Last Week In Life: September 6, 2021- September 12, 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Deep Thoughts on Star Trek Day Steven D. Greydanus 55 years ago today, western civilization ended. Happy Star Trek Day. Aude perge quo nemo antecessit! Mark Shea Deacon Steven D. Greydanus responds For those who may have been wondering about Mark’s joke post on my wall yesterday (Star Trek Day): In seminary I had a punctilious canon law professor who solemnly told us on... Read more
Collecting Spiritual Quotes What follows is going to be relatively long, so those who do not like reading long blogs are free to turn away. Or, you can print it off and hide it in your pantry with your cupcakes and return to it at your leisure. -Larry Chapp, Gaudium et Spes 22 As I travel down the internet superhighway, I often find a rest stop. I pull over and gather up all the splashes of information, inspiration and imagination that... Read more
One of the great beautiful things about the MCU is the vast multitude of the various variety of genres they have that populate their stories. The Guardians of the Galaxy gave us straight up Science Fiction. The Winter Soldier and Black Widow gave us intense spy thrillers with lots of espionage dripping out. Dr. Strange and Wanda gave us straight up Fantasy with Wizards and Witches. Thor gave Marvelous Mythology. Spider-Man gave us a coming of age story of first... Read more
Last Week In Life: August 30, 2021- September 5, 2021 A New School Year is upon us. The Fall TV Season is upon us. Big Life Changes are upon some of us. Life Myself. So because my time is going to stuffed with different things, I thought I would try a different format for the Last Week in Life. Here We Go…. Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Freeing Black Americans, Then and Now George Washington: You know, slavery really... Read more
Here is just a fraction of the various Movies and TV shows coming out in September 2021. Use it to get an idea of what you might want to watch with your leisure time. Movie Descriptions are taken from various sources including Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. Tuesday, Aug. 31 Only Murders In The Building: Season 1 (2021) Hulu Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. When a grisly death occurs inside their... Read more
Last Week In Life: August 23, 2021- August 29, 2021 Beaver Builds Trivia Empire-Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK What does a dog named Otto, The Simpsons, Greta Thunberg, Beer, Beaver and the Catholic Church all have in common? It was on November 10, 1951 that Sir Hugh Beaver, who was the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, was out at a bird shooting party in that wonderful part of the world of County Wexford, Ireland in North Slob by... Read more
Each week in the Last Week in Life I suggest and list new books and music. Here is a List of those Books and Movies. As is for July and August. You might find something you want to read or listen to. Just click on the Link. Classic Books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. Published July 11, 1960 Catholic Books Serious Little Catholics: A Memoir Jun 8, 2021 by Kathy Gereau Millennial Nuns: Reflections on... Read more
The Catholic Bard is always looking to share interesting articles about the faith and the world in which that faith is lived. When I spot talented people I want to share their writing talent with others. So Catholic Sci-Fi Writer Caroline Furlong has graciously let me reprint an article by her regarding the issue of good and evil as displayed in the world of popular entertainment. She focuses on this classic struggle by comparing this theme in the Disney Lion... Read more
1974 The year that these movies came out. The Towering Inferno Earthquake Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein The Godfather Part II Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too The Sugarland Express, directed by Steven Spielberg The Year These TV shows came out. Little House on the Prairie Happy Days Land of the Lost Kolchak: The Night Stalker The Year these TV shows ended. The Brady Bunch The Partridge Family Monty Python’s Flying Circus The Year these Books were published. Jaws by... Read more
Last Week In Life: August 16, 2021- August 22, 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Monks Monastic Mysterious Beverage Monks do more then lead an austere existence of quiet contemplative prayer hidden away in a cloistered abbey. Some Monks like the men of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer Massachusetts produce Trappist Preserves with such flavors as Blueberry Preserve and Boysenberry Seedless Jam. The selling of this jelly helps to run and support the abbey and gives your toast something... Read more
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