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May 2016

May 14, 2016

Because the Church was Catholic at Pentecost

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this message brought to you by The Church...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

In Nazareth, This Is Where The Annunciation Took Place…

I was blessed to visit where the Annunciation took place. I figured that I should...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

The Kind Of Post TIME Magazine Never Picks Up, AKA, Hell Is Real!

The other day TIME Magazine picked up a Patheos post from a different channel in...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

A Poem on St. John the Baptist’s Day

Happy Birthday to St. John the Baptist! Here is a little poem I found...

June 15, 2014

The Quest For The Origins Of The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

What is the deal with celebrating Trinity Sunday? After all, isn't every Mass a celebration...

June 09, 2014

“On Reproof,” A Poem By St. Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, and Doctor of the Church

I came upon these lines while researching St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon, and Doctor...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like an investment that everyone wants to buy, but no one wants to hold.”

Put your Bibles down, folks, because Jesus never said that. It's just a thought that...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

For All the Saints: Paul of the Shipwreck

How can something good come from something tragic? This is a mystery to us all....

December 2013

December 28, 2013

For Poems Like This For Childermas

-Feast of the Holy Innocents Have you ever heard of Emily Hickey? Me either, at...

December 19, 2013

Have a Very Merry Rock n’ Roll Christmas

Christmas is right around the corner, so you all know what that means? Music, of...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

The Tweet Seen ‘Round the World…UPDATES

Wikipedia is already updated. There are lots of "firsts" here. First American Pope. First Jesuit...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

St. Brigid of Ireland: A Saint After My Own Heart

It's the feast day of the plucky little lass from Ireland who penned one of...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

For this Hymn by St. Thomas Aquinas (Zion, To Thy Savior Singing)

I am late in coming around to an appreciation of St. Thomas Aquinas. As the...

January 13, 2013

For This Hymn Commemorating the Baptism of Our Lord

On the Liturgical Calendar today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of the...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

For All the Saints: John, Apostle and Evangelist UPDATED

Today is the feast day of St. John, the "disciple whom Jesus loved." Jesus called...

November 2012

November 25, 2012

Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon

Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...

November 10, 2012

Happy 237th Birthday, Leathernecks!

Here's a quote for the feast day, from an unlikely source. You cannot exaggerate about...

September 2012

September 08, 2012

Because Now I Know Today is the Birthday of the New Eve

I came pretty close to spending an entire lifetime on planet Earth without knowing that...

June 2012

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...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Thoughts on the Role of the Laity on this Feast of St. Joan of Arc UPDATED

And so we leave Eastertide behind. Before we move on into "Ordinary Time", recall the...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

A Song Dedication to All the Bishops, and Those Standing Up for Religious Freedom

Sorry guys, but after reading the USCCB's response to the ridiculous proposal by Seizure to...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

Señor Santo Niño Comes To My Neck of the Woods

In the photograph above, you see the original Señor Santo Niño statue that Ferdinand Magellan...

January 03, 2012

The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus

Before I was a Catholic, I didn't put much stock in the name of Jesus....

December 2011

December 28, 2011

Because of the Church’s Position on Abortion

At the Battle of Mobile Bay in the American Civil War, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut...

December 25, 2011

The Quote of the Week and Operation “Noel”

This, in a nutshell, is why I became a Marine. “It’s a reminder of why...

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 19, 2011

Because Of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

A reflection for December 9, 2009 from The Little Blue Book: Advent & Christmas Seasons 2009-2010....

December 05, 2011

Because St. Barbara is the Patron Saint of Artillery

Yes, yesterday was Sunday but you know what else it was? It was the Feast...

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 28, 2011

If “Jesus Ween” Wasn’t Scary Enough…

Remember that little post? That was nothing compared to the well-meaning goodness that Joe Carter...