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2025-07-20T06:12:36-05:00

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Images are the Books of the Illiterate

Last updated on: July 20, 2025 at 6:12 am By Mark Wilson

I’m working my way through the book How the Saints Shaped History which included a section of the Church Father, and Doctor of the Church the Venerable, Teacher of the Faith Saint John of Damascus. He is also one of the Fathers of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is best known for his strong defence of icons in which he has some interesting things to say about the topic. His thoughts on the subject are captured in St John Damascene on Holy Images.... Read more

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2025-07-13T21:24:17-05:00

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The Pretty Good Forgettable Superman

Last updated on: July 13, 2025 at 9:24 pm By Mark Wilson

The worst thing I can say about James Gunn’s Superman is that I didn’t love it. If I loved or even really really liked it I could talk about all the great things that made it a great thrill ride of a summer popcorn movie. But I only thought it was just pretty good. The best thing I can say about James Gunn’s Superman is that I didn’t hate it. If I hated it or even really really disliked it... Read more

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2025-07-11T04:01:09-05:00

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25 Bits of Historical Trivia and Hot Takes: July 2025

Last updated on: July 11, 2025 at 4:01 am By Mark Wilson

Intro To Historical Trivia 1. When you have no other ideas of what to write about in your blog you can always write about historical trivia. You can tweet short or blog long about it. Historical Trivia is a way to remember the interesting tidbits of life without having to invest too much time you may not have into reading about it but yet giving you fascinating highlights you can reflect on and inspiration to find out more if your... Read more

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2025-07-08T02:42:38-05:00

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The Beliefs of Patheos Writers

Last updated on: July 8, 2025 at 2:42 am By Mark Wilson

A few years ago I wrote this… I want to know the people who are in my immediate neighborhood. In this case I’m talking about the virtual neighborhood where I blog at Catholic Bard. I took a look around and decided to look up a little something about all my neighbors who have a different world view then I do. Were just one voice in the middle of a sea of voices. So, I think it’s important to know who... Read more

2025-07-04T08:23:19-05:00

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Give me your tired, your poor, no more?

Last updated on: July 4, 2025 at 8:23 am By Mark Wilson

America’s Attitude towards immigrants and the poor in 1883 From Wikipedia: “The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal’s lower level. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall... Read more

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2025-06-23T23:18:00-05:00

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Back in Time: A Back to the Future Retrospective Review

Last updated on: June 23, 2025 at 11:18 pm By Mark Wilson

The summer of 1985 were the transition months of my life from 7th to 8th grade. It was another summer of fun in my middle school years. It was a time to hang out with my friends, go to the summer program at the Wenham playground filled with activities and games, shoot down waterslides, go to Canobie Lake Park with the other altar boys and go to the movies. 10 summers previous the summer blockbuster movie season had begun with... Read more

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2025-07-01T09:18:32-05:00

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Worthwhile Thoughts of 25 Plus Non-Catholic Christians

Last updated on: July 1, 2025 at 9:18 am By Mark Wilson

Truth expressed harshly is not truth but a mere spattering of facts. Facts that don’t penetrate the head or the heart. Truth is meant to be taken into a person’s soul and in order for it to be effectively transmitted in must be expressed charitably and in clarity. It will then most likely express truths twin sister Beauty. Beauty will illuminate truth to the point that both Truth and Beauty together will produce goodness. Truth, Beauty and Goodness will help... Read more

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2025-06-26T00:58:23-05:00

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Devotion to the Sacred Heart

Last updated on: June 26, 2025 at 12:58 am By Mark Wilson

In honor of the Sacred Heart, here is a selection from the Public Domain work The Heart of the Gospel and The Heart of Revelation by Father Francis Patrick Donnelly, SJ, (1911/1917) What Devotion Really Is In discussing devotion to the Sacred Heart there is especial need of remembering what devotion really is and how it may exist without great feeling or many devotional practices. The devotions of the Church have all enriched her emotional language, but none perhaps more so than... Read more

2025-06-26T01:23:54-05:00

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The Blockbuster Summer Movie 45 Years Ago

Last updated on: June 26, 2025 at 1:23 am By Mark Wilson

Muslims, Jews and Christians may not agree on who God is or how to govern countries, but they can agree that a good story well told is worth listening to. With all the strife, turmoil and unpleasantness permeating the news, its good to step back and escape to another world to experience a good well told story. Cinema provides that escape. And the movies of the early 80’s are great examples of that kind of escape. The movies that Gen-xers’s ... Read more

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2026-02-23T14:08:07-05:00

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The Blockbuster Summer Movie Season Started 50 Years Ago

Last updated on: February 23, 2026 at 2:08 pm By Mark Wilson

We all have stress in our lives. The news of the world can come crashing in on us and weigh our brains down with anxiety and woe. Sometimes people feel the need to get away and escape into another world. TV is all fun and good but sometimes you just want to leave the house and sit in a darkened room with complete strangers and watch a big screen spectacle while eating popcorn, Reeces Pieces and drinking a Coke. Movies... Read more

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