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April 2011

April 08, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies V

-Feast of St. Julie Billiart It is getting towards the end of the Season of...

April 07, 2011

Because the Proof of Ayn Rand’s Pudding, Is In the Eating

-Feast of St. John Baptist de la Salle About a month ago, I wrote a...

April 05, 2011

Because Confession Puts Us Back Together

Does everyone remember "The Kid?" That's what I call Marc Barnes who blogs over at...

April 01, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies IV

-Feast of St. Hugh of Grenoble It's roughly the midpoint of Lent. Unlike last Friday,...

April 01, 2011

Because the Disciples Were Just Like You (Friday Funnies)

Let me start this post with a hat-tip to Brandon Vogt, convert and Catholic blogger...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

For Napoleon’s Answer to the Question “Who Is Jesus Christ?”

-Feast of St. Berthold Back in January, I reviewed Eric Sammon's book, Who Is Jesus...

March 27, 2011

For Bernard of Clairvaux’s Bible Reading Program to Make Sense of the World

—Feast of St. John of Egypt Back in October of last year, I shared thoughts...

March 25, 2011

Because God’s Not Gonna Call You on the Phone

Dwija Borobia, 30, her husband, and their four young children decided to buy a house...

March 25, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at The Movies III

Today is a Feast Day (and all that this implies)! What better way to celebrate...

March 25, 2011

Because Mary Said “May It Be Done to Me”

Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of Our Lord. Before I was a Catholic,...

March 23, 2011

For 10 Things To Do While Fr. Corapi is on Leave

Joe Six-Pack, USMC here, also known as “the Worst Consumer of Catholic Media on the...

March 19, 2011

Because of the Way This Desert Father Handled a Calumny

—Feast of St. Joseph There are scandals, and rumors of scandals and there always will...

March 18, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at The Movies II

As I have alluded to before, our 11-year-old son and a classmate are up to...

March 17, 2011

For Stories Like This On St. Patrick’s Day

This is a strange St. Patrick's Day for me. That's because my children are on...

March 15, 2011

For All the Saints: Louise de Marillac

Earlier this morning, I posted a book review in which the author states that one...

March 15, 2011

A View from the Back Pew (A Book Review)

—Feast of St. Louise de Marillac As long-time readers of this blog know, we like books around...

March 12, 2011

Because There Is Good News

You have heard it said, "it is always darkest before the dawn," and you have...

March 11, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies

I had this idea last year to feature movies on Friday nights during Lent. I...

March 10, 2011

Because “Atlas Shrugged” is not “the Sermon on the Mount”

On this second day of Lent, I have a couple of videos to share with...

March 09, 2011

Because Yes, You Can Go Without Food For A Day (Or Two)

The Season of Lent has begun and Catholics are required to fast today (Ash Wednesday)...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

For Lessons on Lying from “The Catechism Made Easy” (with a Little Help from the Rolling Stones)

The subject of "lying for Jesus," as Mark Shea puts it, has been rolling through...

February 25, 2011

For All the Sacramentals, The Way of the Cross

—Feast of St. Tarasius The Lenten season is just around the corner, and one of the...

February 21, 2011

To Remember to be Childlike (An Artful Reminder)

This morning my wife shared a video with me from a Japanese "pop" group that...

February 19, 2011

For Faith in Action: Live Action and the Lord of the Rings

Feast of St. Alvarez of Corova I know. This is a weird title for a...

February 16, 2011

A Chinese “Spiritual” (A Few Words For Wednesday)

Feast of St. Onesimus I've been reading John C.H. Wu's The Interior Carmel: The Threefold...

February 12, 2011

For the Psalms and Spring, Family and Sports

—Feast of St. Buonfiglio Monaldo It is getting ready to be a very busy time for...

February 09, 2011

From a Poem by George Santayana (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Feast of St. Teilo I think you will be surprised by this, because I...

February 04, 2011

For All the Saints: Joseph of Leonissa

Today is the feast day of St. Joseph of Leonissa (Feb. 4, 1612). He was...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Matt Maher & More (Music for Mondays)

Feast of St. John Bosco A while back, I did a music post on Matt Maher,...

January 27, 2011

For Faith In Action: The March For Life (Part II)

Chapter 3: The Youth Mass for Life. When the idea to come to the March...