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June 2016

June 15, 2016

Because My Brother Imran Yousef Is An American Hero

Another kid from New York was in the nightclub that turned into a killing zone...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

“Where Do We Get Such Men?”

That's the last line from the Korean War film, The Bridges At Toko-Ri. Over at...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Because Vincent de Paul Was Once A Muslim’s Slave

Life got you down? Things perhaps haven't turned out as you planned? Do you think...

April 29, 2015

Would You Believe That Young Arab Muslims Are Sending Love Letters To Israel? UPDATED

Of course you wouldn't. Because to hear of such a thing would bring into...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

For The Unshakeable Faith Of The Families Of The Egyptian Martyrs

Having a look at the photo gallery of National Geographic's article, Portraits Capture Unexpected Reactions...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Rudy + Moonlight Graham = Reggie Ho, The Little Catholic Kicker Who Could

It's a big football weekend coming up, what with the Conference Championships meeting up on...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Thoughts On Torture Occasioned By Mass At The Garden Of Gethsemane UPDATED

My wife and I have arrived home safe and sound from our pilgrimage trip to...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

James Foley’s Last Letter: Prayers, Family, and Love

Throughout my Marine Corps career, I wrote many letters home to my family. I...

August 19, 2014

James Foley, Marquette ’96, Writing On The Power Of Prayer UPDATED

The reports are flooding in that journalist James Foley has been beheaded by the terrorists...

July 2014

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...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Praise Report: Michael Schumacher Has Regained Consciousness

Back in January I asked folks to pray for the 7 time Formula One champion's...

June 14, 2014

To Pray For Our Christian Brethren Who Are Under Attack In Iraq UPDATED

Where I live, it's another lovely Saturday. The kids slept in, the lawns are being...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Bishop Paprocki’s Homily for Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in Reparation for the Sin of Same-Sex Marriage

Earlier this evening, in Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki followed through with his plan...

November 14, 2013

Our Bishops Get All Hard Core On The HHS Mandate

Folks thought it couldn't be done. Others may have thought that some of them would...

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...

October 2013

October 06, 2013

A Science Fiction Action Movie With A Heart, Go See “Gravity.”

You, and your entire family, will be the richer for it. Empty nesters? Go see...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Your “Must Read” of the Day: The Pope Francis Interview in America Magazine UPDATED

It's big. It's bold. And it's the first time America has ever interviewed a pope....

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Remember the Ruined Fresco? Cecilia Gomez teaches Us How To Make Mistakes Pay

I mean, that seems to be the takeaway to me. An 82-year-old Spanish pensioner who...

June 2013

June 08, 2013

Do We Have the Will To Remove The Infrastructure of Tyranny We Have Erected?

I'm not going to waste a lot of your time recapping what you are already...

June 05, 2013

The Holy Goalie Fearlessly Skated Across The Thin Ice Of Same-Sex Marriage In Arizona

Within the community of St. Blogs, folks have been amazed by the witness given by...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

For All the Saints: Catherine of Siena

Fearless. Bold. Doctor of the Church. Poet. Mystic. Stigmatic. Correspondent of Popes and Royalty....

April 27, 2013

If Only I Could Get A Room At St. Martha’s House!

Then I could attend daily mass with Pope Francis. Of course, I can get the...

April 12, 2013

The Medal of Honor Citation of Captain Emil Kapaun, Chaplain Corps, US Army

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies VI: “We Were Soldiers”

This is the rare Lent were there will be seven movies (maybe I was skipping...

March 14, 2013

Christian Badass or Christian Coward, Which Do We Choose?

Originally written last year on the feast of St. John the Baptist, I can't help...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

For the Faith and Witness of Stan Musial, Requiescat in Pace

This originally ran back when Spring Break was just getting underway in 2011, and he...

January 10, 2013

Being Conan the Barbarian vs. Being Civil (The Lost Art of Persuasion) UPDATED

I've been not publishing a number of comments these past few days, as they violate...

January 09, 2013

Cardinal Dolan’s Own “State of the State” Letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York

He sent it under the letterhead of the New York State Catholic Conference. The occasion?...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Douai College

A few days back, we learned about the Bond family and their recusant Catholic past....

November 12, 2012

For His Majesty’s Secret Service: Agent Henry Morse, SJ

About a week ago, I reported that the world thought the Vatican got all starry-eyed...