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June 2016

June 01, 2016

Because Pious Nonsense Is Not the Good News

Yesterday, I was taking my afternoon break from work. I wandered through the little park...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

For What Happens To Our Bodies When We Die, And Rise Again…

"And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall...

May 06, 2016

The Only Race I’m Interested In This Year Isn’t Decided In November

And I'm not sorry to say that. Far from it. The horse I'm backing is...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Because The Church Is Our Pillar Of Fire

For Christmas, we were given one of those little inspirational calendars. You know the kind....

February 2015

February 24, 2015

To Break My Fast From Being Merciful

I came across some wise words of a Doctor of the Church I had never...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Because Of The Sacraments (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I just ran across these thoughts by Reverend Jesse Brett over at my favorite electronic...

January 22, 2015

To Become Fully Human (A Work In Progress)

A few thoughts as we endure a day of penance in remembrance of the...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Dispatches From A Holy Land Pilgrimage…

Let us go to the place where His feet have stood (Psalm 132:7). That short...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

Think “Charity” and Act “Love” = Praying Without Ceasing

A Meditation on the High Priestly Prayer Before I became a Catholic,...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

To Follow The Way Of The Cross, From Death Into Life

There's a reason that folks get angry when they learn that the reality of the...

March 2014

March 02, 2014

The A-1, Best Thing, You Can Do For The People In Ukraine…UPDATED

Pray for them. Pray for peace, justice, a cessation of bloodshed, and that the conflagration...

August 2013

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...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Because What You Expect Holiness To Be Is Often Wrong…

Have you ever noticed how when you haven't experienced something before, be it a person,...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Because I’m a Contrarian

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

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...

April 2013

April 13, 2013

Anderson Cooper Tacks To Windward, Asks Hard Questions About the Gosnell Case

I'm not sure if you were able to see the telecast from his show last...

April 05, 2013

Because of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Day In, and Day Out

Recently a friend I met on Facebook asked folks about spiritual music. You know, something...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 1, Good Friday)

This is kind of last minute, but better late than never. Divine Mercy Sunday is...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

A Poem and a Prayer as a Pontiff Retires

Today's gospel reading is a fitting reminder that the Christian model of leadership is not...

February 11, 2013

Scott Hahn on Il Papa’s Decision, and Other Thoughts on the Papacy, Hiding in Plain Sight

The burden of the valley of vision. These seven words strung together, in a nice,...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Because God Became Human To Save Us All

The title of this post says it all. Why bother becoming a Christian unless you...

December 15, 2012

To Mourn and Embrace Pain in the Present Moment

When words fail, and our hearts are not still, what can we do? When tragedy...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

After the Election, What Really Matters…UPDATED

There will be much post-election chatter to keep us occupied for days, if not weeks....

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Because the Dalai Lama Says Things Like This UPDATED

Which points out to me that though he (perhaps) will be perceived as being...

August 2012

August 25, 2012

Thoughts As Summer Winds Down on a Saturday

My children headed back to school twelve days back. But it still feels a bit...

August 05, 2012

Because Catholics Make the Best “Meme Busters” on the Planet

One of the ironies of the internet age is that of the supposed brilliance of...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Memo to the Blog-o-sphere: Saying Atheists R Stoopid is Lame

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that witnessing to atheists,...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

One for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord (Music for Mondays)

Have you ever asked your mom to pray for you? I have. And one of...

March 20, 2012

Because Everything Matters, When Christ is Our Center

Back in the Fall, I shared a post with you about fallen Hollywood heroes asking...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Another Catholic Blogger You Should Follow

Fellow Patheos Catholic Portal blogger Max Lindenman sings the praises of Joanne McPortland, and you...