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September 07, 2009

Because of the Eucharist, I Think

At the heart of the Catholic Church is the Eucharist. The Eucharist is not a...

September 07, 2009

Because Father Giussani Wrote This

Today's Magnificat offers a quotation from the founder of Communion and Liberation, in honor of...

September 06, 2009

Because of My Father I

My father came to me in a dream just before dawn this morning, and though...

September 05, 2009

Because of the Evidence

Anyone arriving at the base of Mt. St. Helens in the weeks following the 1980...

September 04, 2009

Because of Ferde

I first saw Ferde Rombola in the pulpit of St. Mary Star of the Sea...

September 04, 2009

Because Ultimately It’s Not About Politics

I am amazed how quickly this blog spreads and comments make their way back to...

September 03, 2009

Because Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Catholic

A Jesuit priest, Hopkins was virtually anonymous as a poet in his life. He gave...

September 02, 2009

Because of Daily Mass

Like an ice hockey game, my spiritual life has had three periods. From birth to...

August 2009

August 29, 2009

Because We Live in a Dark, Dark Time

Why did we all think we were so smart? The 20th century brought mankind no...

August 28, 2009

Because I Have Daughters

A child of the 1960s, an aging peacenik, I imagine that I smell suspiciously liberal...

August 27, 2009

Because of Cesareo

I imagine that all of us have angels in our lives. We may not see...

August 24, 2009

Because There Are Good Fathers

Born in 1951, I have lived during six papacies—Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John...

August 23, 2009

Because Dorothy Day Was a Catholic

Dorothy Day was more my political cup of tea: a hunger-striking, pro–Civil Rights, anti–Vietnam War,...

August 23, 2009

Because William F. Buckley Was a Catholic

There are many very smart Catholics and I admire smart people. Don't you? William F....

August 20, 2009

Because It’s OK for Catholics to Laugh

I just found the latest interview between Stephen Colbert and Fr. James Martin, author of...

August 19, 2009

Because of the Catholics in Front of Me

Every morning at seven I sit in the same pew.When I first began attending mass...