Fr. Phil Bloom, has a new blog called Simple Catholicism. He is a terrific, humble, holy, goooooood man and a great priest. Check thou it out! I love the guy. So does everybody else who knows him. Read more

…that were completely impossible even a decade ago.  Case in point, the Autotune the News guys, who take an already hilarious piece of strange performance art and make it their own: One of the fun things about human creativity is how it builds on itself. Read more

May God bless your effort to stand up to our God King’s attempt to smash and suppress Christian conscience. Read more

…that immersing yourself in a culture that says you are loved, there is hope, your life has meaning, and your choices really have eternal consequences for eternal happiness leads to lowering your likelihood of depression, while being told you are an unusually clever piece of meat whose origins are chaos, who lives by enmity, and whose destiny is oblivion (so work, buy, consume, since tomorrow you die), leaves people wondering “What’s the point?” and living in depression. Ironically, those enamored... Read more

As near as I can tell, our culture works by saying, “What is okay for a giant corporation is a contemptible sin for a poor person.” So, for instance, if I, as a private citizen, were to break into your home and because I thought you might have something I want, the police would arrest me.  But when the Apple Corporation, as a private corporation, wants to send goons to break into your home because they think you have something they want,... Read more

…about retaining one’s humanity amid the growing barbarism of contemporary culture and I would not unsay a word of it. However, I would add a word that seems to have been studiously neglected, since it is the supreme act of barbarism. That word is “abortion”. Read more

A reader writes: Last night I got a call from my mother that my sister’s long -time boyfriend died from a long time battle with physical problems. I pray for the repose of his soul along with the consolation of my sister and her family. His name is Jeff and I’m not sure what his religious faith was. My sister is protestant. Also a friend of mine’s father is I believe dying. Not sure if anyone will offer him last... Read more

it only seems fair to say I’m a pretty crappy one. Read more

A reader writes: If you think your readers would like free download of a song particularly attuned to the concluding days of the liturgical cycle this month, please let them know about “Make Right The Time“. As the composer and singer Danny Schmidt said: There’s a Hebrew phrase “Tikun Olam” which means “to repair the world,” which is said to be part of our purpose here on Earth, to try and fix the things that have gotten broken over time.... Read more

…it is important to recognize that they still have a very Catholic point, that this point will not be going away, and that the epic thievery which begot the protests is still going on unabated. Do remember that the epic thieves own the new cameras and microphones and are very skilled at distracting people as they pick pockets. When the state is in the business of grabbing your cash in order to bail out corporations that are too big to... Read more