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March 2026

March 06, 2026

50 Years Ago- Mark and Kristin Grew Up in the 70’s

850 posts ago I published my first post at the Catholic Bard. 50 years ago,...

February 2026

February 20, 2026

Inspiring Video and Blog Posts for Lent 2026

I have gathered some inspiring videos and blog posts that I have come across that...

September 2025

September 15, 2025

The Polarizing Death of Charlie Kirk

When it comes to reactions to popular conservative superstar Charlie Kirk's gruesome and unnecessary murder...

September 12, 2024

Saints and other Catholics Alive and Well in 1889

Last Time on HOARATS While Marty And Doc Traveled Through Time This Also Happened |...

August 2024

August 29, 2024

Know Your Heresy Patrick

O.K. Patrick, in the early days of the infant Christian church different viewpoints started to...

July 2024

July 12, 2024

Truth by the Book The Neverending Story

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it...

July 08, 2024

The Longest Pope at La Salette -1840’s

Last Time on HOARATS Mark Twain and the Wellerman Come on a Comet – 1830...

January 2024

January 17, 2024

Doubt The Movie Review

Father Brendan Flynn: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. When...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

Now and Then LWIL # 45

I like to post stuff in my review that is happening Now and Then about...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

Catholic Imagination and Surprise: Writing Right Now # 3 2023

It's the end of August and I have some concrete but still vague and undeveloped...

March 2023

March 06, 2023

New LWIL # 9 Queen V Escapes and Pope Ben Retires

As Lent continues, so does life, both yesterday and today. Who knows what our Fasting,...

September 2022

September 05, 2022

Laborers on Labor Day

I remember when I was young, I didn't go to school till after Labor Day....

April 2022

April 09, 2022

How The Slap Could Have Gone Differently

Honestly. I think Will Smith is still a class act. He messed up. Rather Big....

January 2022

January 06, 2022

Bushel Basket Removed Exposing Light From Eternity

For much of recorded and unrecorded history, the eternal logos was hidden in the obscure...

December 2021

December 10, 2021

Don’t Worry About Vatican 2

if you go against the judgment of the hierarchy of the Church on ANY issue,...

November 2021

November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving Tidbits of Trivia

Thanksgiving should be about more than a parade, a gridiron battle, and pumpkin pie. In...

November 21, 2021

Christ the King of Catholic Thought

In Honor of the feast of Christ the King, Here are some thoughts on Christ...

October 2021

October 01, 2021

Let There Be October Movies

October is here, and here is another month of movies and here is another list...

August 2021

August 29, 2021

The Reading and Music List for July and August 2021

Each week in the Last Week in Life I suggest and list new books...

April 2021

April 11, 2021

What Does Divine Mercy Look Like?

What does Divine Mercy look like? “When the Son of Man comes in his glory,...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

It’s Funny How Catholics Do Comedy

Where does the spark of comedy come from? For late night show host Stephen Colbert...

October 05, 2020

God Exposes Young Saints

Young Christian Lucia of Syracuse (283–304) was engaged to a wealthy pagan young man which...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Preserved in God’s Memory

Mary Anne died in 1858. Ellen Howley was born in 1794 and died in 1887....

September 07, 2020

Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the...

September 05, 2020

Pondering Life While Sorting Silverware

As I was sorting silverware today at work I thought long and hard about how...

August 2020

August 01, 2020

Gaining Faith in College

After 60 posts. At almost 3 months since we started. In a new month... The...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

Patheos: Love, Life and Liturgy

It doesn’t matter what type of liturgy that you go to because the result is...

July 23, 2020

You Did Not Lose Jesus

The Key I was there so often I was granted a key Yes, a church...

July 02, 2020

Patheos Catholics Favorite Deceased Writers

And now the final section in my questions to Patheos Catholic Writers. In this particular...

July 01, 2020

Patheos Catholics Favorite Living Writers

In this post we combine all the writers of the last two posts and let...