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January 2010

January 27, 2010

Anchoress and Benedict on NPR

If any of you happen to be near a radio at about 6:55 ET, turn...

January 23, 2010

What Does Obama Like About America?

We know all the things the Obama administration dislikes about America: Banks, business, journalists who...

January 19, 2010

A Discussion Among the Deaf

Dialogue first comes into being where there is not only speech but also listening. Moreover,...

January 13, 2010

Faith is always a path

Faith in God is not a form of knowledge that can be learned like chemistry...

January 08, 2010

Bad Day, Good Readings

"The temptation to acedia is an invitation to abandon involvement and leave the pangs of...

January 06, 2010

Funk, Priesthood, Military & Jobs – UPDATED

I know that header could describe the state of the whole nation, right now; we're...

December 2009

December 22, 2009

Let Your Light So Shine Before Men

Writer Ada Calhoun has come out" as a Christian. (H/T HotAir) I especially liked this...

December 21, 2009

Wrapping our heads around the world at Christmas

So, Bookworm is sounding bummed out as she is quoting Mark Steyn: The liberal wing...

December 16, 2009

King, Bridegroom Self-Immolating Lover

Thumbing through Benedictus last night, I read two excerpts from the pen of our good...

December 16, 2009

Benedict and Obama and You and I

Earlier I wrote of President Obama's distant chill: Perhaps Obama, turning inwardly protective, rather than...

November 2009

November 08, 2009

The shadow of the jackboot…

I have only just begun to read news about The Ghastly Mrs. Pelosi's machinations, or...

October 2009

October 20, 2009

Pope: Anglicans, Liturgy, Welcome! UPDATED

As I and others guessed yesterday, the announcements coming out of Rome and London today...

September 2009

September 21, 2009

Artists choice: Obama/NEA or the Pope -UPDATED

Sorry, I know I'm supposed to be actually working on the paying stuff, but this...

September 16, 2009

Flowers Before His Majesty!

Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who...

September 03, 2009

The Leadership Void; we need St. Benedict

Deacon Greg sent this my way, noting, "this is extraordinary, and the piece mentions you,...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

"The stuff priests are made of…" UPDATED

Wow, a great photo via the Crescat, who recounts the story she found here and...

July 2009

July 20, 2009

No, you can't see the numbers; the King is a Fink

The King is a Fink by Parker & Hart So, the White House is not...

July 17, 2009

Obama, "no excuses," Boxer inexcusable – UPDATED

I like this clip of President Obama speaking forcefully and passionately, and I think, from...

July 16, 2009

Defending Nuns, Popes, Freedom, Life…

Some interesting pieces and subjects that I have been too busy to post on this...

June 2009

June 29, 2009

What we give away; what we keep

I wrote the other day about how easily and thoughtlessly we give ourselves away, and...

May 2009

May 16, 2009

Post Pope, Israel may support 2-state solution – UPDATED

The AP is reporting thusly: On the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's crucial visit...

May 16, 2009

Gentle Ben in the Holy Land

My latest piece for Pajamas Media is up this morning, entitled Pope Brings his Gentle...

May 11, 2009

An Exceedingly Interesting Round-up

You will like this round-up of links. No, seriously, you will; it is full of...

May 11, 2009

Benedict Walks out on Sheikh

Pope Benedict XVI made a really wonderful speech to the "sons of Abraham." After a...

May 07, 2009

Catholic talkin' sex

There, thought that header would get your attention. Christopher West is on ABC's "Nightline" tonight...

May 06, 2009

"…I prayed my way into thinking."

This I understand. "The truth is that I did not think my way into praying....

May 05, 2009

"Make it stop…"

If you have never seen it, and I am betting you have not, do yourself...

April 2009

April 30, 2009

St. Catherine’s Sons and Daughters

"If you are what you should be, you will set the world on fire" -...

April 27, 2009

The "Truth;" There is only One – UPDATE

The image is - according to the press release, meant to be deliberately ambiguous: we...

April 26, 2009

Grace; The Baggage Handler*

I love this simple definition of grace from Dom Augustin Guillerand, O. Cart, a French...