Don’t depend on the media’s terribly chosen sound bites to know what your pope is saying. Get it straight from the horse’s mouth (sort of) with the help of The Weekly Benedict. We can thank two people for The Weekly Benedict. First is Jimmy Akin, who gathers weekly the homilies and writings of the Holy Father for our easy access. Now, Jimmy Akin offers much more than compiling Pope Benedict’s writing, such as his daily liturgical posts. However, for those... Read more
Jesse from the SFFaudio podcast and I will be discussing The New Mother. We’ll be joined by Heather Ordover from CraftLit, who read the story aloud for us. Jesse posted the audio of the story early for anyone interested. Read more
At Catholic Fidelity it is our mission to faithfully serve Christ’s Church by defending Her truth. I have sought to bring together many of the best apologetic sources on the net in one place and arrange them in a topical manner across several different types of media (articles, videos, audio, presentations, recommended books, and more) … Two thousand years ago Pilate asked Jesus “What is truth?” (John 18:38). This question still rings as loudly today as it did then. For... Read more
I’m used to checking the New Advent main page for a quick overview of hot topics among Catholic bloggers. And most of us also know that you can find the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia entries online there also. However, I tend to forget what a great resource the Catholic Library is that New Advent maintains. Here’s what’s included. Church Documents. Get the scoop from the horse’s mouth on Church teachings. Want to know what John Paul II said in 1991 about... Read more
So close to the end of Robert Alter’s Genesis at Forgotten Classics podcast.. Just two more chapters after this. And I’m STILL getting new insights in this second time through of reading it. Read more
Y’all know that I’m all about book reviews. But there is another way to evaluate a great many Catholic books. We realize that the vast majority of Catholics want to read classic and contemporary Catholic books but due to time constraints, they are able to actually only read a small number of them. We have responded to this need by summarizing (not reviewing so that customers get the author’s views and not our opinions) many great Catholic books. Catechism Class... Read more
This isn’t the usual stuff on my “bookshelf” but I’m including it because it shows how fruitful and possibly dangerous Bible study can be. If you’re not careful you will begin applying it to your own life. And to your relationship with others … and God. Hey, you might even become closer to the person you’re meant to be. So here we go … it all began when I was reading the Bible this morning … A few thoughts, not... Read more
Zombies, Zombies Everywhere It goes by many names: “The Crisis,” “The Dark Years,” “The WalkingPlague,” as well as newer and more “hip” titles such as “World War Z” or “Z War One.” I personally dislike this last moniker as it implies an inevitable “Z War Two.” For me, it will always be “The Zombie War,” and while many may protest the scientific accuracy of the word zombie, they will be hard-pressed to discover a more globally accepted term for the... Read more
Those Zombies Are Nothing That a Little Lysol (and a great big chainsaw) Can’t Clean Up Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator, is a fun romp through the zombie genre that is more akin to Shaun of the Dead than to the more “serious” zombie books I’ve read (World War Z, The Reapers Are The Angels). The zombie apocalypse is actually somewhat in balance at the point in which this book takes place. Neeta Lyffe is following in her mother’s footsteps as... Read more
Julie talks Scott’s leg off, but since it isn’t wooden he gets to keep it? Confused? So are we, but we bravely discuss three of Flannery O’Connor’s stories: A Good Man is Hard to Find, The River, and Good Country People. And find out what happens when we leave the recorder running for another five minutes after signing off. Come and listen at A Good Story is Hard to Find. Read more
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