Views of a new Catholic in an old world on the joy and inexhaustible meaning found in the Faith
It’s the feast day of the plucky little lass from Ireland who penned one of my favorite little prayers of thankfulness and joy,
I should like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I should like the angels of Heaven to be drinking it through time eternal.
Hear, hear! In fact, her whole prayer gives me a warm feeling all over, [Read more...]
I am late in coming around to an appreciation of St. Thomas Aquinas. As the old saw goes, better late than never. Jacques Maritain’s book The Peasant of the Garonne has pointed me towards learning more about this Doctor of the Church. [Read more...]
Courage is an enduring virtue, one that Christians of all strips have to tap into in the course of their lives. As such, it is with great pleasure that I see that we commemorate St. Francis de Sales on this day. [Read more...]
Blessed JPII at Shea Stadium
For baseball fans, we’re still in the bleak of midwinter. But seeing this video is just what the doctor ordered to put a thaw on the freeze, and remind us that Spring Training is just around the corner (about one week after Lent begins).
While we wait, enjoy this footage of Blessed Pope John Paul II (is it really him? Dunno.) taking swings at an indoor batting cage during his 1987 visit to California. [Read more...]
Remember “Wrong Way” Feldman?
Or to a deserted island, like the fellow who paid a visit to Gilligan’s. Oh my. There goes Frank, again. Got any other metaphors for us?
Sure I do. [Read more...]
I’ve been not publishing a number of comments these past few days, as they violate the little rule I keep here at the blog. It’s a simple rule based on a passage from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians,
No foul language should come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for needed edification, that it may impart grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption. All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Just because it’s simple, doesn’t mean it isn’t hard to follow. [Read more...]
Joe Six-Pack here. You know, I’ve said it often in this space that Catholics can dig science. And I’ve written posts highlighting scientific events from time to time with the (Because Catholics Can Dig Science) title-ender. Is there such a word phrase as “title-ender?” I don’t know. I think I just made that up. [Read more...]
Of the theological virtues Faith, Hope, and Love, St. Paul writes that the greatest of these is Love. Our Lord also said so when He was being questioned by the scholar of the law and gave us the Two Greatest Commandments, both of which are based on love; the love of God and the love of neighbor.
It sounds pretty easy, and in theory it is. But in practice? [Read more...]
To break through. To be a part of the Light.
It’s like St. Hildegard of Bingen, our newest Doctor of the Church, says, [Read more...]
—Solemnity, Mary, Mother of God
For most of us, today is a Holy Day of Obligation. It’s the day where we recognize the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as the Mother of God. In this post, we’ll look at something one of my friends from the group I call the Dead Jesuits wrote, exploring another dimension of Our Lady’s role as the Theotokos. [Read more...]
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