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October 2014

October 06, 2014

Everything You Need To Know About The Extraordinary Synod Process In 5 Minutes…

Forget the bloviating. Avoid the hyperventilating. Sidestep the handwringing. That is Joe Six-Pack's plan for...

October 06, 2014

This Is My Dog. Your Argument Is Invalid

What argument, you say? All of 'em.

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 21, 2014

My Thoughts On The Appointment Of Bishop Cupich To Chicago…

Joe Six-Pack will be brief. Any questions? I really sleep well at night, too. Here...

September 18, 2014

Because Joseph of Cupertino Could Fly

—Feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino A few years ago, the world was held in...

September 17, 2014

Mother Church Is Looking For A Few Good Men…

Support Vocation Boom to help in the Churches recruiting effort. Roll clip, Lucky folks who donate...

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...

September 06, 2014

Joe Six-Pack’s Succinct Thoughts On ISIS, Archbishop Sheen, The Whirlwind At The Archdiocese of Pravda, And MOAR

It's been a weird month so far in the internet version of Catholiclandia and we're...

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 25, 2014

James Foley’s Last Letter: Prayers, Family, and Love

Throughout my Marine Corps career, I wrote many letters home to my family. I...

August 22, 2014

The #1 Reason Why I Am Giving The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge The Cold Shoulder…

Because I'm a jerk. That, and because Jesus said this, When you give alms, do...

August 22, 2014

The Obama Administration Issues Revision #8 To The HHS Mandate

Of course, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has the scoop. This is what  Lori Windham,...

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 19, 2014

James Foley, Marquette ’96, Writing On The Power Of Prayer UPDATED

The reports are flooding in that journalist James Foley has been beheaded by the terrorists...

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 13, 2014

This Thai Life Insurance Commercial “Gets” Marriage

To have and to hold, from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer,...

August 13, 2014

Because Of The Holy See’s Diplomatic Corps

It's been a long time since I titled a post with that starts with the...

August 12, 2014

Tune In To “A Closer Look” Tonight As A Passel Of Catholics Talk About ISIS, Iraq, And What It All Means

I'll be joining the panel tonight at 6 pm ET talking about Iraq, Middle East persecution...

August 11, 2014

Pope Francis: ISIS Onslaught “offends God and offends humanity.”

Listen to our brothers and sisters. Listen to our shepherd. That our adversaries believe it...

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 07, 2014

“Brothers, I call upon you in the name of humanity, rescue us!”

Yesterday, the Catholic Church as a whole set aside a day of prayer for the...

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...

August 04, 2014

Because I Don’t Deserve The Graces That Have Been Bestowed Upon Me, Including Folks Reading This Blog

You'll probably want to stop checking in on my blog now, seeing as I don't...

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 24, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim Meets Pope Francis In Rome

And she receives a blessing from il Papa. Vatican Radio has the story. Meriam Ibrahim,...

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...