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October 01, 2009

Because She is Love, I am One Voice

In the Office of Readings today we learn how Thérèse of Lisieux came to understand...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

Because of The Old-Fashioned, Round-Faced, Foreign-Looking Nun in the Picture at My Grandmother’s House (Guest Post)

Now and then I'll publish guest posts from friends of this blog around the globe....

September 29, 2009

Survey #1: Because of What Poem?

The positive comments on this blog have been astonishing since I began posting just six...

September 29, 2009

Because of “The Ballad of Barnaby”

At Adoration this afternoon, I thought for the first time in a long while of...

September 29, 2009

Because Heaven is Closer than We Think

I nearly busted a gut helping Father Barnes lug St. Michael the Archangel back and...

September 29, 2009

For Julian DesRosiers

Why am I Catholic? As my litany of posts attests, I am Catholic because of...

September 28, 2009

Because of Martyrs, Monks, Mores, and McNiffs

With the pope in the Czech Republic and with today's memorial on the horizon, I...

September 27, 2009

Thanks to Father Barnes I

I was in turmoil all day, thinking about comments on recent posts. Two were from...

September 27, 2009

Because In the End It Isn’t About Reason

I had dinner last night with a cradle Catholic who holds a long-standing grudge against...

September 25, 2009

Because of “Joan of Arcadia” II

Another lonely day carrying a torch for a TV melodrama that was canceled five years...

September 24, 2009

Because I’ve Tasted the Competition

On a Sunday two years ago, I began RCIA classes to be received into the...

September 23, 2009

Because of My Father III

I woke before 3 a.m. today thinking about how my father hated the Yankees. In...

September 22, 2009

Because of Thérèse of Lisieux

I know very little about St. Thérèse. I should hardly be writing about her at...

September 22, 2009

Because Pope John Paul II Was Cool

Did I tell you JPII was Bono? Yes, I did. (Though BXVI, aka Mozart, is...

September 22, 2009

Because Catholic Women Are Happy

One of the gratifying things about this blog is hearing from Catholics around the world...

September 21, 2009

Because Catholicism is Messy

Father Barnes recently said, quoting George Weigel, I think, that the wonderful thing about Catholicism...

September 20, 2009

Because This is My Great Adventure

I dropped out of college at nineteen to follow Cesareo. At thirty-three I married my...

September 18, 2009

Because of “Joan of Arcadia”

It's only Friday morning, fifteen hours before airtime, but already I miss "Joan of Arcadia."...

September 17, 2009

Because of Frank and Carrie

I introduced Katie to Frank and Carrie Kwiatkowski at Mass last Sunday and said, "Honey,...

September 16, 2009

Because It Takes Guts to Be a Priest

We all admire courage. We all admire heroes. What's a hero? A man who gives...

September 15, 2009

Because I Forget

Why would you give yourself, body and soul, to the Church? People don't ask this...

September 14, 2009

Because of Harold Bassage

We hear a lot about memories so painful they are repressed. Psychologists study them: some...

September 13, 2009

Because Catholic Women Seem Happy

The four most important people in my life are women: Katie, our two daughters, and...

September 12, 2009

Because of “A Man for All Seasons”

Forty years ago, I first saw A Man for All Seasons, about the martyrdom of...

September 12, 2009

Because It Makes Me Think

Thanks to the Deacon's Bench for featuring this collection of new images by fashion photographer...

September 12, 2009

Because of Dogma . . . Not

Just back from my Saturday morning men's group at St. Mary Star of the Sea....

September 10, 2009

Because of My Father II

I found this photograph while cleaning out Dad's office after his death last fall. The...

September 10, 2009

Because of Faces Like This

I see faces like Ralph McInerny's face every morning at mass. It is the face...

September 09, 2009

Because Joan of Arc Was a Catholic

Like Fr. Jim Martin in My Life with the Saints, I find St. Joan of...

September 09, 2009

Because I Fell In Love

I have fallen in love twice in my life. The first time was with Katie....