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February 2012

February 05, 2012

The Neat Thing That Happens When Folks Get Excited…

about something that is larger than themselves is, they get really, selflessly, creative. For example,...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

A Petition For All Freedom Loving People to Sign UPDATED

Notice: This petition reached the goal and was responded to by the Administration. Evidently,...

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 14, 2012

My Chinese Catholic Friends Are Spiritual…and Religious

Recently, I finished reading John C.H. Wu's Beyond East and West. It is a great...

January 11, 2012

Justin Bieber: “I Don’t Think I’m Religious. I Am Spiritual” UPDATED

On the heels of the faith affirming appearance of Mark Walhlberg on yesterday's CBS This...

January 10, 2012

“Marky Mark” Grew Up And Digs the New Translation

Among other things. Mark Wahlberg, see, was interviewed on the CBS This Morning show today....

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 10, 2011

“All That Remains” Report: Back From Nagasaki!

The photograph above is of Nyokodo, the small hut where Dr. Takashi Nagai and his...

December 07, 2011

Because the Sacraments Make the World Go ‘Round

I've been real busy these last few days with a bit of a family emergency....

November 2011

November 24, 2011

A Prayer On This Thanksgiving Day-UPDATED

First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for...

November 22, 2011

The New Mass Translation? The Marines In WWII Had That.

Well, it's pretty close, from what I can tell. And it makes a handy little...

November 03, 2011

For Seven Layer Dips of Awesome Like This

Dracula, Sin, The Good News, Prayer, Faith, Forgiveness, Redemption. Mark Shea does a little hammering...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

Because Dracula was Catholic? Oh My!

Originally published on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in December of last year, it...

October 23, 2011

For Thoughts on Faith Like These by Thomas Merton

"Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Hey Gen-X: Be Rebels…Slow Down…Have Kids…Stick it to the Man

It's the Catholic thing to do. Or you can keep doing what you've been doing,...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

For Thoughts On Being a Christian by the “Chinese Chesterton”

All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is...

August 25, 2011

For Stuff My Abba Macarius Says About Discerning True Christians

A while back, I introduced everyone to my patron, St. Macarius the Great. He has...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

For Thoughts Amid the Storm (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Vision of St. Don Bosco Generally posts shared with the addendum in the title above have...

July 07, 2011

For Thoughts on Our Adversary by Fray Francisco de Osuna

No, this isn't about Uncle Sam, patriotism, or anything like that. This is part two of...

July 06, 2011

For the Work of On-Going Personal Conversion (Part I)

I've written in the past about the deleterious side effects of cults of personality. If...

June 2011

June 22, 2011

For Archishop Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts on Vatican II

The good folks over at Catholic Answers have the scoop: Q: "Did Fulton Sheen support...

June 18, 2011

Because These Words Paul Wrote Are Worthy of Shakespeare

Especially compared to the "weak tea" of the speech heard 'round the world yesterday. Of...

May 2011

May 18, 2011

For Stuff Non-Catholics Say About the Church Like This

No, this isn't a photograph of Karl Marx. That's Walter Bagehot, former editor of the...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

To Train My Family to Pray, And Lead Them By Example

-Feast of St. Peter Chanel Joe Six-Pack, USMC here. Yesterday my family put into practice prayers...

March 2011

March 23, 2011

Because Napoleon Died a Catholic Death

A few weeks back, my family and I hit the used book sale that is...

March 19, 2011

Because of the Way This Desert Father Handled a Calumny

—Feast of St. Joseph There are scandals, and rumors of scandals and there always will...

January 2011

January 13, 2011

For All the Meanings of the Word “Catholic”

-Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers My God isn't too small, but I sure am. For...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

To Pray for the Christians of Iraq

Post by Allison Salerno,I drive New Jersey highways to work each morning, one uninspiring state...

November 06, 2010

For Thoughts Like These from François Nepveu, S.J.

—Feast of All Saints of Africa I love discovering devotional works that bring the Catholic perspective...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Seal II (Music for Mondays)

A while back, I wrote a post about my Mustang's harmonic balancer. It turned out...