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February 2015

February 25, 2015

For The Prayers Of St. Gregory Of Narek (A Few Words For Wednesday) UPDATED

A few days ago, Pope Francis declared St. Gregory of Narek our newest Doctor of...

February 24, 2015

To Break My Fast From Being Merciful

I came across some wise words of a Doctor of the Church I had never...

February 22, 2015

What ISIS Really, Really, Wants, And More Importantly, What Joe Six-Pack Wants For ISIS

So, there was this article published by The Atlantic online a week or so...

February 20, 2015

3 Weird Things I’m Doing On Top Of My (Secret) Lenten Penance This Year

It's the Lenten season, and each of us will make a personal sacrifice of some...

February 05, 2015

Why I Am Catholic (The Short Version)

To become whole, and to live fully. As St. John writes, “In Him was life:...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Because Of The Sacraments (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I just ran across these thoughts by Reverend Jesse Brett over at my favorite electronic...

January 22, 2015

To Become Fully Human (A Work In Progress)

A few thoughts as we endure a day of penance in remembrance of the...

January 06, 2015

Because Thomas Merton Gave Lectures Like This On Love

Of the theological virtues Faith, Hope, and Love, St. Paul writes that the greatest of...

December 2014

December 27, 2014

For Evelyn Waugh’s Prayer of a Convert

Psst...I finished reading Evelyn Waugh's novel Helena . I think it is fantastic and I...

December 20, 2014

Peter Frampton Asks A Question: “Do You Feel Like I Do About Internet Angermongers?”

From his Facebook page, Such a drag that there's so much hate posted everywhere...

December 15, 2014

Thoughts On Torture Occasioned By Mass At The Garden Of Gethsemane UPDATED

My wife and I have arrived home safe and sound from our pilgrimage trip to...

December 10, 2014

What I Saw In Bethlehem Yesterday (A Photo Essay)

I'll be honest with you and tell you that yesterday was a very emotional day....

December 08, 2014

Warning: Don’t Travel To The Holy Land, For Thou Shalt Surely Die

Before getting into the meat of this short dispatch that I am typing from Jerusalem,...

December 04, 2014

Dispatches From A Holy Land Pilgrimage…

Let us go to the place where His feet have stood (Psalm 132:7). That short...

December 01, 2014

For Prayers Such As These For Advent

Before I became a Catholic, I had no idea what Advent meant. It was just...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Oftentimes, The Best Blog Post Is The One With The Fewest Words…

Grasshopper recommends Counsels of Light and Love of St. John of the Cross for more...

November 24, 2014

Latest News From The Church Of God Without God…UPDATED

Actually, depending how you look at it, this news is either four years old, or...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Walt Whitman’s Prayer of Columbus

Happy Columbus Day! I've a poem to share with you on the day on which...

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...

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 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 30, 2014

Top Artists: Beyoncé, Al Green, Sam Rocha…Wait. Who?

A few days back, on the Feast of St. Augustine, Sam Rocha's album was released....

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 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 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...