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2017-01-24T17:19:01-05:00

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I Could Listen to Seamus Heaney Reading “Beowulf” For Hours (Requiescat In Pace) UPDATES

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

I shared what follows last summer. I’m sharing it with you again because this morning I learned that Seamus Heany has crossed over from death into eternity. Here’s a snippet from the obituary posted by the BBC. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:19:01-05:00

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USSCB Chair to Secretary of State John Kerry: Use Diplomacy, Not Air Strikes

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

What follows is the letter addressed to the Secretary of State in it’s entirety. Dear Secretary Kerry: (more…) Read more

2015-04-06T21:49:35-05:00

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For St. Augustine’s Thoughts On God

Last updated on: April 6, 2015 at 9:49 pm By Frank Weathers

As quoted by Venerable Luis of Granada, OP, in his book, The Sinner’s Guide. (more…) Read more

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

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What’s On My Mind? Helping Out Syrian Refugees.

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

Doing so may be the only positive thing I can do these days, as the West seems bent on wreaking even more havoc than the Syrian people have already endured. So what is the situation in refugee camps that folks have fled Syria for? In a word, dire. Here’s a 411 from the folks of the PBS News Hour. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:19:02-05:00

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Darth Vader’s Thoughts On A Clever, Hungry, Beagle

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

The Force is strong in this one. Take a look. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:19:02-05:00

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For The Good Of The Culture, More Catholic College Professors Like This, Please.

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

Before I wade in too deep here, just know that I am a product of a state college, not a Catholic one. All the same, there are Catholic professors in state supported schools, and in non-Catholic private colleges as well, whom I believe our culture could benefit from if they spoke up like Dr. David DeWolf did recently. (more…) Read more

2015-06-07T23:35:54-05:00

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Because of the Disenchantment of Miley Cyrus UPDATED

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 11:35 pm By Frank Weathers

The other day I lamented losing an hour to reading Joseph Bottum’s personal essay about his ideas on how the Church should handle the Same Sex Marriage situation. I would trade that experience in a heartbeat in order to get back the 8 minutes I lost in seeing the depths our culture has sunk to as Miley Cyrus performed at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. (more…) Read more

MTV Video Music Awards

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

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“There is a wide difference between Christians and the men of this world.”

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

That’s the title of the fourth homily of Macarius. I thought of his homilies after meditating a bit on today’s Gospel reading. You know, the part that goes “strive to enter through the narrow gate…” (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:19:03-05:00

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Joseph Bottum Writes “The Long Goodbye” UPDATES

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

Or is it “Farewell My Lovely?” Those are the titles that came to my mind as I read his essay today over at Commonweal. No disrespect to Raymond Chandler intended for thinking of his titles, but I will never get back the hour I lost reading Bottums’ essay, where he makes his personal case for coming out in favor of Same Sex Marriage, or of not fighting it anymore. (more…) Read more

Idolatry of the Individual

2017-01-24T17:19:03-05:00

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Why The Seven-Headed Dragon of Lying Will Never Be Slain

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

Because Satan! Just look at the image above, and note that one of the creatures represents the Father of Lies while the other represents Our Mother unstained by sin. She is in heaven now. And the beast? (more…) Read more

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