A reader writes: We have Christmas celebration for inner-city people. It is 12.19.2011. We ask that you pray that God saves, heals and renews a lot of people and that all go well. Father, hear our prayer through Christ Jesus our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for these folks. Another reader writes: My mother, Elizabeth, passed into her eternal reward 7:15 p.m. Eastern on the feast of Christ the King. She was 89. I would greatly appreciate it if you would... Read more

A reader writes: Corrie from the St. Francis Mission here.  November is Native American Heritage Month and the Mission is celebrating by sharing videos and blog posts from the Mission.  We’d love it if you could share with your readers, since you’ve been so kind to us in the past. If they are interested in learning about the Mission, or viewing our Native American Heritage Month content, it can be found at: · Our blog: http://www.sfmission.org/category/blog/ · Our YouTube Channel:... Read more

He is the editor of Second Spring and Humanum, and one of the editors of Magnificat in the UK. In addition to writing The Seven .Sacraments: Entering the Mysteries of God (Crossroad, 2006) and Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education (Brazos, 2009), he has now authored All Things Made New: The Mysteries of the World in Christ. Here’s a description: The coming of Christ changed the world. God entered creation in a new way. Eternity entered time.... Read more

Fortunately, as we know from hundreds of conversations with deeply Catholic moral thinkers right here in my comboxes over the years this completely harmless form of persuasion (dunking is what our draft-dodging former Veep called it) isn’t even close to torture or anything. And the fact that it has to be used only shows that the victim had it coming because they would not cooperate with lawful authority. So I don’t even know why this is news. The logical conclusion... Read more

…on the New Translation of the Missal: Read more

saith Jason Adkins. Given that the roots of our civilizational crisis is spiritual, and that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and the Eucharist is Jesus, this is actually the short cut to dealing with the problem, though most people think it a diversion from “real” action, meaning politics or some other form of boosterism. It’s funny how often we talk about prayer as a last resort, when all “real” options have been exhausted. I do that... Read more

…that usury is still a sin. Comboxers immediately swat down this blasphemy of the pieties by explaining that the Church is wrong and Calvin knows the real score. Fascinating how wide open the Cafeteria is when “faithful conservative Catholics” need it to be. Read more

on Catholic Lane with one of my favorite people in the world, Rod Bennett. If you haven’t done so, you should read his fantastic book, Four Witnesses, a portrait of the Apostolic Fathers written by a born storyteller. Read more

‘RON PAUL’ – A Bad Lip Reading SoundBite – watch more funny videos Whoever does these things is some kind of genius. Read more

…deftly eviscerates the traitorous swine known as our Ruling Class: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive A million jobless vets (and thousands of others, both retired and active) get the shaft from the pigs who enriched themselves 3667% during the worst economic downturn since the Depression. For most of us, a millionaire is in the 1%. In Congress, 47% are millionaires. My idea is strip these federal pigs in the legislative and executive... Read more