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September 06, 2009

"It is consummated."

"Everything" is about nothing. Everything ended with the sacrifice of the Lamb. All is consummated....

August 2009

August 17, 2009

Everything is Different, II

No, I don't mean to tease you, really I don't. I can't wait to tell...

July 2009

July 28, 2009

Benjamin Franklin, We Need You!

Over the years, Franklin had been developing a social outlook that, in its mixture of...

October 2008

October 11, 2008

Vespers Podcast: Am I still fasting?

Someone emailed asking, "are you still" praying and fasting? Yes, I am. But remember -...

October 10, 2008

Mornings are for Prayer & Study

That's actually a Dominican in the picture, but "ora et labora" is the motto of...

October 01, 2008

Morning Prayer October 01

Sorry to say there are a few small mistakes in this podcast, the most glaring...

September 2008

September 22, 2008

Compline for Monday Night; No Chant

And finally, the last podcast; here is Compline for Monday Night. I have linked to...

September 20, 2008

Good advice and more

My mother, Sister David, was ill and in bed, and I was getting ready to...

September 18, 2008

Palin's Email Hack & A Breather…

Sometimes you just have to step back and be a little frivolous, in the face...

June 2008

June 02, 2008

Questions & Comments from the email

From time to time I find similar questions or comments filling the email box and...

March 2008

March 19, 2008

How are you liking HBO's John Adams?

I confess, after excitedly looking forward to HBO's presentation, I am a little disappointed. Not...

March 10, 2008

Hillary, Confessions, Blogs, Popes, Priests & more

Heh. John Hawkins has a post up with 10 reasons why this blog is not...

February 2008

February 11, 2008

150 Years today ago in Lourdes…

Grotto at Lourdes, shamelessly cribbed from Fr. James Martin ...a dirt-poor, uneducated girl saw a...

January 2008

January 29, 2008

"Lourdes" author on EWTN

A few days ago I reviewed this book and highly recommended it. Julie at Happy...

January 29, 2008

“Lourdes” author on EWTN

A few days ago I reviewed this book and highly recommended it. Julie at Happy...

January 08, 2008

Liberal Fascism – provocative through and through?

C'mon, now...that's a provocative cover. The title, daring to use the deplorable label that has...

November 2007

November 27, 2007

“America” gets a blog – UPDATED

A few months ago, the Crisis Magazine abandoned dead trees and began publishing exclusively online....

September 2007

September 10, 2007

Real life keeps intruding on my playtime

Now that my computer seems back on track, I find myself needing to once more...

June 2007

June 14, 2007

Joy and the Saints

I've written often about the wonderful book My Life With the Saints by James Martin,...

June 07, 2007

Corpus Christi; The Body of Christ, Amen

Greg Kandra is the editor of Couric & Co, the blog associated with the CBS...

May 2007

May 28, 2007

These Old Shades; What a thumping good read!

Several times before I have recommended Georgette Heyer to my female readers (although a fella...

December 2006

December 21, 2006

My Last Book Recommendation of 2006 – UPDATED

Spoiled Rotten America: Outrages of Everyday Life, by Larry Milller Comedian/Actor Larry Miller - you...

September 2006

September 12, 2006

Voting to Kill – UPDATED

National Review's Jim Geraghty is a writer with a deft touch; he has a way...

September 04, 2006

Tutto Mozart, Tutto Bryn!

Ah, after Labor Day it's never too soon to start thinking about Christmas, and Bryn...

August 2006

August 22, 2006

Claire and Jamie Fraser, because you asked.

A busy schedule precludes any writing until tonight, but because so many of you asked,...

June 2006

June 28, 2006

“My Life With the Saints” Banners

Courtesy of Loyola Books Rocco has links that lead you to Loyola Press' happy marketing...

March 2006

March 27, 2006

The press gets another one wrong

Or, as Siggy says, so much for the torture flights. There is no evidence the...

March 27, 2006

In this morning’s mail…

My poor, much put-upon husband. He's always after me to do something about all the...

March 27, 2006

A musical occasion of sin…UPDATED

While I would never claim to have the pristine mouth of an angel (I worked...

March 25, 2006

Baseball, O Baseball

This season cannot start soon enough. And in anticipation of it, I am adding this...