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December 2011

December 21, 2011

Because Christ and His Church Are the Light of the World

No longer does the Church exercise temporal powers over domains. The Papal States are back...

December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens, Requescat in pace

One of the practices Catholics engage in that really infuriates the world is that we...

December 14, 2011

For All the Saints: John of the Cross

Today is the feast day of St. John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church....

December 08, 2011

Lines on Pride from Alexander Pope’s An Essay On Man

Often times cataclysmic events leave us at a loss. We have feelings and thoughts but...

December 07, 2011

The Sacraments Are Mountains Above the Plains

The little post I shared yesterday about the Sacraments was, in my opinion, just so...

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....

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...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Out Of Our Heads, Looking For the Garden

Much like the world did thousands of years ago, mankind cries out for a savior....

November 26, 2011

Thoughts on How Christ Prayed Under Duress

Once when Jesus was praying in solitude... Is it wrong for me to wonder to...

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 21, 2011

Major Oak is Headed to Nagasaki Tomorrow!

Ian Higgins writes from the studio, As our Phase 2 campaign comes to an end...

November 07, 2011

Jesus Goes Mainstream, Old and New (Music for Mondays)

Back in April, right when we rolled into Eastertide, I started a series of MfM...

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 26, 2011

Imagine If This Happened…

One of the best ideas I've heard all month.

October 25, 2011

For All the Saints: Crispin and Crispinian UPDATED

It's St. Crispin's Day. Before I was a Catholic, I wouldn't have know this, or...

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...

October 16, 2011

Dan Wheldon, Two Time Indy 500 Winner, Requescat In Pace

Sad news out of Las Vegas, Nevada today. Dan Wheldon, 33 years old, was killed...

October 15, 2011

For All Creatures, Great and Small

This is Reason #374 why I don't live in "the big city." I rumbled up...

October 12, 2011

About This Blog (And Blogger) in 1000 Words or Less

I became a Catholic when I was confirmed at the Easter Vigil in the year...

October 11, 2011

He That Has Ears…

let him hear: A few years ago, the Dalai Lama (seen above visiting Thomas Merton's...

October 07, 2011

For the Faith of Andrea Doria at Lepanto

—Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary When I was a kid, I really enjoyed...

October 06, 2011

To Pray for Rihanna and the Farmer

Rihanna showing too much skin? So says an Irish farmer. Around his neck of the...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Pray For Anu Garg? You Betcha!

Remember me and my pal Anu Garg? We went around the block a few times....

September 28, 2011

Thoughts (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I love this photograph of Fr. Abram J. Ryan. Maybe it's his hair, or perhaps...

September 11, 2011

To Forgive, But Never Forget

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set...

August 2011

August 13, 2011

An Appeal For the Horn of Africa, In Free Verse (Updated)

For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Because Christ is A Royal (Then, So Am I)

—Feast of Bl. Marie of the Incarnation What has the Royal Wedding got to do...

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...

April 25, 2011

Jesus Goes Mainstream (Music for Mondays)

True enough, Elvis Presley loved gospel music. And though he never shied away from singing...