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December 2012

December 19, 2012

O Radix Jesse (Root of Jesse)

“O Flower of Jesse’s stem, you have been raised up as a sign for all...

December 15, 2012

To Mourn and Embrace Pain in the Present Moment

When words fail, and our hearts are not still, what can we do? When tragedy...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

From T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

T.S. Eliot has been lauded in this space before. You see, he moved on...

November 16, 2012

World Order Does It Again

I've sung the praises of the Genki Sudo's performance art group World Order in this...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

King David is Criticized Soundly, and Takes It Like A Man

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, many of the stories we find...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

J. S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata (Music for Mondays)

Johann Sebastian Bach loved coffee, before coffee houses were cool. He and his musician friends...

September 20, 2012

Little Old Lady Who Ruined the Fresco Says “Pass the Loot!” UPDATED

Remember this? The, um, "restorer" would like a piece of the action. You see, because...

September 05, 2012

Fraternal Correction (A Few Words for Wednesday)

A poem by Kenhelm Digby Best, priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, London,...

August 2012

August 25, 2012

Thoughts As Summer Winds Down on a Saturday

My children headed back to school twelve days back. But it still feels a bit...

August 23, 2012

Just When You Thought Beauty Will Save the World, There’s This…

Uh-oh. Ecco Homo non amplius? You know, there is wisdom in admitting your limitations. More...

August 22, 2012

Thoughts from the Prophet Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (A Few Words for Wednesday)

What follows are a few paragraphs from Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's lecture that, according to the endnotes, was...

August 21, 2012

Paul Ryan Said He’s Pro-Life (Except in Cases of Rape)? Here’s What Happened Next…UPDATED

When I heard the news, I was just having some tea, see, and then BAM!...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

The YIMCatholic Photo Album UPDATED

I just noticed the neatest thing over on my Google+ account. There is a photo...

July 08, 2012

The Good News in Six Minutes: The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Remember the anti-drug campaign using the photograph above? The video below is kind of like...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Art and Baseball? It’s All Part of God’s Plan

A friend of mine shared the following essay with me recently. She knows I'm a...

June 16, 2012

A Sonnet on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

The Heart of Mary, by Sheldon Vanauken (1914-1996). Dear sister, I was not divine, The...

June 07, 2012

Goethe Suggests a Blog Post. Who Am I to Say No?

‎One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,...

June 06, 2012

D-Day, June 6, 1944

The photograph above was taken by Frank Scherschel for Life Magazine, after D-Day. From today's...

June 06, 2012

Because Catholics Say Stuff Like This…And Mean It

You know, like soon after their city has been devastated by a nuclear bomb. Catholics,...

April 2012

April 15, 2012

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Shakespeare and a Song

A truth about us as human beings is that we desire justice and not mercy....

April 06, 2012

For Your Good Friday Night at the Movies

It's Good Friday, and again I am presenting a film that I've only recently discovered....

April 01, 2012

G.K. Chesterton on “The Penance of Boredom”

Last year on this day, I shared an off-the-wall poem about Palm Sunday penned by...

April 01, 2012

Behold! The Holy Week Treasure Map

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it is worth sharing. It would be neat, for...

March 2012

March 19, 2012

A Painting For Spring By My Favorite Jesuit

Sure, it's a day early, but Spring was about three weeks early where I live...

March 01, 2012

Another $1,000 Donation Received for “All That Remains”, And North Korea Is Giving Up Her NUKES?

Both events happened yesterday. Are they related? Honestly, I have no idea. But in the...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Because the YOUCAT Helps My Children and Me

You may have missed the fracus a few years back when I killed Santa Claus,...

January 02, 2012

Soldiers and Artist’s Should Be Friends?

Of course they should. Because oftentimes, they are the same people. My civilian brother, Max Lindenman, elaborates....

December 2011

December 23, 2011

Because Tradition says December 25 is When Christ was Born

And that is good enough for me. Especially because smarter, more capable, and more knowledgeable...

December 22, 2011

I’ll See Mark Shea’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Moment…

And raise it. Sing it, Remy! That is truth and genius, all wrapped up in a...

December 22, 2011

To Cultivate the Desert in this Jungle of Words

Words can be tricky things. Words spoken. Words written. Words thought of. Words acted upon....