Holy Good Friday Here is a passage from What Jesus...

April 17, 2025

The Wine and Blood of Christ

In a previous post 'Mysterious Lives of Christ', I quoted from LIFE OF CHRIST (1923)...

April 16, 2025

The History We Remember During The Holy Triduum 2025

Millions of Christians around continue  their metaphysical journey to Calvary having traveled from Palm Sunday...

April 13, 2025

The History We Remember During Palm Sunday & Holy Week 2025

Millions of Christians around the world will begin the final leg of their metaphysical journey...

April 09, 2025

Cheap Grace and Other Thoughts of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement...

April 07, 2025

So This Is How I’m Going To Die

"So this is how I’m going to die." These are the words my wife, Kristin...

April 03, 2025

Jesus the Greatest of Poets

In a previous post 'Mysterious Lives of Christ', I quoted from LIFE OF CHRIST (1923)...

April 01, 2025

Anniversary Of When Prehistoric Monsters Invaded Chicago

April 1 will be remembered by historians and Chicagoans as the day the prehistoric monsters...

March 2025

March 27, 2025

The Mysterious Lives of Christ

Matthew, Mark Luke and John give us in their writings the life of Jesus Christ,...

March 25, 2025

When Freedom and Love Were One: The Annunciation

Lent is full of high holy feast days. St. Patrick is honored among the Irish....

March 19, 2025

Pope Leo XIII on Devotion to St. Joseph

This encyclical is in the Public Domain. And I share it with you on St....

March 17, 2025

Let Every Irishman Read It! Poems For St. Patrick’s Day

In honor of St. Patrick's Day here is a public domain collection of Irish poems....

March 14, 2025

What True Devotion Is

For your spiritual edification Here is a selection from St. Francis de Sales classic work...

March 10, 2025

Embracing Lent: Love, Mercy, and Welcoming the Least

Here we are in Lent! Listen to us for a moment.-Paul VI Listen to the...

March 05, 2025

You Will Stand Before God When You Die: A Lenten Meditation

On March 5, 1496, King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons,...

March 03, 2025

Bread and Staple Makers Alive in 1889

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

March 02, 2025

Memorable Academy Award Nominated Films First 50 Years.

On March 2, 2025 the Oscar Academy  turned 97. For almost a century the movie...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

Designers and Founders Alive in 1889

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

February 24, 2025

What Catholics I’ve Written About Have Written Lately

In Catholics I Like To Write About  I described the types of Catholics I feel...

February 19, 2025

Explorers, Inventors and Discoverers Alive in 1889

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

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