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December 2019

December 30, 2019

The Feast of the Holy Family…

...was yesterday: “Waiting for the Wise Men” by Lee Kaercher pic.twitter.com/FHgfYJMh5W— Ron Joseph (@questar1959_ron) January...

December 28, 2019

Nothing Says “Christmas” like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in 9th Century Gregorian Chant

You're welcome!

December 27, 2019

Feast of St. John

There are two ways to read Scripture. One is to strap on skis and take...

December 26, 2019

Seynt Stevene Was a Clerk

SEYNT Stevene was a clerk in kyng Herowdes halle, And servyd him of bred and...

December 25, 2019

Christ’s Nativity

Awake, glad heart! get up and sing! It is the birth-day of thy King. Awake!...

December 24, 2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The...

December 23, 2019

Annunciation

‘Hail, space for the uncontained God’ From the Agathistos Hymn, Greece, VIc We know the scene: the room, variously...

December 21, 2019

You know, I could have Rick-Rolled You

But instead, I chose to do something even joyous and wonderful on this, the last...

December 20, 2019

Brushes with Fame

I did this over on Facebook and it was fun, so I thought it would...

December 19, 2019

The Rise of Cleverdumb

One of the fun things to contemplate is how little more than our ancient ancestors...

December 18, 2019

Magical thinking

Both St. Albert the Great and St. Thomas Aquinas are spinning in their graves: Ohio...

December 17, 2019

Talking with an atheist friend about justice

So a while back, I read yet another horrifying article about the monstrous--and intensely beloved...

December 16, 2019

The Key to My Heart

It's our anniversary today, so I thought I would offer this to my sweetie again:...

December 14, 2019

Since it’s Saturday….

what better to do than offer 1) an analysis of the single greatest short cartoon...

December 13, 2019

“OK Boomer”

As long time readers know, I have always referred to my own generation as Generation...

December 12, 2019

A reader writes about our bizarre medical system for punishing the sick

Sez he: People are being arrested and put in jail in relation to private medical...

December 11, 2019

A reader writes to ponder the work of Pope Francis

Sez he: So, I was thinking the other day about Pope Francis and his relationship...

December 10, 2019

Childlike Liberal Fool in the Vatican invents “eco-sins”

Well the liberal idiots in Rome are at it again: Thou shall not pollute the...

December 09, 2019

A fascinating story of evangelization through art

From Catholic World Report: "Osamu Giovanni Micico had never read the Bible, knew nothing of...

December 07, 2019

What better day than Saturday for an appreciation of Looney Toons?

My pal, Deacon Steven Greydanus, writes an encomium to the sheer greatness of these cartoons...

December 06, 2019

One of my favorite priests is Fr. Jerome Cudden, OP

He used to be on staff at my parish, Blessed Sacrament, in Seattle and was...

December 05, 2019

“Why Call It Progress?”

Over on Twitter, I've had a chance to chat a little bit with Austen Ivereigh,...

December 04, 2019

The And Campaign offers a whole life approach

Say they: Christians, don’t settle for the conservative or progressive narrative about abortion. Watch these...

December 03, 2019

A friend writes from New Zealand

concerning the cultural changes he is seeing there: Yesterday, our Parliament passed a euthanasia bill...

December 02, 2019

Unto Us Child is Born

Here's a little piece I wrote long ago in celebration of both Advent and the...

November 2019

November 30, 2019

One of the Marks of the Diabolical…

...is its perpetual penchant for making simple things complex and complex things simplistic: The Cult...

November 29, 2019

The Catholic Church Made You WEIRD

...and that's a good thing: People in the West are psychologically unlike the rest of...

November 28, 2019

The Mayflower Compact is Good Reading for Thanksgiving

In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall subjects of...

November 27, 2019

Hard Core Traditionalist Eric Giunta Rebuts the “Pachamama” Nonsense One Last Time

Giunta is no fan of Pope Francis by any stretch. But he is honest and...

November 27, 2019

Today’s chance to do a work of mercy

A reader writes: I would like to ask for your prayers for Abner, a boy...

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