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August 2014

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

“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 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 29, 2014

My Favorite Tracks From Sam Rocha’s Album, “Late To Love”

Long time readers of YIMCatholic know that I've got a thing for music. Once was,...

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...

July 19, 2014

Praying For All Aboard Malaysia Flight 17, And Mourning Their Loss, In My Own, Feeble, Way

I heard the news the other day about Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashing in Ukraine....

July 17, 2014

The Truth About S. 2578 From A Career Politician, With An Assist From Malcolm Muggeridge and James Madison

It didn't fail. Rebecca Hamilton, my blog neighbor, and soon to be retired Democrat pol,...

July 15, 2014

The Senate Is Discussing The End Around SCOTUS’s Hobby Lobby Decision…UPDATED

Here, Senator Ted Cruz questions the Administration, and its allies, who are sponsoring legislation with...

July 12, 2014

Because of the Note Sewn In Blaise Pascal’s Coat

My buddy Blaise Pascal is a lot like me. That is, excepting the obvious fact...

July 03, 2014

“When Great Trees Fall” (Requiescat In Pace)

I'm not sure if I will be much of a presence here over the next...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

EWTN Wins Relief From The 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals One Day Before The Deadline…

The White House might probably feels like their security blanket just got taken away. First...

June 19, 2014

Praise Report: Michael Schumacher Has Regained Consciousness

Back in January I asked folks to pray for the 7 time Formula One champion's...

June 17, 2014

I’m Going To Go Out On A Limb Here, And Say I Prefer My Parish Priest To Be Armed Like Sheriff Andy Taylor

Which is to say without any temporal weapons. Unfortunately, the tragedy in the FSSP parish...

June 14, 2014

To Pray For Our Christian Brethren Who Are Under Attack In Iraq UPDATED

Where I live, it's another lovely Saturday. The kids slept in, the lawns are being...

June 12, 2014

Federal Appeals Court Denies Injunction For Michigan-based Catholic Charities, And Other HHS Mandate News

As everyone waits to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Hobby Lobby...

June 10, 2014

The Most Interesting Man In The World And Phil Lawler Agree: Archbishop Carlson Is Incredible UPDATED

And I mean incredible in the following sense of the word. Unbelievable, beyond belief,...

June 09, 2014

“On Reproof,” A Poem By St. Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, and Doctor of the Church

I came upon these lines while researching St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon, and Doctor...

June 06, 2014

Remembering, With Gratitude, The D-Day Sacrifices Of The Fallen

Pope Francis remembers, and is grateful. Francis praised "the numerous soldiers who left their country...

June 05, 2014

The Monk’s Life, In One Paragraph (A Few Thoughts For Thursday)

What follows is from Thomas Merton's translation of sayings from the Desert Fathers, The Wisdom...

June 04, 2014

On Hamlet, Our Sins, And The Man In The Mirror UPDATED

I was going to write a long and involved post on the little news item...

June 01, 2014

St. John of the Cross On What Ails The Catholic Blog-O-Sphere

Last week was a pretty embarrassing one in the parish of St. Blogs. It was...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Pope Francis With The Quote of the Week

"Dear brothers, dear friends, from this holy place I make a heartfelt plea to all...

May 22, 2014

For Your Saintly Quote of the Week

“The times are never so bad that a good man cannot live in them.”...

May 21, 2014

Meet A Modern Day Monk Who Lives Atop A Pillar

Remember the pillar saints? Like Simon Stylites the Elder? The next time you think that...

May 21, 2014

Robert P. George Reminds Us That We Are Pilgrim People…

And that our lives must be lived as a sign to the world. A sign...

May 14, 2014

Think “Charity” and Act “Love” = Praying Without Ceasing

A Meditation on the High Priestly Prayer Before I became a Catholic,...

May 13, 2014

Thoughts About The Minor Miracle That Occurred At Harvard University Yesterday

Consider this post a wee after action report by your favorite strategic corporal, Joe Six-Pack,...

May 12, 2014

BREAKING: Harvard’s Black Mass to Be Held Off Campus CANCELLED

And Now: Satanic black mass 'postponed indefinitely' amid outcry. Earlier, Perhaps our prayers are...