KELO takes a church; utilitarianism on the march

January 18, 2006 By

Heather Wilhelm details how a church (non-tax-paying) is being taken to make room for tax revenues! Since the Supreme Court’s controversial Kelo decision last summer, eminent domain has entered a new frontier. It’s not just grandma’s house we have to worry about. Now it’s God’s house, too. “I guess saving souls isn’t as important,” says [...]

Filed Under: America, Faith, Prayer, Socialism doesn't work

At the dinner table when fasting

September 23, 2005 By

So, this is what happens when you are fasting but you still have to cook supper. You find a new recipe for chicken that sounds good and you make it. And the suppertime conversation goes like this: Hubby: What is this? Me: It’s a new recipe. It sounded good. Buster: Mom…you’re fasting. Everything sounds good [...]

Filed Under: Buster, Faith, Parenting, Prayer, Recipes

Praying with the Cloud of Witnesses (bumped to top)

September 22, 2005 By

***Bumped to top for today*** Check below for new posts! My very dear Father-in-Law had a stroke just about one month ago, and while he came through it extremely well, his vision was so severely afflicted that he was no longer able to drive, or to build the unique toys he loves to make for [...]

Filed Under: America, Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Faith, Prayer, Saints

Acedia and the Emperor of Ice Cream

August 23, 2005 By

Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month’s newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Faith, It's all about me! Me! ME!, Liturgy of the Hours, Monasticism, Podcasts, Prayer

Jaw-droppingly stupid and offensive

April 18, 2005 By

Dana over at North Shore Politics writes “although I am not even a practicing Catholic, I was offended by it.” By what? This statement made this morning on ABC news: What our viewers will notice is that, among these 115 cardinals, who are wearing what looks like women’s garb, that there are no women. That [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Feminism, Mary, Prayer, Questions about Catholicism, Saints, The Fourth Estate

Do you know where the greatest place to be is?

April 17, 2005 By

In a mostly empty church, before the Blessed Sacrament. Just got back a little while ago from Adoration. One parish nearby has it during the week for a few hours, and I always try to make that, but another parish, a few towns over, has Nocturnal Adoration once a month, from 9PM to 6:30AM, and [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Eucharist, Faith, Prayer

In the Spirit of Christmas: A Letter to Maureen Dowd

December 6, 2004 By

Dear Ms. Dowd; I have just finished reading your sad and unfunny column from yesterday’s NY Times. While I don’t normally read yesterday’s news, my time has been so taken up with another issue that I was (quite unusually) glad to happen upon your writing, even a day late. You would, of course, have no [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Dowd, Euthanasia, Faith, Feminism, Here and Queer, Medical, My brother S, Prayer