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December 2008

December 19, 2008

Polish seminaries circa 1955…

December 19, 2008

profession …

December 19, 2008

something more my speed…

... the girly indie pop didn't go over well. Perhaps this is more up to...

December 18, 2008

you must read this…

...Namrata Nayak's face was disfigured when when Hindu extremists bombed her home last August, looking...

December 18, 2008

not typically my kind of thing…

... girly indie pop; but I can't help liking her. She recorded this latest CD...

December 18, 2008

Hail…

...and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born...

December 18, 2008

the reign of immorality…

... Why doesn't The Furer-elect just take the entire corrupted state of Illinois and relocate...

December 18, 2008

who needs Fed Ex when you got angels …

... I have been beseeching St. Gabriel the Anrchangel for his intercession on the speedy...

December 18, 2008

monk gazing in rome…

... circa 1940.

December 17, 2008

veni, veni emmanuel…

December 16, 2008

Christ-mass…

Next time I hear a Protestant complain about taking "Christ" out of Christmas I'm going...

December 16, 2008

caption contest…

December 16, 2008

if you’re anything like me…

... money's tight & you can't cook for jack.

December 16, 2008

meet James…

... this is James. James is what happens when men are the spiritual heads of...

December 15, 2008

funny how an entire sub-culture…

... who demands society normalize their dysfunction and claim to not be defined solely on...

December 13, 2008

memory eternal…

...In blessed repose grant eternal rest, O Lord, to Your ever-remembered servant Cardinal Avery Dulles,...

December 11, 2008

get rid of every impediment…

Christ said "My child, My grace is precious and will not be mingled with earthly...

December 10, 2008

sigh…

Carmelite novices taking vows c.1944

December 10, 2008

end of an era…

... Hallowed Ground.

December 09, 2008

sorry, we’re closed…

... have you ever had that feeling, at the end of particularly trying day, where...

December 09, 2008

today my patience is being tried…

... tried by the man with a mouth full of gold teeth and carved head...

December 08, 2008

the duel nature of Christ and the Immaculate Conception…

BellegambeMany converts have problems with various Marian dogmas. It is a common obstacle, one that...

December 08, 2008

Tota pulchra es! O Mary, thou art all fair, unstained by original sin…

Juan Antonia de Fras y Escalante

December 08, 2008

sinless from the first moment of conception…

Collect: Father, You prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy mother of your Son....

December 06, 2008

liberalism, a psychological disorder…

...the kind of liberalism being displayed by both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton can only...

December 06, 2008

ora et labora…

December 06, 2008

Saint Nicholas …

The Birth and Charity of St. Nicholas, Fra AngelicoCalming the storm, Fra AngelicoDeath of St....

December 06, 2008

Happy St. Nicholas Day…

December 04, 2008

schizophrenic…

... bouncing between the two calendars of the Roman and Eastern Rite can leave one...

December 04, 2008

Saint Barbara, thou noble bride…

...To thee my body I confide As well in life as at life's end. Come,...