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December 2012

December 12, 2012

Another Trappist Beer Coming Soon to a Bar Near You?

Maybe. You see, my wife alerted me to this story on NPR about needy Cistercian...

December 12, 2012

Because The Case for Marian Devotion Is Iron-Clad

On the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, it's a good time for a little...

December 11, 2012

God is a Crazy Farmer, And I Am His Plowman

My fields are vast, and yet small. My plot is so tiny, in fact, that...

December 10, 2012

Because of Thomas Merton, OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)

This is part VII of my conversion story, tagged as 2BFrank in the Tag Cloud....

December 09, 2012

Thoughts on the Sanctity of Life Triggered by Seeing the Film “Lincoln” on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

How does one believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and then...

December 08, 2012

For the Incorruptible, Bilocating, Blue Nuns’ Vision of the Immaculate Conception UPDATED

—Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary I'm always the last one to...

December 07, 2012

Because Alfred Hitchcock Died A Catholic

Given that Alfred Hitchcocks' life has been in the news of late, what with the...

December 07, 2012

As We Commemorate the Beginning of the Last Just War…

Feast of St. Ambrose I am reminded of the things the digital age will completely...

December 06, 2012

The Guttmacher Institute Gets Gutshot by the Kid

Remember the bratpack cowboy flick Young Guns? Emilio Estevez played the part of Billy "the...

December 05, 2012

Judge Cogan Allows NY Archdiocese Lawsuit Against HHS Mandate to Continue UPDATED

Back in May, the Archdiocese of New York filed suit against the Department of Health...

December 04, 2012

Capital vs. Labor and the Ruling Class vs. the Rest of Us = the Same Thing

Folks are starting to take notice of this development. Catholic social teaching has always noticed...

December 03, 2012

The Pope Gets a Twitter Account…

and roughly 264,000+ people(and climbing) join TMIMITW and say, "I will follow." Sing it fellas!...

December 03, 2012

Climb Aboard the Advent Conspiracy Bandwagon

I fully support, and approve of, the following message. Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More...

December 01, 2012

“All That Remains” Praise Report

Just a brief note to say Thank You to everyone who gave to the latest (and...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Because of Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) UPDATED

This was written three years ago by my (then) blogging partner, Webster Bull. Given all...

November 27, 2012

A Prayer For A Friend In Need

Psalm 42, of David As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul...

November 26, 2012

For Thoughts On Lectio Divina Prompted by An Interview With Daniel Day-Lewis

On my commute home the other day, I heard an interview on the radio that...

November 26, 2012

It’s Cyber Monday, So Put Your Hard Earned Money Here

A few days back, I asked readers to contribute five whole dollars (each) to help...

November 25, 2012

Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon

Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...

November 21, 2012

About The Palestinian Christians in Gaza…UPDATED

See the photograph above? There are about 10,000 Christians who live in Gaza, you know....

November 21, 2012

From T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

T.S. Eliot has been lauded in this space before. You see, he moved on...

November 20, 2012

Because Takashi Nagai Could Give Such A Speech

The other day, I posted about a film being made about the life of Dr. Takashi...

November 19, 2012

Federal Judge Upholds Santa Monica’s Decision, So Palisades Park Goes Naked This Year UPDATED

It's basically the scorched earth policy of tolerance, as the Santa Monica City Council banned...

November 19, 2012

Best.Beer.Commercial.Ever.

Stella Artois with a passel of ice-skating priests. They send the novice on a beer...

November 19, 2012

The Crowd Favorite at the Sci-Fi Air Show

I admit it. I love airshows. I snapped the photograph below when we went to...

November 18, 2012

Explore 100,000 Stars (Because Catholics Can Dig Science)

Yes, it is just what you needed. A three-dimensional star map of the Milky Way...

November 18, 2012

Because Takashi Nagai Said Stuff Like This…

It's just another reason to throw a few bucks towards helping bringing the story of...

November 17, 2012

The Sun Continues To Be Uncontrolled By Us, Throws Out Another Mass Ejection

We ought to write a law or something. Put some lobbyists to work on curbing...

November 16, 2012

World Order Does It Again

I've sung the praises of the Genki Sudo's performance art group World Order in this...

November 16, 2012

Help Me Make This Movie…Redux!

This is your cub film producer with a short post to pass the hat around...