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2025-06-17T07:11:46-05:00

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Why Did I Dream About That?

Last updated on: June 17, 2025 at 7:11 am By Mark Wilson

Dreams are weird. They never make sense. Not usually. But sometimes they do. I think I figured out where one of my more interesting dreams came from. Several months back I woke up from a dream wondering ‘Why Did I Dream About That?” In the dream I was in Galveston Texas with my wife. Kristin and I were in a gift shop and I picked out a sweatshirt for $35.00. We went walking around town and I asked her, “do... Read more

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2025-06-16T07:15:03-05:00

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The Pope and the President on Unity

Last updated on: June 16, 2025 at 7:15 am By Mark Wilson

I’m Catholic and the pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. I’m an American and the president is the leader of our nation. Back in the 19th century the reigning pontiff and the reigning president had this to say about the unity of the church and the unity of the nation. June 16, 1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy. Inter Multiplices Pleading for Unity of Spirit Pope BI.... Read more

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2025-06-15T09:20:06-05:00

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A Boy Scout Promises to Honor God

Last updated on: June 15, 2025 at 9:20 am By Mark Wilson

June 12, 2025 is a combination of a day honoring fathers for Fathers day and the Holy Trinity for Trinity Sunday. June 12 is also the anniversary honoring another group of people namely the boy scouts. In the midst of the fierce battle raging in Europe during World War 1, on June 15, 1916 United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. In the Boy... Read more

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2025-06-09T09:30:10-05:00

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Catholics Writing Right Now – June 2025

Last updated on: June 9, 2025 at 9:30 am By Mark Wilson

There are so many Catholics writing so many things that it is hard to keep up, let alone catch up with everything from everybody writing, podcasting and youtubing. Well here is a sampling of some of the various content from a variety of different Catholics writing right now I found interesting and worth sharing. You will find Catholics considered liberal, conservative and everyone in between. The overall purpose of this post is to share what writing I believe shows the... Read more

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2025-06-05T06:04:04-05:00

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Poets Have Been Mysteriously Silent On The Subject Of Cheese

Last updated on: June 5, 2025 at 6:04 am By Mark Wilson

In this essay I will talk about G.K. Chesterton and Cheese, the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln, Bruce Springsteen and America, The latest General Audience from Pope Leo, Talk about new saints, Classic 19th Century Literature the Y.MC.A. and a tip about writing. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller National Cheese Day When I was working at the nursing home yesterday, I gasped when I saw what... Read more

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2025-06-03T03:28:52-05:00

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

Last updated on: June 3, 2025 at 3:28 am By Mark Wilson

Last Time on HOARATS 1889 The Year Of Tolkien’s Wife | A List Of Famous And Not So Famous People Who Were Born And Who Died In 1889 The 1890’s is the decade that ends the 19th century and precedes the 20th century. It was the first full decade that gave us cinema, the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Coke-a-Cola, The Story of a Soul, The Lizzie Borden murders, several new states that were added to the United States, the... Read more

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2025-05-31T07:34:47-05:00

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G. K. Chesterton on Why He Believes in Christianity

Last updated on: May 31, 2025 at 7:34 am By Mark Wilson

Why do some people believe in Christianity and some don’t? G.K. Chesterton has some insights based on why he is a follower and believer in Christ and why he became Catholic. Perhaps it will give you some insight into your own reasons for what you believe. All these quotations are taken from Chesterton’s works which are now in the public domain. Why I Believe In Christianity If I am asked, as a purely intellectual question, why I believe in Christianity,... Read more

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2025-05-29T08:44:04-05:00

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G. K. Chesterton Preeminent Model for the New Evangelization

Last updated on: May 29, 2025 at 8:44 am By Mark Wilson

Normally the end of May on the 29th brings Catholics worldwide the feast day of St. Pope Paul VI . But instead this day is superseded with the celebration of the 2nd Glorious Mystery in which the pope had this to say. Today the martyrology offers this title to our feast: “In monte Oliveti Ascensio Domini nostri Iesu Christi”. The Ascension therefore attracts and fixes the gaze of our souls on this splendid and luminous figure of the Lord, who rises... Read more

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2025-05-28T07:04:50-05:00

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1889 The Year of Tolkien’s Wife

Last updated on: May 28, 2025 at 7:04 am By Mark Wilson

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and future influencers meet on the chronological timeline of earth’s history. 1889: A Year That Changed Art, Faith, And The World | A List Of Events In 1889. In the last several articles I highlighted Notable People Alive In 1889. And now we come to the actually people who were born in 1889. Including the birth of The 20th century’s most infamous mass murder. One of... Read more

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2025-05-19T08:30:26-05:00

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It’s Healthy to Experience Grief

Last updated on: May 19, 2025 at 8:30 am By Guest Contributor

My uncle-in-law just died of Cancer. I am going to his funeral on the day this particular essay is being published. My father-in-law John Nealon just suffered the death of his first sibling, in whom there are 5 in the family. At the wake of one of his friends who died recently, he remarked ‘It’s his generation’s time to die”. My friend Marshall lost his first sibling over a year ago. There are also 5 in his family. He has... Read more

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