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February 2012

February 12, 2012

Because My Pope Speaks Truths Like This

Just recently, back on January 19, 2012 during his address to the bishops of Washington...

February 11, 2012

FYI, The HHS Mandate Petition Skunked the Competition UPDATED

And here's why: meet the real Freedom of Conscience petition, y'all. Because although the NARAL petition...

February 10, 2012

Fr. Robert Barron Makes it Clear…

This is a power grab and a push to secularize our nation and ghettoize Catholics....

February 09, 2012

Yes, the Obama Administration has “Uncorked It” UPDATED

That's aviator speak for "lost control of it." That much is obvious. Bloggers Amie Parnes...

February 09, 2012

Mr. Obama? The Church Will Bury You

So says a couple of secular journalists in the Business Insider article with the greatest...

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 25, 2012

Best. 2012. March for Life. Video. Ever.

Courtesy of the "the Kid," Marc Barnes. Let's make it go viral, ya'll. Only 6...

January 22, 2012

Would You Believe Because of Crony Capitalism? UPDATED

Would that really surprise you if I said that one of the reasons why I...

January 18, 2012

Love Jesus, Hate Religion? Fr. Robert Barron Fires Both Barrels

Sometimes, something goes so viral that all you can do is shake your head and...

January 16, 2012

Because Martin Luther King Jr. Died For Truth

On April 4th, in the year of Our Lord, 1968, at 6:01 PM, in my...

January 02, 2012

Soldiers and Artist’s Should Be Friends?

Of course they should. Because oftentimes, they are the same people. My civilian brother, Max Lindenman, elaborates....

January 01, 2012

The Problem With the “Status Quo” in the Holy Places

Is summed up nicely by St. John in his first letter. Beloved: The way we...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

A Wacky Idea for Cleaning the Sacred Sites in the Holy Land- UPDATED

Talk about things that are "ridiculously Catholic," how about ridiculously Orthodox things like...BARFIGHT! Oh wait...CHURCHFIGHT!...

December 28, 2011

Because of the Church’s Position on Abortion

At the Battle of Mobile Bay in the American Civil War, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut...

December 25, 2011

Cardinal Justin Rigali with a Christmas Message We All Need to Hear

Forgiveness is the message that is often forgotten on this day of the celebration of...

December 23, 2011

Because Tradition says December 25 is When Christ was Born

And that is good enough for me. Especially because smarter, more capable, and more knowledgeable...

December 12, 2011

Meet Wyoming Catholic College

I always liked Wyoming. During the summer between my junior and senior year of college,...

December 09, 2011

This Novel By Johnny Cash Helped Me Become Catholic

Johnny Cash and Jesus Christ share the initials "J.C." Johnny Cash is an adopted son...

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 02, 2011

Because Natural Law is Catholic

I'm going to have to borrow a line from U2's Bono and say, "Am I...

November 2011

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 25, 2011

For The Road Of Joy

What follows is an excerpt from Kenelm Henry Digby's Compitum: or, The Meeting of the...

November 22, 2011

Joan of Arc, Joan Jett and More

I skipped Music for Mondays yesterday. So in this holiday shortened week I've got some...

November 15, 2011

“Catholicism” Premiering on EWTN

Very good news, especially for viewers left out in the cold like me. See, the...

November 13, 2011

Because Tolkien and Lewis Took A Walk After Dinner

I had someone leave a comment on a post who lamented questioningly, "After all,...

November 12, 2011

Another Reason to Call the Cops: It’s Your Only Option UPDATED

That's right. I'm referring to the post I wrote yesterday about why you need to...

November 11, 2011

Need Another Reason to Love “the Kid?”

Here are five of them. I'm just glad that when I was Marc's age, it...

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...

November 08, 2011

Because Conversion Works Like This

At least this has been my experience. Perhaps this poem by Emily Henrietta Hickey can...