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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 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 …...

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 04, 2023

Called to Follow Jesus

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

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...

November 2022

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...

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 22, 2022

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

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

June 2022

June 10, 2022

OU Women Win National Softball Championship!!

OU Women's Softball brought home another national championship last night. This was big news around...

June 10, 2022

Joshua Aaron Live from Jerusalem

I love Joshua Aaron's music. This was filmed live, in Jerusalem.

June 09, 2022

Our Father in Jesus’ Own Language.

The Our Father in Aramaic. The language Jesus spoke.

June 07, 2022

All you have to fear is being shot anywhere you go.

All you have to fear is being shot anywhere you go. Internet meme. Today's...

May 2022

May 27, 2022

What if it was You?

I am an Okie. I grew up with guns. I have no problem with gun...

May 19, 2022

I Believe What the Church Teaches.

"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ,...

April 2022

April 22, 2022

Dorothy Day: A Catholic for Today.

Dorothy Day is a Catholic for our day and all days. Jesus said, "If...

April 22, 2022

Gregorian Chants. Feel the Peace.

April 21, 2022

Being Pro Life Means Helping Women.

The moral underpinning of the pro life movement has nothing to do with punishing women....

April 08, 2022

Americans Need More than Performative Lent and Easter Bunny Resurrection

A normal Lent for American Catholics is drenched in petty personal piety and nonsensical “sacrifice”...

April 07, 2022

Ave Maria

Ave Maria. Enjoy.

April 02, 2022

Women have the power to give life. Don’t let misogyny steal it.

Children are a gift that keeps on giving. I remember when I was young and...

March 2022

March 22, 2022

Congressman Jim Jordan Wants to “Remember” Kavanaugh

I just have to write a brief comment about this. The photo above is a...

March 22, 2022

Putin’s Patriarch and Pope Francis: Darkness and Light.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis of Rome held a virtual meeting a few...

March 08, 2022

Biden Bans Russian Fuel.

President Biden is banning Russian fuel from import to America because of the war Putin...

March 04, 2022

I’m an Angry, Bad Catholic Writing a Catholic Blog.

My attempts at blogging have been few and far between for quite some time now. ...

June 2021

June 21, 2021

Politicians the Church Did NOT Excommunicate: Who Got a Pass?

The following is a very short, off-the-cuff list of Catholic politicians that the Church did...

June 18, 2021

Bishops Move to Excommunicate the Prez.

The Catholic bishops voted to move ahead with a document that could lead to excommunicating...

June 15, 2021

Render Unto to Ceasar … What Did Jesus Teach About Church and State?

“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are...