Great bluegrass song out called “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company.” By the time summer ends, we Catholics will be humming it as we grapple with the crisis in the Church once again. Looks like last year’s Cardinal scandal will have a sequel this year after the Washington Post’s expose of Bishop Bransfield of West Virginia. But before we get on the bandwagon of bashing priests, bishops, etc. again, perhaps we Catholics could all agree to share... Read more
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the governmental elites, the ordinary folks, and most especially the remaining living soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy so long ago, gathered on that hallowed ground to remember. Who cannot stand stunned at the enormity of what the Allies accomplished? I’ll tell you who–most of us. The notion of Valor has faded in our consciousness. What boys of 20 years did decades ago seems impossible to replicate now. Heroism is left to Hollywood... Read more
And no one lived happily ever after. That’s what I got out of eight seasons of Game of Thrones–that awful parable for our time. It’s a storyline with no heroes, no hope, and the constant, unremitting triumph of death and evil. Humans defined only as sinners. But how surprisingly appropriate for our times. In this millennium, evil conquers everything. Commit Sin; Go To Hell Know how I know this? The New York Yankees cast the soul of Kate Smith into... Read more
Welcome to the newest Catholic blog on Patheos. It’s called “Thin Places“. My name is Monsignor Eric R. Barr, STL, and I’m the author of what I hope you will find to be an exciting, challenging, enjoyable and spiritual blog experience. Sure, it’s a little bit Celtic, a little bit theological, and rather wide in the net it casts. Primarily, though, this blog is about the struggle of folks in this world who are trying to find hints of the... Read more
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