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2015-06-07T22:39:06-05:00

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For Thoughts and a Prayer for Advent by Thomas à Kempis

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 10:39 pm By Frank Weathers

Thomas à Kempis is one of the people whose writings helped bring me into the Church. Now that Advent is upon us, I’d like to share with you his thoughts on the Advent season. This is from his A Meditation on the Incarnation of Christ. It’s brief and to the point and a surefire way to recollect your thoughts for the next few weeks. (more…) Read more

The Imitation Of Christ

Thomas à Kempis

2015-06-07T22:39:06-05:00

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A Blogger Responds: We Were Not “Outmarketed” on Gay Marriage, We Were “Outevangelized”

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 10:39 pm By Frank Weathers

Gerard Nadal doesn’t pull any punches with his response to an interview given by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Fox News recently. Take a look. Fox News reports that Cardinal Dolan, in an interview with David Gregory of Meet the Press, claims that the Church was “outmarketed” on the issue of gay marriage. From the report: Asked why the church is losing the argument on gay marriage, Dolan responded, “Well, I think maybe we’ve been outmarketed sometimes. We’ve been caricatured as... Read more

The New Evangelization

2015-01-19T11:41:33-05:00

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An Advent Mix (Music for Mondays)

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 11:41 am By Frank Weathers

It’s the first week of Advent, and though by no means is this the definitive Advent Music mix, I hope you will enjoy it. We have a couple of versions of a timeless classic, Matthew Maher, an unknown group, an ensemble, Joan Osbourne, and Rare Earth, believe it or not. To start it off, here’s a New Wave lamentation from Naked Eyes. (more…) Read more

The L'Accorche-Choeur Ensemble

2017-01-24T17:13:29-05:00

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About Moving The Vatican City Legation…(Stuff I Refuse To Be Upset About)

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

Recently a firestorm of fake dudgeon was released into the Catholic blogosphere when news came that the U.S. Embassy to Vatican City was, horror of horrors, going to be moved to a space that was available where the U.S. Embassy to Italy was located in Rome. The hue and cry from some quarters was loud and long. Former ambassadors to the Holy See lined up to whine about the perceived slight they were enduring. Meanwhile, the current Ambassador to the... Read more

US Embassy to the Holy See

2017-01-24T17:13:29-05:00

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A Serious Message About The Film, “Delivery Man” UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

…is contained in the flyer in the photograph below. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:13:30-05:00

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Thanks For A Thanksgiving Lesson By A Redemptorist Father

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I really do not know much about many things. Even things that I have taken for granted my whole life. Like, would you believe the Thanksgiving Holiday even? In the past, I’ve served up President George Washington’s prayer of Thanksgiving, dated November 1789. This year, I’ll share with you a little history lesson on this All-American holiday that I was completely ignorant of. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:13:30-05:00

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Pope Francis Is In The Running For TIME Magazine’s Person Of The Year

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

I predict a landslide victory for Papa Francesco. The competition? Hmmmmm. Prince George? Vince Gilligan? Shinzo Abe? Chris Chrisite? Basher Assad? Miley Cyris? Barack Obama? Kathleen Sibelius? Are you freaking kidding me? <==Miley Cyris is in the lead?! (more…) Read more

TIME Person of the Year

2017-01-24T17:13:32-05:00

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Get Your Pope Francis Awesome Sauce Right Here…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

Straight from the source. No filters. No handlers. Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis, 2013 Read it, and leap! Read more

2017-01-24T17:13:33-05:00

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Archbishop Lori On The SCOTUS Decision To Hear HHS Mandate Cases…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

Just in from the USSCB, WASHINGTON—Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to hear arguments in the cases of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:13:33-05:00

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SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments On The HHS Mandate’s Impact On Hobby Lobby

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm By Frank Weathers

As expected, Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, and other businesses contesting the HHS Mandate, will have their day in the highest court in the land. Robert Barnes of the Washington Post reports, (more…) Read more

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