The Manner of the Receiver I find it interesting that two people can look at the same data and come to two absolutely different conclusions about the same thing. But yet at the same time they can also find some commonality about the same thing. This is especially true with the different conclusions about God. How people come to believe in God is always a mystery. Pope Paul recalled a Scholastic axiom that captures the importance, as well as the... Read more
Going to mass and receiving the sacraments, reading the scriptures and engaging in prayer helps prepare our hearts and minds and feeds our souls with the presence of God. We can then take the spirit of God dwelling in our soul and use it to see everywhere in God’s creation which reflects the truth, beauty and goodness everywhere one goes. It sees God clearly in the strictly religious activities we engage in as Christians and it can see God in... Read more
We Generation Xers were there when cinema was cool. We didn’t have to watch classic hit movies on DVD or digital. We watched it on big screen. We watched it without 30 minutes of previews before hand. We watched it without commercials. We watched it for a lower ticket price then what they charge to see film in theaters now. We didn’t watch reboots, remakes or relaunches we watched the original films that inspire those sequels,prequels and nostalgia movies they... Read more
My wife was Gone for a week and went to pick her up last night. Our week apart is now Gone. On the first day back together we went to St. Philips for our nighttime activity. As I was in the adoration chapel with her I started to read a copy of a book given to me from one of the guys in my Men of St. Joseph Catholic prayer group. I read this passage that jumped out at me.... Read more
When you’re feeling down and can’t go on, I hope you find the courage to say… I’m pressing on Pressing on, all my distress is going, going, gone Pressing on, pressing on And I won’t sit back, and take this anymore ‘Cause I’m done with that I’ve got one foot out the door And to go back where I was would just be wrong I’m pressing on -Relient K I don’t feel like writing right now. I want to fall... Read more
I’m working my way through the book How the Saints Shaped History which included a section of the Church Father, and Doctor of the Church the Venerable, Teacher of the Faith Saint John of Damascus. He is also one of the Fathers of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is best known for his strong defence of icons in which he has some interesting things to say about the topic. His thoughts on the subject are captured in St John Damascene on Holy Images.... Read more
The worst thing I can say about James Gunn’s Superman is that I didn’t love it. If I loved or even really really liked it I could talk about all the great things that made it a great thrill ride of a summer popcorn movie. But I only thought it was just pretty good. The best thing I can say about James Gunn’s Superman is that I didn’t hate it. If I hated it or even really really disliked it... Read more
Intro To Historical Trivia 1. When you have no other ideas of what to write about in your blog you can always write about historical trivia. You can tweet short or blog long about it. Historical Trivia is a way to remember the interesting tidbits of life without having to invest too much time you may not have into reading about it but yet giving you fascinating highlights you can reflect on and inspiration to find out more if your... Read more
A few years ago I wrote this… I want to know the people who are in my immediate neighborhood. In this case I’m talking about the virtual neighborhood where I blog at Catholic Bard. I took a look around and decided to look up a little something about all my neighbors who have a different world view then I do. Were just one voice in the middle of a sea of voices. So, I think it’s important to know who... Read more
America’s Attitude towards immigrants and the poor in 1883 From Wikipedia: “The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal’s lower level. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall... Read more
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