This week we saw the end of the Trump administration and the beginning of the Biden one. We saw the continuing persecution of the church taking place in the world. The fight for the unborn continued in the laws and decrees being composed and passed. And the most unlikely thing seems to have brought the country together. Pres Biden calls for unity. Nation unites under Bernie memes.- Jeff Miller Bernie’s Mittens Meme Unites This is the Catholic Bard’s week in... Read more
Today is the day people all over the country usually gather in Washington D.C. for the annual March For Life. This year due to COVID, it is being held online virtually. I wanted to take this opportunity to present to you some pro-life thoughts from a variety of different people that express what I believe to be the church’s teaching on pro-life issues expressed in a very elegant and well written way. May they be enlightening and encouraging to you.... Read more
Here is a look back at the last 12 Inauguration speeches of the Presidents of the United States. The president’s are pictured with the Pope in the chair of Peter at the time. The leader of our country. The leader of our Church. St John XXIII 1958 –1963 St Paul VI 1963 – 1978 JFK and St. Pope John 23rd JOHN F. KENNEDY (1st Catholic President) Democratic 35th President of the United States: 1961 ‐ 1963 The President’s Inaugural Address Friday, January 20, 1961 In the long history... Read more
Composing this reflection on the last week is an act of real focused writing determination that will strain my brain with no real permanent pain but will hopefully give me a writing gain. I have edited this week’s edition together more so then actually writing it, but weaving things together into a comprehensive whole is still work. Also making it short enough is tough as this week so much was said and so much has happened. So for more or... Read more
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed – we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a... Read more
Back in 2016, all those many years ago, the nation faced a particularly hard decision. Who to vote for in the 2016 presidential election. “I know we don’t like to vote – marking your ballot nowadays is like choosing between the 3am showing of Beastmaster on Showtime and the 3am showing of Beastmaster 2 on Cinemax.”― Dennis Miller, The Rants There was Hillary Clinton (Beastmaster 2) Feeling the pressure from her left-wing base, Hillary will be hostile to nearly everything... Read more
In a previous post I talked about the Good Discourse Conference January 22 – 24, 2021 and what it is all about. In this post I want to introduce you to the speakers and those involved in the conference and give you a sample of their writings. It is my hope that by looking at the writings of these various individuals it will give you an idea of who they are. These are the folks who are running the conference... Read more
As I’m going over the list of films I saw in 2020, I decided to give Disney films their own blog post. So here are 12 Disney movies I saw and mostly enjoyed watching last year. Disney + Exclusives Artemis Fowl Despite being a great book written by Eoin Colfer with an intriguing plot full of creativity and magic, and tense nail biting action, Artemis Fowl the film is a watered-down version of the story that sucks a lot of... Read more
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick. François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon Scrolling through the world of cyberspace on Facebook, Twitter and other such places of social media, one comes across diverse thoughts on everything from politics, culture and religion. All of which give fueled up emotionally charged opinions, sometimes rooted in facts and other times rooted in someone’s subjective feelings and attitudes, about a particular topic. Everyone wants to... Read more
With all this vitriol, violence, malarkey, and utter chaotic commotion in motion on our computer and TV screens, it’s easy to lose happiness, energy, that stimulus check and a proper perspective to life and sometimes sleep over the anxiety dwelling in the deepest part of our hearts and souls. We forget that there are legitimate diversions that are sometimes relevant to our sanity and help us to realize that life is not all about gloom, doom, brooms and booms. We... Read more
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