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May 2016

May 05, 2016

YIMCatholic Is Back At Patheos, Obviously

It's late on a Thursday night, but not too late to write a brief post...

April 2015

April 12, 2015

It’s Easter Sunday In Amman, So I Slept In. What Happened Next Is Incredible…UPDATED

As you all should realize by now, a few of us from the Patheos Catholic...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Why I Am Catholic (The Short Version)

To become whole, and to live fully. As St. John writes, “In Him was life:...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

To Become Fully Human (A Work In Progress)

A few thoughts as we endure a day of penance in remembrance of the...

January 15, 2015

Pope Francis Is Talking During Plane Flights Again (And You Know What That Means)

It means some folks will be writing their own encyclicals around his words. Shock! Remember...

December 2013

December 21, 2013

To Leave the Shackles of Human History Behind

It is ironic to run a post with a title claiming that one of...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Because I’m a Contrarian

A while back, I mentioned that I am a contrarian. That fact, explained here in...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Scott Hahn on Il Papa’s Decision, and Other Thoughts on the Papacy, Hiding in Plain Sight

The burden of the valley of vision. These seven words strung together, in a nice,...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Because of Thomas Merton, OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)

This is part VII of my conversion story, tagged as 2BFrank in the Tag Cloud....

July 2012

July 21, 2012

For the Courage to Obey the Call to Become a Catholic

There are a number of readers here who have decided intellectually that becoming a Catholic...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Because On this Ship, I Don’t Have to Decide Everything UPDATED

There has been a lot of fur flying around lately regarding prodigal groups (possibly) coming...

November 2011

November 03, 2011

Everything You Wanted to Know about the Banner

Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. What do these mysterious attributes have to do with this blog,...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

Because of a Marine in Charge of Justice and Peace

Originally published on February 10, 2010. Before I was a Catholic, yet seriously considering the...

August 05, 2011

Because of the Protestant Reformers Beliefs On Mary

Another Marian post as we are ten days from the Feast of the Assumption. This...

January 2011

January 08, 2011

Because The Church Militant Transforms Us

—Originally posted back in July, perhaps you will give it a second look on this...

December 2010

December 12, 2010

Because of Francisco De Osuna and a Minor Miracle

Third Sunday of Advent, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe During the Summer of 2007...

November 2010

November 05, 2010

Because Life is Like an Epic Poem (Not a Report Card)

—Feast of St. Zachary Report cards used to be a once every nine week event....

August 2010

August 28, 2010

With God’s Grace And A Little Help From My Friends

When I was a newly minted Marine, fresh out of boot camp and on my...

May 2010

May 25, 2010

Because 0.89% of My Time is Not Enough

Sometimes it's dangerous putting a calculator into my hands. I can come up with some...

May 04, 2010

Introducing the YIMCatholic Bookshelf

Back in January, I wrote a post named Because of the Pleasure of Finding Things...

March 2010

March 05, 2010

Because He Didn’t Promise Us A Rose Garden

Come Easter Vigil, I will have been a Catholic for two full years. It seems...

January 2010

January 08, 2010

Because of Blaise Pascal’s Letter upon the Death of his Father

Webster has been serving at funerals lately, one in early December and one just a...

January 06, 2010

To Be Frank, Part 6, “The Imitation of Christ” II

I left off last time with the first chapter of The Imitation of Christ from...

December 2009

December 22, 2009

To Be Frank, Part 5, “The Imitation of Christ”

Posted by Frank I mentioned in the last post in this series that I was...

December 13, 2009

To Be Frank, Part 4, “From Pascal To The Mother of All Projects”

I left off last time with my friend Blaise Pascal throwing me something like a...

December 07, 2009

To Be Frank, Part 3, “What the Blazes, Blaise?!”

I’m a baseball fan. I love the game! I never really played it that well...

December 05, 2009

Because the Holy Spirit is On the Line

Posted by Webster I have a theory that can be stated simply: The Holy Spirit...

December 02, 2009

To Be Frank, Part 2, “A Change of Course Thanks to Blaise Pascal”

Posted by Frank I left off last time with the prospect of broadening my mind...

November 2009

November 28, 2009

To Be Frank, Part 1, “From the US Marines to the Harvard Classics”

This blog has put me in touch with Catholics worldwide, many of them converts. One...