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October 2014

October 20, 2014

Cardinal Kasper Kind Of, Sort Of, Apologizes (Maybe)…

“If one of my remarks about Africans was perceived as demeaning or insulting, then I...

October 17, 2014

“And When Cardinal Kasper Lied At The Synod, I Stopped Listening To Him At All.”

That's a direct quote from me, Joe Six-Pack, USMC. If you don't know what I'm...

October 09, 2014

Pope Francis Demonstrates The Proper Way To Return A Salute

There is so much that heads of state can learn from this Head of State.

October 04, 2014

God Made The Little Spider, That In Turn Made This Amazing Web…

Unfortunately, most of it has broken and what is left can barely be seen. But...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

I’ve Been On Retreat, Climbing A Mountain With An Elevation Of 6,500 RPM…

You probably think I'm off my rocker, but given how unsatisfying this month was shaping...

September 12, 2014

Leah Libresco Casually Dates The Disney Princes… (Friday Funnies)

My blog neighbor Leah loves musicals. Leah writes a lot about some strange phenomenon she...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Catholics, Political Ideologies, And A Song That Explains Our Place On The Grid

Courtesy of Professor Tobin Grant, blogging on faith and politics for the Religion News Service....

August 20, 2014

Lines By The Forgotten Member Of The Chesterbelloc (A Few Words For Wednesday)

What? There is a third person in the Chesterbelloc? George Bernard Shaw forgot someone? Exactly,...

August 16, 2014

Keep Calm, And Keep Praying. We Aren’t Abandoning The Persecuted In Iraq UPDATED

On Thursday, President Obama gave a brief speech that raised the hackles of folks...

August 08, 2014

As The World Seems To Claim That God Is Dead, He Speaks To Us Today Via The Prophet Nahum

Surely I'm not the first to notice how oftentimes, through the daily readings, or...

August 07, 2014

ISIS: Modern Day Iconoclasts Bent On Cleansing Islam Of Idolatry

The wildflower that has sprung up in the power vacuums created in the Syrian and...

August 05, 2014

When Spring Came, I Cut My Fig Tree Down. Then, God Took Over…

A couple of years back, I shared a post here about my love of figs...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Want To Hear Christian Joy? Listen To The Singing In Kirkuk Cathedral…

The little video below comes via Natalia Trouiller's Facebook page. She is accompanying the delegation...

July 29, 2014

Source of Global Climate Change Found (And It Almost Killed Us All)!

The New York Post, and a few other news outlets, are now running the story...

July 27, 2014

Psalm 119, The Hebrew Letter נ (Nun), And A Prayer

As Christians around the globe adopt the Arabic letter ن‎ (nun) as their profile pictures on...

July 23, 2014

Protesters In Baghdad: “I am Christian, Sunni, Shiite, Kurd, Mandean,Yazidi, and I am Iraqi”

ISIS thugs may attempt to kill and intimidate their way to power, but that will...

July 12, 2014

Because I Can Learn A Lot From Tim Harris

If you're ever in Albuquerque, New Mexico, put this restaurant on top of your "must...

July 12, 2014

Because of the Note Sewn In Blaise Pascal’s Coat

My buddy Blaise Pascal is a lot like me. That is, excepting the obvious fact...

July 10, 2014

How Mark Shea Gets Back And Forth To His Hidden Island Redoubt…

Simplicity itself. He takes his Honda. Roll clip, They're a tad on the expensive side,...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

As A Wise Man Once Said, “Everyone Needs An Editor”

You know who should know this especially? Journalists. And engineers who work on itegrated...

June 19, 2014

Because of Divine Frivolity

Times are tough all over. First we had the economic meltdown to contend with. Now...

June 19, 2014

Why Erasmus Stayed Catholic (A Few Thoughts For Thursday)

I have never been an apostate from the Catholic Church. I know that in this...

June 18, 2014

Were The Tuam Children Denied Baptism?

That was one of the damning charges of the story that rolled out of Ireland...

June 17, 2014

I’m Going To Go Out On A Limb Here, And Say I Prefer My Parish Priest To Be Armed Like Sheriff Andy Taylor

Which is to say without any temporal weapons. Unfortunately, the tragedy in the FSSP parish...

June 15, 2014

The Quest For The Origins Of The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

What is the deal with celebrating Trinity Sunday? After all, isn't every Mass a celebration...

June 12, 2014

N.T. Wright On Reality, Gay Marriage, And Being On The Wrong Side Of History

Over at First Things, Matthew Schmitz shared a video, and transcribed a rough draft of...

June 07, 2014

A Clarification About The Deaths Of 800 Children In Tuam, Ireland, And More…UPDATED

...rolls of the presses of The Irish Times. Writing therein, Rosita Boland teases out...

June 06, 2014

Remembering, With Gratitude, The D-Day Sacrifices Of The Fallen

Pope Francis remembers, and is grateful. Francis praised "the numerous soldiers who left their country...

June 05, 2014

The Monk’s Life, In One Paragraph (A Few Thoughts For Thursday)

What follows is from Thomas Merton's translation of sayings from the Desert Fathers, The Wisdom...

June 04, 2014

An Alabama Ministry Uses A Quote From Hitler On Their Billboard?

Now why didn't we think of that?* A billboard at the Village Mall in Auburn,...