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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...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Man In Same-Sex Marriage Denied Communion At His Mother’s Funeral Mass UPDATED

View image | gettyimages.com It happened on July 10, 2015 at St. Helena Catholic Church...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

A Little Film I Watched About Where Jesus Was Baptized In Jordan…

During breakfast this morning, on the 787 Dreamliner flying the livery of Royal Jordanian...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Why I Am Catholic (The Short Version)

To become whole, and to live fully. As St. John writes, “In Him was life:...

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...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

This Thai Life Insurance Commercial “Gets” Marriage

To have and to hold, from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer,...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Cardinal Kasper’s Thoughts On Our Divorced And Civilly Remarried Brethren

Some folks are likely to play the "Good Cleric/Bad Cleric" game with Cardinal Kasper's comments...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Pope Francis Calls A Divorced Lady In Argentina And Says, “It’s Okay For You To Receive Communion?” UPDATED

And she's remarried? Yeah, I'll believe it when I see the press conference. From across...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Gay Man Refused Last Rites? “GetReligion” Has Some Thoughts On This Story

You've probably seen the story published by The Washington Post about the gay man who...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Your Marriage Quote of the Year

This works both ways, I hope. When a guy is happily married, no matter...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Your Blogger is on the Wrong Side of Public Opinion, Just Like G.K. Chesterton

Just an F.Y.I. Good news, though. The Church is on the right side of history....

February 14, 2013

Stephen Colbert vs. Garry Wills on the Real Presence: Guess Who Carried the Day? UPDATED

I caught Stephen Colbert interviewing Pulitzer prize winning author Garry Wills when the following clip...

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

Quote of the Week from Cardinal Dolan

The premier answer to the question "What's wrong with the world?" "what's wrong with the...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

When it Comes to the World, Be Like a Mouse to the Cheese

The Eucharist: the source and summit of the Christian life. Read all about it. :)

July 2012

July 08, 2012

The Good News in Six Minutes: The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Remember the anti-drug campaign using the photograph above? The video below is kind of like...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

D-Day, June 6, 1944

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

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Because the Catholic Church is Flying Under the Gaydar, and Way Over It Too UPDATED

In fact, she transcends homosexuality in the same manner that she transcends everything, be it...

May 19, 2012

What the Most Interesting Man In the World Says…

Amen. That is all (H/T Southern Fried Catholicism).

May 14, 2012

The Golden Rule? Or Gilding the Lily?

Fellow Patheos blogger and philospher, Francis Beckwith on President Obama's misunderstanding of the one, while...

February 2012

February 18, 2012

Why We Should Follow Our Bishops Now And Lead Them Too

But we also have to lead them by example. Sheep leading the shepherds? Bear with...

December 2011

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....

November 2011

November 04, 2011

Remember When Wayne & Garth Got Back Stage Passes & Met Alice Cooper?

That's sort of how I felt after I was Confirmed. The "backstage pass effect", see,...

October 2011

October 02, 2011

Breaking: Minor Miracle(s) at Casa del Weathers

So there I was, just reading the morning paper after breakfast while sipping a cup...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

Yes, An Outdoor Mass Can Be Celebrated Properly

While much of the East Coast was being rained upon by a little nuisance named...

August 24, 2011

To Find Peacefulness of Soul, Be Confident in the Mercy of the Lord

What follows are a few thoughts on Christian peace of the soul by my friend...

August 04, 2011

Remember that Confession Video by “the Kid?”

Great news...Marc Barnes, aka "the Kid,"from BadCatholic was awarded a $1000 scholarship from the i-Confess...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

For Thoughts Like These On Confession

What follows are thoughts on the Sacrament of Reconciliation written by Kenhelm Henry Digby in...

July 26, 2011

Would You Believe for the Fallible Facepalm?

So we were driving to Mass this past Sunday, like we've done every Sunday since...