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March 2010

March 22, 2010

For Chants Such as These (Music for Mondays)

It's Monday, and looking very gloomy in my neck of the woods. Pop music? Not...

March 19, 2010

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies V

This is your co-pilot once again. It is a beautiful afternoon up here in the...

March 18, 2010

YIMC Book Club, “Mere Christianity,” Week 9

This week we read Book IV, Chapters 9,10, and 11. Can you hear Barry Manilow...

March 17, 2010

“A Prayer for My Daughter” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so we’d best pick an Irish poet for this regular feature—or...

March 16, 2010

For Timely Passages Like These from the LOTH for Today

Its been a while since I did a post on the LOTH, our acronym for...

March 16, 2010

YIMC Book Club Roll Call—Final Exam is Thursday

Wow, around the New Year I said this about C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: He...

March 15, 2010

Introducing Ollabelle (Music for Mondays)

Since hearing them last year on Pandora Radio, I have been a big fan of...

March 15, 2010

For the Love of St. Joseph: A Novena (Day 5)

I can’t imagine living without the saints—real men and women who have proved the Christian...

March 14, 2010

Personal Thoughts on the Scandal on a Sunday

To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the...

March 12, 2010

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies IV

This is your trusty co-pilot checking in again. We are continuing our slow descent and...

March 12, 2010

For the Love of St. Joseph: A Novena (Day 2)

As a reader commented yesterday, when I began a novena in anticipation of his feast...

March 09, 2010

Because Catholics Can Take a Joke

Guest post by Allison Salerno Know any good, tasteful Catholic jokes? On Sunday, the fourth...

March 09, 2010

Because of The Stations of the Cross

One of the dreams my wife and I have is to go on a tour...

March 08, 2010

Because Breast is Best (in honor of International Women’s Day)

Guest post by Allison Quick: Who said this about breastfeeding? “Mothers need time, information and...

March 08, 2010

A Dirty Little Secret (Music for Mondays)

I have a confession to make, a secret to make a Catholic blush. It’s not...

March 05, 2010

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies III

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your co-pilot speaking. The weather is great from what we...

March 05, 2010

Because He Didn’t Promise Us A Rose Garden

Come Easter Vigil, I will have been a Catholic for two full years. It seems...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies II

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your co-pilot once again. We have now descended to 31,000...

February 22, 2010

Thanks to Thomas à Kempis for These Thoughts on Confession

Seemingly, there aren’t enough words to describe the graces we obtain from the Sacrament of...

February 19, 2010

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies

This is your co-pilot speaking. It's been kinda quiet here at YIM Catholic today. Well,...

February 12, 2010

Thoughts on Temperance on a Friday

I've been thinking about these thoughts written by C.S. Lewis in the current YIMC Book...

February 04, 2010

Because We All Serve As Leaders And Followers

I was in the Marines for a long time, both on Active Duty and in...

January 2010

January 31, 2010

Thanks to Anne Rice for Asking This Question

In light of Webster’s recent post regarding the roles and responsibilities of the laity, I...

January 25, 2010

Because I Yearn (Music for Mondays)

As each week goes by, I accumulate clips of music to post on Mondays. I...

January 17, 2010

For All the Saints: Anthony the Great

As I've written before, I'm a big fan of the Desert Fathers. Today, we celebrate...

January 16, 2010

For All the Saints: Macarius the Great

When I was going through the RCIA program as a candidate, the need to choose...

January 15, 2010

Because Tolkien Wrote a Poem Such as This

As Webster puts the wrap on Chesterton's Orthodoxy, I am reminded of GKC’s admonition that...

January 13, 2010

Because Being a Parent is a Vocation

I came across this little quote from one of the Doctors of the Church, St....

January 12, 2010

Thanks to Anu Garg . . . Not

Posted by Frank One of the earliest posts I did upon coming aboard the good...

January 10, 2010

Because of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

I wrote earlier of my thanks for practical instruction on living the Christian life from...