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December 2012

December 20, 2012

O Clavis David (Key of David)

“O Key of David, O royal Power of Israel controlling at your will the gate...

December 19, 2012

Tissue Alert! Read This And Weep

“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not...

December 19, 2012

Christmas Comes Early For Religious Colleges Fighting HHS Mandate

While crickets are chirping from purveyors of important news, here's the scoop on another victory...

December 19, 2012

O Radix Jesse (Root of Jesse)

“O Flower of Jesse’s stem, you have been raised up as a sign for all...

December 17, 2012

An Advent Prayer

By Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the...

December 16, 2012

A Mother Asks, Will We Have the Courage to Discuss Mental Illness Too? UPDATED

It's Sunday morning in the aftermath of another national gun-related tragedy. We collectively lift up...

December 15, 2012

To Mourn and Embrace Pain in the Present Moment

When words fail, and our hearts are not still, what can we do? When tragedy...

December 12, 2012

Cardinal Dolan Notes Media Silence on Recent Court Decision

Though regular readers here, on New Advent, and at Stand With the US Bishops Against...

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 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 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 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 16, 2012

Help Me Make This Movie…Redux!

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

November 15, 2012

The Tragic Death of Savita Halappanavar UPDATED

The news of the tragic passing of Savita Halappanavar is burning up the wires and stirring...

November 15, 2012

Your Favorite Film Producer Is $5.00 Short…

What's that? You forgot that I was your favorite film producer? Say it ain't so,...

November 14, 2012

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Douai College

A few days back, we learned about the Bond family and their recusant Catholic past....

November 12, 2012

Quote of the Week from Cardinal Dolan

The premier answer to the question "What's wrong with the world?" "what's wrong with the...

November 12, 2012

For His Majesty’s Secret Service: Agent Henry Morse, SJ

About a week ago, I reported that the world thought the Vatican got all starry-eyed...

November 10, 2012

Happy 237th Birthday, Leathernecks!

Here's a quote for the feast day, from an unlikely source. You cannot exaggerate about...

November 07, 2012

Wisdom from Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist

Now that the presidential election is over, some of you may be feeling listless after...

November 07, 2012

After the Election, What Really Matters…UPDATED

There will be much post-election chatter to keep us occupied for days, if not weeks....

November 04, 2012

Help Homeless Youth in Alaska

Alison Kear, from out of Anchorage, Alaska way, sent me a note about an opportunity...

November 04, 2012

News Flash: Dead Chinese Jesuit Befriends Catholic Blogger

You may remember my friend named Wu Li, SJ. I introduced him to you in...

November 02, 2012

I Approve of the Following Message. Do You?

Protect our First Freedom, America. It's what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would want us...

November 02, 2012

New USCCB Website Launched to Inform the Culture on the Importance of Religious Liberty

One of the salient points critics of our bishops' stance on the HHS Mandate fail...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Christian Bale Speaks His Mind, Presents an Award to Chen Guangcheng

“What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’...