Pelosi & the Pope: Do Not Be Afraid

February 14, 2009 By

A couple of emails from Catholics expressing displeasure at the news that Nancy Pelosi is heading to Rome with a contingent of legislators and will take a meeting with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. Wrote a former marine who seem pretty angry: I am deeply concerned about this matter as I personally believe that Mrs. [...]

Filed Under: America, Benedict XVI, Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Culture of Life/Death, Eucharist, Faith, John Paul II, Lent, Mary, Prayer, The Fourth Estate, The Pelosi

Michael Dubruiel – R.I.P. – UPDATED

February 4, 2009 By

UPDATE: Read Michael’s staggering last column, written the night before he died. And another good one here about a priest who is one of my “prayer partners.” Talk about the Communion of Saints! Today, when I said my rosary, I invited Michael to pray it with me, for his family. And I didn’t even know [...]

Filed Under: Blogs and Blogging, Bookchat, Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Saints, The Rosary

"Who needs the saints?"

January 25, 2009 By

Who needs the saints, what’s the point? A nicely done video by Fr. Jim Martin, author of My Life With the Saints, which has been endlessly plugged around here, and with good reason. It’s a good way to spend 3 1/2 minutes. I’ve written before about the Communion of Saints and what it is like [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Mary, Prayer, Saints, The Rosary

Getcha red-hot patrons, here…

December 3, 2008 By

Julie at Happy Catholic reminds me that it’s that time of the year again, when a generous Catholic blogger like this one will take the time to pull a patron saint for the next year, just for you. What’s the point? Well, the idea is that whatever saint name gets pulled out of the hat [...]

Filed Under: Bookchat, Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Culture of Life/Death, Free Speech?, Saints, TV/Pop Culture/Music

Are Our Ideologies Our Idols?

January 31, 2008 By

The Wall Street Journal has an editorial up entitled McCain’s Apostacies. Think about that for a minute. His differences with his party are not differences, they’re “apostacies.” He is, for some, a heretic who has departed too sharply away from the dogmas and sacraments of The Church of Conservatism. And he’s the pro-life guy! I’ve [...]

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We’re in this together, outside of time

November 3, 2005 By

I have been corresponding with a friend who is enduring the loss of a beloved family member; his grief is still very new. My grief for my brother S is a little older. It was just a bare week or so ago that I noted the passing of one year since he entered hospice. The [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Christians in Exile, Communion of Saints, Crucible of Faith, Faith, Mary, My brother S