... Brigadier General, Fr. Patrick J. Dolan. Pray for these dutiful men. … [Read more...]
No Mercy For You, Says Mosque to Boston Bomber’s Family…
April 24, 2013 By 10 Comments
... The Soup Nazi would be proud. American authorities have told the family that they can have Tsarnaev’s body, and an uncle approached the mosque to request a burial and funeral but was declined, said the aunt, Patimat Suleimanova. She said that she did not know the name of the mosque but that it was one the family attended. A mosque in Cambridge, Mass., has said that Tsarnaev attended and occasionally caused disruptions and that mosque leaders threatened to kick him out. A … [Read more...]
The Boston Bomber’s Widow and Abusive Relationships…
April 24, 2013 By 15 Comments
... Reading about Katherine Russell/Karima Tsarnaev, the widow of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, reminds me specifically of two woman. The first was an old friend who married a seemingly wonderful man too young, had his children, then watched him transform into a controlling and abusive "devout" Muslim. The second woman was me. Sarah. My friend "Sarah"* met her husband in college and fell quickly in love. Sarah was a cradle Catholic and her husband, "Hassan"*, was a Muslim but not … [Read more...]
I don’t do earth day…
April 22, 2013 By 16 Comments
I will never understand how people can weep over a "dead" tree and then celebrate the destruction of human life in the womb. Or how these same uber militant environmentalists think nothing of polluting the water supply and their bodies with chemically manufactured cancer causing abortificants. The same thing applies to Genetically Modified Organisms. GMO in food, bad. GMO in the human gene pool, scientific progress. I have no patience for hippies and their contradictory mentality. … [Read more...]
Dads, Get Back In The Game …
April 21, 2013 By 7 Comments
... A strange thing happened on the way to Little League. The dads have all seemed to have lost their way to the games. You've heard of soccer moms; well now there are baseball moms and lacrosse moms and swim meet moms. Where are all the dads cheering for their kids from the bleachers? Surely not everyone is divorced. I know for a fact this isn't the case on my son's own team from talking to the other moms, yet game after game the fathers rarely make an appearance. It's beyond frustrating. … [Read more...]
The Dual Nature of Christ …
April 21, 2013 By 9 Comments
... judgment in the front, mercy in the back. … [Read more...]
Placing Blame For The Kermit Gosnell Murders…
April 16, 2013 By 2 Comments
... Because it's all the fault of those intolerant choice hating pro-lifers. If it weren't for them, we'd have safe and affordable access to abortion on every corner and the Kermit Gosnells of the abortion world would be run out of business. Makes about as much sense as using school shootings to advocate for more access to safe and affordable guns. Anyway, I was going to write this long screed about life in crazy town, aka the mind of a liberal, only to find Simcha Fisher handled things … [Read more...]
In Today’s News That Never Was…
April 10, 2013 By 11 Comments
... News That Never Was; highlighted news items ignored by the politically bias, liberal agenda driven mainstream media. Gay Connecticut Couple On Trial For Raping Their Adopted Children... media outrage? Nope. Crickets. I'm less outraged over the media's blind eye than I am about the fact that they almost entered a plea deal* that would have given them both probation instead jail time. Can you believe it?! Two grown men stand accused* of raping their adopted child and some judge is OK … [Read more...]
The Crescat on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier…
April 9, 2013 By 4 Comments
... If you happen to tune in at 6 pm this evening you'll get to see my comments featured from this post regarding Melissa Harris-Perry's borg assimilation style approach to public education. I'm going to miss it, but it airs tonight at 6 p.m. EST. Update 4/10/13 Oh my gosh. Did you see it? Cause I totally missed. If you blinked you probably missed it too. I was playing ball with my son. I heard it was about 32 minutes in and I was mentioned right after Sarah Palin and just before … [Read more...]
Comments and other technical stuff…
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
... Patheos is doing some site updating and other technical stuff that is over my head. These site updates involve Disqus as well so you may see comments disappearing into the vapors of the interwebs. I'm not exactly sure where comments go to die. If you notice something wonky while you try and comment I apologize. The powers to be should have it all worked out shortly. In the meantime I'd like to remind everyone how comment moderation works around here. … [Read more...]
The Prevalence of Latin Masses In Buenos Aires Proves Nothing…
April 8, 2013 By 22 Comments
... There seems to be some confusion existing as to whether Bergoglio was "friendly" or not to the Latin mass in his old diocese of Buenos Aires. Some say he was open to it while others claim he was outright hostile to the prospect. This supposed hostility and preference for simpler liturgical styles is being used to paint Pope Francis as liturgical dance-y and an enemy to all things traditional. Trying to judge whether Pope Francis loves, hates, or is indifferent to the Latin based on … [Read more...]
All Your Children Are Belong To Us…
April 5, 2013 By 19 Comments
... Alas, there I go again being right. Here's a little prophetic number I wrote back in November of last year basically stating that it was our parental duty to indoctrinate our own damn kids and if we refused to do so someone else gladly will. Here is your someone else. "We've always had this private notion about kids", "we have to break through this notion that kids belong to their parents" ... wait, I am so confused. I thought she advocated the private decision of a mother to … [Read more...]
Fine Art Friday – Russian Orthodox/Vatican Style…
April 5, 2013 By 3 Comments
... The Vatican's newest official court artist, Natalia Tsarkova, poses next to a painting of Pope Benedict XVI in her studio by Rome. From Art Daily; ROME (AFP).- After Michelangelo and Raphael, the vatican's latest official painter is something of an unusual choice -- an ebullient Russian woman with a pet owl who is a regular at the court of cardinals and popes. An Orthodox believer in the heart of Roman Catholicism, Natalia Tsarkova paints her classical-style portraits in a flat filled … [Read more...]
Flash Mob Reenactment of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ …
April 4, 2013 By 3 Comments
... to promote the re-opening of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Life imitating art. … [Read more...]
I Thought Today Was Friday…
April 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
... by that's OK, I've got nun gazing to cheer my spirits. This last one is begging for a caption. … [Read more...]
Sowing Seeds of Doubt, Darth Vader Is Not Impressed…
April 2, 2013 By 12 Comments
... My word. You'd never know it's still Easter, the most joyous liturgical time of the year, and that Lent was over judging by all the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I've had to give up reading some of my most favorite blogs. The stink of the novusordoist disease is everywhere and there's nowhere to go? Pope Francis is destroying the Church? The very idea exudes a heartbreaking lack of hope and Catholics are anything but hopeless. Please, stop it. Everyone. Just stop. The spiritual … [Read more...]
Emma, Emma, Emma…
April 2, 2013 By 5 Comments
... Poor thing. Remember her famous quote on modesty. “I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do an interview with photographs people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable. I’d never go out in a mini-skirt. It’s nothing to do with protecting the Hermione image. I … [Read more...]
Reasons Not To Let Kids Have Holy Water…
April 1, 2013 By 4 Comments
... Our poor cat. First there was the baptism by full immersion. Now my son is performing exorcisms, convinced the cat is possessed. Pretty much any excuse to throw water on a cat. … [Read more...]
How Hardcore Catholics Get Around…
April 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
... So I saw this picture of Lionel Richie* on facebook which made me think of the opening scene in La Dolce Vita and then I remembered, the Holy Family is my co-pilot on long road trips. Driving around with a rosary on your rear view mirror is so passé. *Not really Lionel Richie … [Read more...]
Happy Easter…
March 31, 2013 By 3 Comments
... Please enjoy this Russian art depicting Kulich, a traditional Easter type bread. Ilya Kaverznev, Joyous Easter Sergei Smirnov, Easter Sunday Inessa Safronova, Kulichi I tried to make this one year. And by "try" I mean I googled the recipe and decided it was too much work. … [Read more...]
Meditating On The Crucifixion Leaves No Room For Idle Court Gossip…
March 29, 2013 By 6 Comments
... So I had these long posts written out about same-sex "marriage" and then another regarding washing the feet of girls by the pope and I realized neither one of those posts was the least bit edifying. Controversial maybe, good for getting people riled up, great for page views... but nothing really to lift the spirit. So I nixed them both. I came to this decision after spending time looking online for a nice Visual Treat to share with you for Good Friday. Looking at art renderings of scenes … [Read more...]
Someone Asks, Why Am I Catholic…
March 27, 2013 By 7 Comments
... especially since being Catholic is so very unpopular right now, what with the same-sex "marriage" stuff going on in SCOTUS. Eh. I've never been that popular anyway. I was given a 200 word limit to explain why I'm Catholic and I can assure I don't need more than one single sentence and few visually stunning images that reflect the reality of Catholicism. I am Catholic because Catholicism is Truth and outside of Truth there is nothing else. Van Weyden Giuseppe … [Read more...]
Tuesday Tunes In Scottish Brogue …
March 26, 2013 By 4 Comments
... If it's possible to fall in love with the sound of a voice I would totally would marry Scott Hutchison's accent. I know Mumford & Sons is all the rage, but this band, in my lofty not so humble opinion, blows them out of the water and have been doing so for a lot longer. So there. Truth be told, if you stuck any man in a beard and gave him a Scottish accent I'd be instantly in love. Except Obama. And probably Michael Moore. Yes, definitely Michael Moore. There's just no cure for … [Read more...]
Cake Will Kill You. No Seriously, It Will KILL You…
March 26, 2013 By 1 Comment
... Diets suck. They suck because they remind us there's a flaw in our physical well being. And being physically healthy is work. Sin sucks too for the same reason in that because of it we are reminded of the flaws our in own human nature. Sin effects our spiritual well being and makes us spiritually unhealthy. Not only that, being free from the grasp of sin is hard work too. Nothing is every easy. And if it tastes good and we are tempted it's probably horrible for us. You may have issues … [Read more...]
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