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D-Day, June 6, 1944

The photograph above was taken by Frank Scherschel for Life Magazine, after D-Day. From today's...

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May 16, 2012

General Patton’s Thoughts on the Power of Prayer

My youngest son has a Living Wax Museum assignment due for his 5th grade...

March 2012

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...

March 08, 2012

For The Monks That Have Gone to the Dogs, and the Ones That Make Beer, et al…UPDATED

It's been that way for a while with the Monks of New Skete. Who are...

March 07, 2012

For Catholic Thoughts on Life and Death Brought About By Tragedy UPDATED

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, Until you return to the...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Because Sexually, You Aren’t a “Black Box”

This is Joe Six-Pack here. I haven't received much hate mail in a while so...

February 01, 2012

Why God Created the Shotgun

So cool and geeky nano-bot engineers can watch ignorant Marines with high school degrees (and...

January 2012

January 10, 2012

A Message From A Renowned War Hawk To the “War Parties” of Today: Peace Out!

Unlike that eevil librul Stephen Colbert, I like books. And I especially like history books....

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Cheap Speed for the Land-Locked Masses!

I think I can make one of these. Heh! Take this you weird, expensive dolphin...

December 19, 2011

Because Fr. Dwight Longenecker Is Wrong UPDATED

What the Sam Hill are you talking about Frank? How dare you say one of...

November 2011

November 11, 2011

The Loneliness of the Military Historian

A poem by Margaret Atwood. Confess: it’s my profession that alarms you. This is why...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

Because of a Marine in Charge of Justice and Peace

Originally published on February 10, 2010. Before I was a Catholic, yet seriously considering the...

June 2011

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 14, 2011

Because My Boys Needed to Know About Hildegard of Bingen

I received a note the other day in my e-mail inbox informing me of a...

April 01, 2011

Because the Disciples Were Just Like You (Friday Funnies)

Let me start this post with a hat-tip to Brandon Vogt, convert and Catholic blogger...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

For Napoleon’s Answer to the Question “Who Is Jesus Christ?”

-Feast of St. Berthold Back in January, I reviewed Eric Sammon's book, Who Is Jesus...

November 2010

November 17, 2010

Because the Saints Are Alive

Back in November of 2007, it never would have crossed my mind that I would...

May 2010

May 21, 2010

For All the Saints: Christopher Magallanes and Companions, Martyrs

Today the Church commemorates the lives and deaths of 22 parish priests, along with three...

December 2009

December 19, 2009

Because Women Aren’t from Venus and Men Aren’t from Mars

Posted by Frank We have been talking about men of the laity and their roles...

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