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June 2016

June 03, 2016

This Is Why God Invented YouTube…

Sure, the kitten videos are cute, and watching re-runs of MTV is bitchin', and...

June 20, 2015

Jessica Rey On Bathing Suits: “Who Says It Has To Be Itsy Bitsy?”

UPDATE 6/20/2016: On their website, Jessica Rey Swimwear celebrates the first day of Summer with...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

I Forgot To Finish The Story About Sleeping In For Easter In Amman. Here’s What We Discovered…

...a beautiful Greek Orthodox parish church with the mouthful name of The Church of Jesus Christ’s...

April 23, 2015

The Kingdom Of Jordan Through My Camera Lens…

What follows are a few snapshots taken while I was in Jordan for the Religious...

April 09, 2015

I Bet You Didn’t Expect The Kingdom Of Jordan To Be This Gorgeous…

See that lovely countryside above? That is where I am headed today. A number of...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Because Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World

There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

For The Prayers Of St. Gregory Of Narek (A Few Words For Wednesday) UPDATED

A few days ago, Pope Francis declared St. Gregory of Narek our newest Doctor of...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

What I Saw In Bethlehem Yesterday (A Photo Essay)

I'll be honest with you and tell you that yesterday was a very emotional day....

December 08, 2014

Warning: Don’t Travel To The Holy Land, For Thou Shalt Surely Die

Before getting into the meat of this short dispatch that I am typing from Jerusalem,...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

The Thanksgiving Holiday Isn’t Catholic, But It’s Looking Like William Shakespeare Was

So be thankful for that! Guess what else? There is a Jesuit angle that may...

October 2014

October 13, 2014

Walt Whitman’s Prayer of Columbus

Happy Columbus Day! I've a poem to share with you on the day on which...

October 06, 2014

This Is My Dog. Your Argument Is Invalid

What argument, you say? All of 'em.

October 04, 2014

God Made The Little Spider, That In Turn Made This Amazing Web…

Unfortunately, most of it has broken and what is left can barely be seen. But...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

This Thai Life Insurance Commercial “Gets” Marriage

To have and to hold, from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer,...

August 05, 2014

When Spring Came, I Cut My Fig Tree Down. Then, God Took Over…

A couple of years back, I shared a post here about my love of figs...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

My Favorite Tracks From Sam Rocha’s Album, “Late To Love”

Long time readers of YIMCatholic know that I've got a thing for music. Once was,...

July 24, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim Meets Pope Francis In Rome

And she receives a blessing from il Papa. Vatican Radio has the story. Meriam Ibrahim,...

July 23, 2014

Protesters In Baghdad: “I am Christian, Sunni, Shiite, Kurd, Mandean,Yazidi, and I am Iraqi”

ISIS thugs may attempt to kill and intimidate their way to power, but that will...

July 12, 2014

Because I Can Learn A Lot From Tim Harris

If you're ever in Albuquerque, New Mexico, put this restaurant on top of your "must...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Pope Francis With The Quote of the Week

"Dear brothers, dear friends, from this holy place I make a heartfelt plea to all...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

For Your Flannery O’Connor Quote Of The Year

To find out about faith, you have to go to the people who have...

December 2013

December 26, 2013

Because You Never Know When Andrea Boccelli Will Show Up And Sing At Mass

“For Christmas, I want absolutely to have a mass, and for this occasion, if they...

December 07, 2013

For Dana Gioia’s Thoughts On The Vocation Of The Catholic Writer

A lot of ink has been spilt these last few days since Evangelii Gaudium was...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Get Your Pope Francis Awesome Sauce Right Here…

Straight from the source. No filters. No handlers. Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis,...

November 09, 2013

The Great Battle In Heaven, Like You’ve Never Seen It

And there was made a great battle in heaven, Michael and his Angels fought with...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

What the Basílica de la Sagrada Família Will Look Like When Finished…

And you thought it was incredible already? You're right, but there is more. Much more....

August 2013

August 30, 2013

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

I shared what follows last summer. I'm sharing it with you again because this morning...

August 25, 2013

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

That's the title of the fourth homily of Macarius. I thought of his homilies after...

August 04, 2013

WYD Flashback With Matt Maher, And His Story On How The Song Came To Be Written…

It's been a week since World Youth Day wrapped up and everyone checked out of...

June 2013

June 09, 2013

Did You See the 60 Minutes Piece on Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia?

Check it out right here. The segment is called God's Architect, and it is quite...