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January 2017

January 06, 2017

A shooting in Florida

Apparently there has been a shooting in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. News is still...

January 02, 2017

RIP William Christopher

As if 2016 needed one more victim, only hours before the year ended, William Christopher...

December 2016

December 22, 2016

Not our modern snowflakes

Donald McClarey, at The American Catholic, has a wonderful post reminding us of one particular...

December 21, 2016

Eternal rest

We don't watch much television. The boys like old reruns and sports. Sometimes a...

December 19, 2016

Terrible

At least nine are killed in another terrorist assault. This time at a Christmas market...

December 17, 2016

RIP Henry Heimlich

Henry Heimlich has died. The inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, I can't guess how many...

December 16, 2016

I think there is one thing that unites all Americans

And it's that we're ready for 2016 to be over. It's been a crazy, roller...

December 11, 2016

God bless the Egyptian Christians who were killed this weekend

The largest attack against the Christian minority in Egypt for some time has claimed the...

December 09, 2016

Happy Birthday Spartacus

I'm Spartacus! Kirk Douglas turns 100 today! He has had an illustrious career, and is one...

December 08, 2016

Godspeed John Glenn

John Glenn, astronaut, senator, hero and all around great guy, has passed. I never knew...

December 01, 2016

Prayers for Tennessee

Wild fires happen, and we're almost used to them along the West Coast. But in...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Prayers and Praise at OSU

There was an attack on the main campus of The Ohio State University, somewhat reminiscent...

November 26, 2016

The best reflection on the death of Fidel Castro

Courtesy of Mark Shea. Yep, that pretty much sums it up. Of course anyone in...

November 24, 2016

Have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving

Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By...

November 22, 2016

Heartbroken

Prayers for the children and families of the horrible school bus accident in Tennessee. Every...

November 21, 2016

Prayers for my Mom: Updated

She has to have some tests tomorrow. Hopefully nothing major, naturally. Prayers would be...

November 21, 2016

Pray for our police

After four different officers were shot across the US on the same day. I...

November 11, 2016

To my favorite veteran

Thanks for the service Dad. I miss you. Prayers for you and all who served so...

November 09, 2016

Trump wins

I was wrong. On both counts. Well, on one. At least per the electoral college,...

November 02, 2016

Today is All Souls’ Day

It ends that three day period that focuses our attention on things beyond this world: All...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

RIP Jack Chick

Jack Chick, famed fundamentalist Christian Cartoonist, has died. God rest his soul. Truth be told,...

October 07, 2016

Busy weekend

It's off to the Renaissance Festival, then yet another local Festival, fun Halloween season excursions,...

October 01, 2016

RIP Jacob Hall

Jacob Hall, the little boy who was shot at a South Carolina school, died today....

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Prayers

For the victims of the earthquake in Italy and the victims of the attack on...

August 21, 2016

Horrible

Not just that over 50 people were slain in the midst of celebration and joy,...

August 18, 2016

Heartbreaking

There are too many more like him. War is never good. War is always the...

August 05, 2016

Pope Francis speaks to the Olympics

And we should all join him in praying for peace and a wonderful celebration of...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Sad

At least sixteen died in a hot air balloon accident. These stories always seem to...

July 26, 2016

God bless Fr Jacques Hamel

The news has been covering this somewhat, but television news is focused mainly on the...

July 22, 2016

Prayers for Munich

It looks like another attack has struck Europe. So far the details are sketchy. God...