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January 2011

January 23, 2011

Who Is Jesus Christ? by Eric Sammons (A Book Review)

—Feast of Blessed Mother Marianne CopeYesterday I wrote about classic books in the packs and...

January 18, 2011

Because, Believe It Or Not, It’s Easy

How many high school seniors do you know who have a blog? To narrow that...

January 15, 2011

Because the Church is Paradoxically Consistent

—Feast of St. Macarius the Great The other day I wrote about the dictionary meanings for...

January 13, 2011

For All the Meanings of the Word “Catholic”

-Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers My God isn't too small, but I sure am. For...

January 08, 2011

Because The Church Militant Transforms Us

—Originally posted back in July, perhaps you will give it a second look on this...

January 07, 2011

For All the Saints: Angela of Foligno

-Feast of Blessed Angela of Foligno The other day I shared with you the story of...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

For New Years Resolutions Like This: Choose A Patron Saint for 2011

Earlier today I mentioned that I was dipping into the Communion of Saints for inspiration....

December 25, 2010

Because It Was Time: A Confession on Why I Killed Santa Claus

There is a killing that I won't need to bring to my parish priests' attention...

December 19, 2010

For the Example and Witness of Charles Péguy

I've got a buddy who is a blogger, a fellow by the name of Webster...

November 2010

November 09, 2010

From the Time Capsule: The Making of a Chinese Nun, circa 1917.

Here is something I stumbled upon recently. It's from the year 1917, when even in...

November 08, 2010

Thanks to Cat Stevens (Music for Mondays)

One of my old "friends" from my teenage years was British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. I...

November 06, 2010

For Thoughts Like These from François Nepveu, S.J.

—Feast of All Saints of Africa I love discovering devotional works that bring the Catholic perspective...

November 05, 2010

Because Life is Like an Epic Poem (Not a Report Card)

—Feast of St. Zachary Report cards used to be a once every nine week event....

November 02, 2010

Because Kenelm Henry Digby Could Write Such A Poem

Are you interested in Christian chivalry? You could do worse than read the works of...

October 2010

October 25, 2010

Thanks to Steve Miller (Music for Mondays)

My wife and I recently celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary. We both had this in...

October 24, 2010

For Thoughts Like This on a Sunday

—Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret Humanity is one in spite of the national boundaries...

October 22, 2010

For All the Saints: Philip of Heraclea & Companions

There are many saints on the calendar for today, but I'd like to share with...

October 13, 2010

Ave Maris Stella, A Poem and a Prayer

The poem below was written by a Scot by the name of John Leyden (1775...

October 08, 2010

Because I’m Billy Jack (Not Francis of Assisi)

A while back, I wrote a post where I said that I became a Catholic...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

A Poem And A Prayer on Michaelmas

Today is the Feast of St. Michael and the Archangels, also known as Michaelmas. I...

September 27, 2010

Four for the Day (Music for Mondays)

It's raining, it's Monday, and Summer is officially over. That about sums it up for...

September 27, 2010

For Dom Lou’s Thoughts on The Effects of Secularization in China

—Feast of St. Vincent de Paul I just finished reading Lou Tseng-Tsiang's Ways of Confucius...

September 26, 2010

Because I Was a Stow-Away

Noah built an ark, and Christ built His Church. Hope floats. For a long time,...

September 24, 2010

Because of Thoughts Like These by Blaise Pascal

—Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham About a month ago, Webster wrote a post about...

September 22, 2010

“Sensitiveness” A Poem By Blessed John Henry Newman

Sensitiveness Time was, I shrank from what was right, From fear of what was wrong;...

September 20, 2010

Seal II (Music for Mondays)

A while back, I wrote a post about my Mustang's harmonic balancer. It turned out...

September 17, 2010

For Thoughts On Death by Robert Bellarmine

—Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine Today we celebrate the feast of the saint whose portrait...

September 15, 2010

The Streamlet’s Song (A Few Words for Wednesday)

—Feast of Our Lady of SorrowsI found this little poem, by a forgotten poet, in...

September 14, 2010

For the Catholic View of Love

Yesterday was Monday and as such I did a music post. The subject was love,...

September 13, 2010

Love: Three Minus One (Music for Mondays)

—Feast of St. John ChrysostomLove: Agape, Storge, Phileo, Eros. The four Greek words for love....