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June 2024

June 05, 2024

Jesus Died for You.

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of...

May 2024

May 09, 2024

Ascension Day: When Jesus Began Working from Home

Ascension Day is the day that Jesus started working from home. I saw a meme...

May 07, 2024

Viet Nam was America’s War. The Middle East War is Not.

Senator Bernie Sanders made a very stupid comment a few days ago. He said that...

May 02, 2024

Jesus loves you. He will accept you. Just as you are.

Never to pay attention to the vessel in which I send you my grace …...

March 2024

March 01, 2024

God has Given You a Life. Use it with Love.

One of the many pleasures of these years of infirmity and advancing age is the...

February 2024

February 28, 2024

Pope Frances Says Ban Surrogacy. I Say Stop the $$.

“I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation...

February 19, 2024

Female Genital Mutilation: Why Aren’t You a Feminist?

Women are raped, murdered, mutilated, sold as slaves, forced into marriage, forced to submit to...

February 15, 2024

It’s been Four Months since Everything Changed.

It’s been 4 months since everything changed. I woke up. It was around 3 am....

November 2023

November 07, 2023

What of the Palestinians?

So … what of the Palestinians? I recently wrote a post discussing the sudden onslaught...

November 07, 2023

Jewish Americans are Stunned by Sudden Rise of Anti-Semitism

I have read comments by Jewish people expressing their dismay that the far left has...

October 2023

October 17, 2023

Today is a Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Holy Land

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has called for Christians worldwide to join...

October 16, 2023

Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem Offers to Exchange Himself for Hostages

“I am ready for an exchange, anything, if this can lead to freedom, to bring...

October 12, 2023

Once Again, America is the Arsenal of Democracy.

Americans can be proud of the way President Biden has handled both the war in...

October 11, 2023

God help us to conquer the menace of evil.

We are swimming in a sea of evil. The pillars of civilized society are shaken...

October 09, 2023

Israel, America and the Price of Political Chaos

Israel has been attacked and hundreds Israeli citizens are dead. Many others have been taken...

October 04, 2023

Called to Follow Jesus

Following Jesus Christ, the real Jesus Christ, and living by the light of the Holy...

August 2023

August 25, 2023

Is Trump’s Nomination for President Inevitable? Thinking through the Numbers.

Trump has been the projected winner of the Republican presidential nomination since before he announced...

July 2023

July 26, 2023

Is ET Dipping and Dodging and Playing Footsie with Us?

Today, the House held a bi-partisan hearing on UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), or, as we...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

Bishops and Priests: Jesus is the Answer

Woe to you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the...

November 2022

November 16, 2022

Did the Bishops Stick their Thumb in the Pope’s Eye?

Are the United States Catholic bishops declaring war on Pope Francis? I don’t know anything...

November 15, 2022

Did COVID Death Rates Change this Election?

I haven’t heard any discussion of one of the more obvious points concerning this year’s...

November 14, 2022

I Knew the Election Would Be Close. Here’s How I Figured It Out.

I’ve been watching talking heads “explain” the election results for days now. I get the...

November 01, 2022

St Thomas More Committed Sins for a Political Church

I chose St Thomas More for my name saint. Since I spent much of my...

October 2022

October 14, 2022

Being Catholic does not mean that you have to be stupid, ignorant, superstitious and dead.

My Patheos colleague, Fr Matthew Schneider wrote a post about the anti-vax statements being made...

October 13, 2022

Jury Spares Parkland Shooter. He Gets Life.

The Parkland school shooter, who murdered 17 people and maimed many others, dodged the death...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

do not go gentle

Do not go gentle into that good night Do not go gentle into that good...

August 24, 2022

In a Huge Pro Family Move, Biden Gives Student Debt Relief

President Biden just gave a huge help to young families all across this country. It...

August 22, 2022

So, are “bullet rosaries” a thing or not?

So … are bullet rosaries “a thing” or did somebody make it up? Atlantic...

August 14, 2022

I Heard the Bomb.

I heard the bomb. The blast rattled the windows of my house. I heard...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

Peter or Judas? Which one will you follow?

In the face of this deplorable evil, the church kneels before God and implores his...