Miracles, Indeed – UPDATED

April 1, 2009 By

For the past few weeks I have occasionally mentioned a young woman named Heather who is battling a cancer diagnosed while she is pregnant. Some of you (including one seminarian) have kindly asked to be kept apprised of Heather’s situation (and the baby’s), and have kept her in your prayers. Yesterday the patient liaison person [...]

Filed Under: American Genius, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Freedom of Worship, Medical, Prayer

A Recovery Party? Random Chills, Thrills & Myths

March 27, 2009 By

Comrades, it’s difficult to keep up, but the mandatory service requirement requires that you try. The oxymoronic thing passed in the Senate. It passed by a healthy margin. Yesterday a thoughtful young 24 year old whom I have known since he was about 10 or 11 sent along this piece about California regulating car colors, [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Alternative Media, America, Barack Obama, Blogs and Blogging, Catholicism, Chesterton, Communion of Saints, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Life/Death, Culture of Treason?, Dumb Democrat moves, Dumb GOP moves, Economic woe, Euthanasia, Faith, Freedom of Worship, Mary, Obama Bad?, Scriptural stuff, Serving up hot links, Socialism doesn't work, The Rosary

Lives "Hidden" & Suppressed

March 21, 2009 By

I have written a few times about how socialistic, totalitarian governments tend to go after people of faith – to try to suppress them – and they specifically (and usually pretty quickly) also move to shut down the monastics and vowed religious, and leave them bereft of community. I suspect part of the reason they [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Barack Obama, Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Free Speech?, Freedom of Worship, Socialism doesn't work

Thorns, Surrender & Coming Out – UPDATED

March 12, 2009 By

The Recent Mrs. Chins Two of my brothers are gay, and both of them found that coming out afforded them great peace and freedom. No longer needing to hide a portion of themselves, unconstricted by fear and having escaped the deceptive “safety” of their hiding place, they became more at ease in themselves – easier [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Freedom of Worship, It's all about me! Me! ME!, Lent '09, Prayer, The Perpetual Adolescents, TV/Pop Culture/Music

CT Gov’t wants to control the Church – UPDATED

March 10, 2009 By

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Benedict XVI, Catholicism, Crisis & Opportunity, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Free Speech?, Freedom of Worship, Isra-El, Podcasts, Prayer, Predictions, Secularism, Send in the clowns

Obama: Your conscience means nothing to me…UPDATED

February 27, 2009 By

I’ve been waiting for this story and knew it would come – dropped on a Friday night, of course: Taking another step into the abortion debate, the Obama administration today will move to rescind a controversial rule that allows healthcare workers to deny abortion counseling or other family planning services if doing so would violate [...]

Filed Under: America, Barack Obama, Culture of Life/Death, Dumb Democrat moves, Dumb GOP moves, Euthanasia, Feminism, Free Speech?, Freedom of Worship, Medical, Socialism doesn't work, The Perpetual Adolescents, Touch of evil

Housekeeping / Commercial Interruption

February 27, 2009 By

First, I want to shout out a big thank you to all of you who have used the Amazon search button (or any of my amazon links) to purchase goods – I’m especially grateful for whoever it was bought the Amazon Kindle, as it brought a $35 kickback to the site. What I have been [...]

Filed Under: Blogs and Blogging, Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Chesterton, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Freedom of Worship, Lent, Liturgy of the Hours, Podcasts, Prayer