I started to write this post on July 13th. In less then a month My Catholic Bard co-writer and partner and wife in life will be going to Ireland for the 2nd time together. We last went in 2018 while living in Massachusetts. This time we will depart while living in R.I. U.S.A. When we left I still had this computer I am writing this post on. My daughters boyfriend had just moved into our house while our daughter had... Read more
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Some people retreat to the world inside books in order to escape the ordinary and sometimes depressing world in which they live. Bastian Balthazar Bux escapes into a antique bookstore in order to escape three bullies who want to throw him in a trash... Read more
Last Time on HOARATS Mark Twain and the Wellerman Come on a Comet – 1830 – 1839 As we enter into the 1840’s Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) was president from March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 Pope # 254 Gregory XVI (September 18, 1765 – June 1, 1846) was on the throne of St. Peter from (February 2, 1831 – June 1, 1846 –15 years, 119 days) 1840 Picture This Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople – Wikipedia News of the... Read more
Frederick Douglass (c. February 1817 or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved... Read more
Monday July 1, 2024 USA: Saint Junípero Serra, Priest; BVM Day 182: The Inescapable God — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube Day 182: The Signs of Bread and Wine — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels. 1770 – Lexell’s Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other... Read more
Persecuted For The Truth Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix Blessed are those have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 As Harry Potter, famous boy wizard sits in his ‘Defense Against the Dark Arts’ class, his new teacher Dolorous Jane Umbridge informs the class about recent current events in the wizarding world. “Let me make this quite plain. You have been told that a certain Dark Wizard is... Read more
In my particular series of historical blog posts (Heck of a Ride Around the Sun) I have tried to include and insert many many canonized Catholic Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God into the timelines. I may have missed some and it’s hard to go back and drop them into history. So I’m putting them here in this particular series of articles on the Catholic Bard’s List of Saints. I took the General Roman Calendar, some books on saints... Read more
Last time on HORATES The Mormon Saturday Evening Post Arrives In The 1820s | A Look At Historical Events From 1820 – 1829. (patheos.com) Welcome to the decade where Mark Twain Enters Earth Riding On A Comet 1830 May 28, 1830 – The United States Congress passes the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the President to negotiate with Native Americans in the United States for their removal from their ancestral homelands. This also has the effect of beginning mass destruction of bison in North America. July 18, 1830 – Catherine, a novice at... Read more
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12 Darth Vader is the most feared murderer in the galaxy. You better not cross his path if you don’t want to be chocked or sliced in two with his light saber. If you tick him off he can blow your planet up with his moon sized battle station the Death Star. He single-handedly killed most of the Jedi Knights who were the custodians... Read more
In my particular series of historical blog posts (Heck of a Ride Around the Sun) I have tried to include and insert many many canonized Catholic Saints, Blesseds, Venerables and Servants of God into the timelines. I may have missed some and it’s hard to go back and drop them into history. So I’m putting them here in this particular series of articles on the Catholic Bard’s List of Saints. I took the General Roman Calendar, some books on saints... Read more
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