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September 2026

September 24, 2026

The Homeless at Home by Blessed Fulton Sheen

In Honor of the Beatification of Fulton Sheen, here is an excerpt from Chapter 1...

June 2026

June 14, 2026

A Eucharistic Reflection

I think one of my favorite holy days is Corpus Cristi. I cried during Mass...

May 2026

May 31, 2026

A Meditation of the Mystery of the Trinity

Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex (May 31, 2026) In the Mystery of God – Father, Son and...

December 2025

December 24, 2025

Some Christmas Thoughts For Christmas Day

Did You Know? The real substance of Christmas is rooted in the liturgical observances of...

December 15, 2025

Why I’m Not a Atheist, Protestant or Sedevacantist

I wanted to take this time of the year when most Christians celebrate the waiting...

December 08, 2025

Belief in the Immaculate Conception Means You Believe This

Advent invites us to enter into the Mystery of God. Today is the feast day...

August 2025

August 15, 2025

Still Remembered Today

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

July 2025

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 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...

April 2025

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...

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,...

February 2025

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...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

Rocking in the New Year With Pope Francis

Since the beginning of his pontificate Pope Francis always leads his flock into the new...

November 2024

November 25, 2024

The Possibility of Miracles

For your spiritual edification here is a selection from the public domain work Miracles (1928)...

November 20, 2024

Mary’s Mediative Role in the Rosary

Praying to Mary in the Rosary How can we best access the intercessory power...

November 18, 2024

Fantastic and Wild a Mother Made by Her Own Child!

Mary: A Gift from Jesus Jesus, the eternal un-created second person of the eternal...

November 06, 2024

Outside the Church There is No Salvation Explained

For your consideration A selection from the Public Domain Work The Spirit of Catholicism (1924)...

October 2024

October 21, 2024

The Paradoxes of Jesus and the Church

For your spiritual edification here is a selection from the public domain work Paradoxes of...

October 14, 2024

The Deepest Truth About God Shines Forth in Christ,

“We look towards Christ, the Redeemer of man. We wish to look towards Him-because...

August 2024

August 07, 2024

Reflection on Gaudium et Spes

Written on October 7th 2005 “There is a painstaking search for a better material...

July 2024

July 25, 2024

Having a Catholic Worldview

Back in 2005 when some friends of mine learned that I was going to be...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

Some Papal Thoughts on the Holy Trinity

Here are some papal thoughts on the supreme mystery of our Catholic faith. The Holy...

November 2023

November 30, 2023

Biblical Figures Who Lived Before The First Christmas

Here is a real quick non-detailed overview of (only) some of the Biblical Figures who...

March 2023

March 09, 2023

Correct Godly Vision

“What men have believed about god has caused more wars and fiercer wars than any...

July 2022

July 26, 2022

Tunes From the BCCT on Theological Catechesis

There are a lot of members of the Broad Chorus of Catholic Thinkers posting...

June 2022

June 16, 2022

Good Chapp Thoughts

I do not care much for the moral reasoning of Amoris, nor am I a fanboy...

June 12, 2022

Happy Bad Analogies Sunday

As Catholics there is one particular habit that we all do on a regular basis...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

Writing Right Now # 8: These Twelve New Catholic Books

The year keeps going and the books keep getting written and published. My goal in...

April 29, 2022

The Very Extraordinary Graceful Solid Steel Magnificat

I have been racking my brain for a few days trying to come up with...

April 24, 2022

I cannot believe that I am more merciful than God

I just recently attended a memorial service for someone who died and was raised Catholic....