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February 2014

February 10, 2014

For Wisdom Folks Miss Because They Think Reading The Bible Is Lame

Wait. Who said reading the Bible is lame? Well, I can't really say for sure....

January 2014

January 04, 2014

Because the Mandated HHS Rules Strike at the Heart of Freedom

Originally, this post was published in mid-January, 2012. A few days later, the thoughts I...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

For Thoughts and a Prayer for Advent by Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis is one of the people whose writings helped bring me into the...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Got Questions About Vatican II, Salvation, and the Unsaved?

Who doesn't? We're in luck, though, because Catholic World Report has an eight post symposium...

November 18, 2013

Is This Where Some Pope Francis Fans Exit The Bus?

See, he gave a little homily today, like he usually does. The first reading was...

November 04, 2013

“The world holds us to be fools; let us hold it to be mad.”

There's is more where that came from, from St. Francis de Sales's, Introduction to the...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Pope Francis Cancels Vatican Halloween Celebrations?!

Strike that. There are no Vatican Halloween celebrations. You've been tricked. But I'd love to...

October 17, 2013

Neil Gaiman: “I want to talk about what reading does. What it’s good for.”

Here's a snippet of a great piece Neil Gaiman writes in The Guardian about reading,...

October 02, 2013

If A Doctor of the Church Says It, Then Why Can’t Pope Francis? UPDATED

Early on, in the midst of the preparations for the Conclave, while we all wondered...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Unpacking Pope Francis’s Interview (Part III, the Conclusion)

Thus the Holy Spirit can use the humblest to enlighten the learned and those in...

September 22, 2013

Because Even Superman Needs To Pray

Have you seen the quiz that's going around the interwebs? The one where you answer...

September 14, 2013

“The Quest for the True Cross.” What a Movie That Would Make!

As you may know, today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross....

September 06, 2013

Democratic Congressman Becomes Bump In The Road In Administration’s Mad Rush To War

And I'm hoping and praying that the bump becomes a hump the size of Mount...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

For St. Augustine’s Thoughts On God

As quoted by Venerable Luis of Granada, OP, in his book, The Sinner's Guide. When...

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 15, 2013

This Is The Kind Of Chart One Can Stare At For Hours…UPDATED

I found it folded neatly in the back of volume one of Philip Hughes' A...

August 09, 2013

For Novels Like Shusaku Endo’s, “The Samurai” UPDATED

First things first, I've never read Silence by Shusaku Endo. I can at least say...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

The Chinese Chesterton’s Thoughts on the Influence of Christianity on Common Law

It's been a long time since I shared thoughts here from my faithful departed friend...

July 19, 2013

Just Like The Prophet Chesterton Said, When It’s All About Nature, It’s All About Sex…

And pretty soon, this obsession of ours becomes a tyrant. Got your attention yet? Thought...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

St. Francis, Poverty, and the Saving Madness of the Gospel…

Months and months ago, long before there was an inkling that Pope Benedict XVI would...

June 29, 2013

Because I’m a Contrarian

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

June 05, 2013

Brandon Vogt’s Least Read Blog Post? That Would Be This One…

Originally posted on July 15, 2010, almost one year before The Church and New Media...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Did You Know St. Thomas Aquinas Preached A Sermon on Lying?

I didn't either, until earlier this year when I picked up a copy of The...

May 22, 2013

Francisco De Osuna’s Little Guide On The Dangers of Gossiping

A few days ago, Pope Francis gave a homily in which he warns folks against...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

The Conversion of Takashi Nagai, And His Vocation of Love

All the buzz a few months back was the cause for the sainthood of Dorothy...

April 26, 2013

Rod Bennett Is On the Mission of Forming Intentional Disciples with the Smoky Mountain Scripture Study

And he's asked me to help him out too, which means I'm inviting you to...

April 21, 2013

Because the Church is the Port in the Storm

I remember well how it felt when I first came across these words written by...

April 09, 2013

Robert Hugh Benson Helps Explain How the Catholic Church Sees Jesus and Infallibility…

Which also helps explain why when the Catholic Church holds a teaching as being true,...

April 06, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 9, Easter Saturday)

This is the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday and we are back to where we...

April 02, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 5, Easter Tuesday)

It is the fifth day that we are praying the Divine Mercy novena. And...