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January 31, 2010
To Be Some Day Like Frank G.
My fellow parishioner Frank G.’s daughter died yesterday. I learned about it this morning, just...
January 31, 2010
Thanks to Anne Rice for Asking This Question
In light of Webster’s recent post regarding the roles and responsibilities of the laity, I...
January 30, 2010
A Question About the Laity, Thanks to EPG
We’re becoming awfully bookish here at YIM Catholic: CS Lewis, JD Salinger, DF Wallace. Let’s...
January 30, 2010
For the Soul of David Foster Wallace
The death of JD Salinger on Thursday and a comment from a reader on Friday...
January 30, 2010
YIM Catholic Book Club — Update
Frank has started a good discussion about C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, our current book...
January 29, 2010
Because of J. D. Salinger, Unlikely as It Seems
J.D. Salinger died yesterday at the age of 91 and, full disclosure, I’ve never read...
January 28, 2010
For the Spiritual Life of Children
One of my sisters’ children saw an angel in his backyard a dozen years ago,...
January 28, 2010
Because of the Communion of Saints
Guest post by Allison Salerno My 13-year-old mistook me for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner. When I...
January 28, 2010
YIMC Book Club, “Mere Christianity,” Week 2
It is week number two, club members, and time for some mere discussion on Mere...
January 28, 2010
For Cathy’s Grandmother
This blog is blessed with some thoughtful and articulate commenters. There are times when I...
January 27, 2010
For Minor Miracles III (b)
Blogging about why I’m blogging is a bit like watching myself watch myself in the...
January 27, 2010
Because of a Priest or Not — Revisited
A comment from Mujerlatina has stirred the YIMC pot the past couple of days. Courageously,...
January 27, 2010
For Prayers Such As This
As the disciples asked Our Lord, “teach us to pray,” so we ask as well....
January 27, 2010
For All the Saints: Angela Merici, Virgin
As husband and father, I sometimes find the notion of virginity perplexing—impressive in its total...
January 26, 2010
Because It’s OK for Catholics to Laugh III
This past weekend my wife and I took in a show, ’Til Death Do Us...
January 26, 2010
Thanks Only to the Priesthood
I heard something chilling today. In the Archdiocese of Boston, there are roughly 250 parishes,...
January 26, 2010
Because of Truth in Advertising
I once entertained the idea that I would prove Catholicism wrong. I would convince my...
January 26, 2010
For Minor Miracles III (a)
It’s time for me to write about this blog and how it started and how...
January 25, 2010
Because of a Priest . . . or Not
A regular reader of YIM Catholic goes by the handle of Mujerlatina. Today she sent...
January 25, 2010
Though I Wasn’t Knocked Off My Horse
I used to think it would be just like St. Paul, my life changing once...
January 25, 2010
Because I Yearn (Music for Mondays)
As each week goes by, I accumulate clips of music to post on Mondays. I...
January 24, 2010
For the Love of St. Joseph I
March 19, 2008, was a decisive day for me. Easter Vigil was three days away,...
January 24, 2010
Because of the Latin Mass . . . or Not
Our poll results are in, and interesting. If the Latin Mass were available, 23 percent...
January 24, 2010
Because the Church is Rock and Sand
Here is a meditation written by Pope Benedict when he was only a priest, in...
January 23, 2010
Because of a Call . . . or Not
Yesterday’s post—a question really about why you have converted, fallen away from the Church, reverted,...
January 22, 2010
A Question from the Banks of the Tiber
I have a hypothesis about this blog, and frankly I’m not sure whether Frank agrees....
January 21, 2010
YIMC Book Club, “Mere Christianity”, Week 1
Good evening to our faithful friends at the YIMC Book Club. After a dramatic come...
January 21, 2010
Because If You Were Going to Build an Ideal Pope from Scratch, He Might Look Like This
In Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton uses a striking strategy to back the Christian claim. He defines,...
January 20, 2010
YIMC Book Club Notice
Posted by Frank Errata alert and mea culpa! One of our readers alerted me to...
January 20, 2010
Because Hope is There, but Not Where We Look
After the votes were counted last night and after I was asleep, my iPhone received...
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