I have two theme songs. This first one sums up the Catholic faith quite nicely. It is a song you can teach your children and you can all sing along together as you sit around the dinner table conversing about the day. The second theme song is written by my friend Jeff Wagner. Here he explains…. This song is based on Mark’s friend Marshall’s interesting and touching spiritual conversion, an event that profoundly influenced Mark Wilson’s spiritual life. The lyrics alone may... Read more
I could write a short poem about how I’m too tired to write even a short poem and can barely keep my eyes open. Then would I be writing a poem, which is thought provoking or would I just be complaining, which could be seen as a sin depending on the situation? Poetry Is… Poetry is emotion put to silent word on paper It is usually only deeply understood by its writer Only a contemplative mind can right deeply profound... Read more
This is our 50th post, Not that anyone cares Not even me, I was not counting But my husband was There are much more important things Like, faith, God, Covid 19, Love Well you have come this far So, thanks for reading this poem Thanks for reading any of our other posts Past or future Ask the Patron Saints of Writers St. Francis de Sales and St. Lucy To Make our Blog more Interesting and Inspiring “The same everlasting Father... Read more
50 Posts ago… We put up our first article at Catholic bard. It got me thinking of the last 50 years of history and what significant things that happen during those years, particularly in the catholic and personal world of the Catholic Bard. So, 50 years ago beginning in… 1970 April 3- The Flying Nun ends it’s 3 season run on TV. May 6- The man who killed Maria Goretti, (October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) Alessandro Serenelli dies. (2 June... Read more
I read the likes of Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross, Saint Therese of Lisieux, and do Morning and evening prayer from the Divine office, on the computer now, And a half hour of Quiet Prayer, Daily Mass and the Rosary. Yeah, what a saint right? For all the times I’ve skipped, for, this reason or that, I have no excuse. You don’t know what I do wrong. God knows. God of love and mercy, of... Read more
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mother Dearest Queen of Carmel Who so appeared to Simon Stock Sixth General, After the Carmelites had moved From Mount Carmel, Palestine, to Europe And has spread over the centuries to much of the world While the order was being persecuted You came to England with your baby, or savior in your arms Wearing brown, the color of the desert where the order had begun And You gave Simon the first Brown Scapular The year... Read more
I saw this posted on Facebook. They will know we are Christians by our guns? I see too many Catholics who want to throw statues in rivers, destroy property they think our idolatrous, punch heretics and apparently go to war based on this meme. Catholic Avengers Unite is what they want to do. There is a gun show where they sell assault rifles and handguns at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Muscoda, Wisconsin, A group I was part of thought... Read more
Our World is Chock Full of Mysteries. Mysterious (mist·ris), a. [f. L. mysterium MYSTERY1 + OUS. Cf. F. mystérieux.] 1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or discover; of obscure origin, nature, or purpose. -Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman. There are mysteries of science such as Mind Controlling Parasites, Radio Active Boy Scouts and the question of whether the earth is indeed FLAT.... Read more
The Glories of the Past Ancient Egypt was a unique culture whose magic reaches down the millennia to us through words such as mummies, pyramids, the Sphinx, Tutankhamun, pharaohs, and curses. Napoleon Bonaparte’s expedition to Egypt in 1798 initiated the modern era of Egyptomania: We can say that Bonaparte, Vivant Denon (the head of his scientific team), and others discovered ancient Egypt for everyone. The publication of the Description de l’Égypte and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone can be... Read more
No one is going to deny that the coronavirus has upset our way of life. We can’t live the same way we used to before this Covid reared it’s ugly head. But there are some simple things we can do to help stop the spread so we can then return to regular normal life, if that is actually ever possible. Recently in Covid News I personally had a friend who died from Covid-19 and her whole family. Broadway actor... Read more
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