Raiders of the Lost Ark I concur completely. Raiders is the quintessential popcorn movie. It’s what you go to the movies for. It has everything you ever want it a movie. And it’s a movie, not a film. Bergman and Lean and Kurosawa make films. Spielberg, on occasion, makes a film. But this was a movie, made for every Jack and Jill who ever wanted to see a Big Hero kiss the girl and blow up Nazis and see... Read more
A reader writes: Prayer request! My brother Jim, fell this morning and hit his head very hard, was taken to the ER and hasn’t regained consciousness yet. Please Pray! Thank you! Father, hear our prayer for Jim’s complete recovery in body, soul, and spirit. Give his caregivers grace, compassion, wisdom, counsel, knowledge, skill, understanding, and the proper technology to assist in his complete healing. And give him and all who love him grace, peace, consolation, strength, faith, hope, and love.... Read more
In which we finish out the discussion I had a couple weeks back with some amiable unbelievers convinced that Hell is just crowd control for suckers who like smells and bells. My interlocuter continues… Are you saying you cannot have a conscience, good heart and compassion on your own? Not especially, though that is true since all that is good is a gift of God, even for those who do not think he exists. But my point here is that... Read more
…is by calling for the pardon of undocumented workers. This seems only fair since they have not, as the monstrously evil Arpaio did, erected concentration camps, tortured and beaten people, arrested innocents detained them, faked assassination attempts, caused the death of infants by neglect, allowed the repeated rape of children, or, well, done anything besides tried to work hard and provide for their families. Nor have they used images without permission as the monstrous Arpaio did: Shortly after President Donald... Read more
She sez: Please pray for Jefferson County. Every historical water record has been broken. My home town has not just flooding, but flooding to such an extent (and we’ve flooded at least four times in my lifetime), that the infrastructure of the cities Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange are overwhelmed. Water has been shut off. They are moving patients from hospitals and having to schedule and move patients who use dialysis to other cities because there simply is not water... Read more
Wonderful story on a man who “went to Catholic schools and I believe in giving what I get.” Read more
…on Connecting the Dots: Go here to find out more about ClaritasU. Read more
In an interview with my friend Kevin Birnbaum at Northwest Catholic, he calls it a “tragedy for the Church“: NWC: The Cornerstone conference arose in response to this division between “pro-life” Catholics and “social justice” Catholics — this lack of communication and cooperation, sometimes distrust and even disdain. What should be our attitude toward this dichotomy within the church? Bishop Barron: Well, we should be against it. To me, it’s one of the bitter fruits, in some ways, of the... Read more
Reader Dave LeRoss writes: I’m part of a massive team of Catholic filmmakers who are working on an 8-part anthology film based on the beatitudes. (I’m writing the script for blessed are the persecuted, which I think you would find very interesting – and timely – but that’s a story for another day). I was wondering if you could plug our indiegogo crowdfunding page for us? Read more
Thanks to your generosity, we are halfway there, but we need to the whole way! ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT! A small donation from each of us who is reading this will make the difference as to whether 51 children return to school or not. $1,350 is still needed.The Catholic volunteers of Mercy For Life-Africa who live in Kampala, Uganda, are assisting children who need financial help in order to be assured of going to school for the third term which... Read more
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