Today, my minions, I command you to buy a mobile home from this guy: That is all! Read more

My daughter-in-law just called asking for urgent prayer for a five year old boy whose head and neck were accidently crushed in an accident at the clinic where she works. She was pretty shaken up. We are praying at this end. If you could storm heaven, that would be much appreciated. Father, hear our prayer for this boy that he might be granted a miracle of healing through your Son Jesus Christ! Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for him,... Read more

In which we continue to look at the Eucharist. Today’s episode, why the ICEL translation of the Ite, miss est sux and what it really says. Read more

Seattle Chesterton Society meets tonight at SPU! Be there! Aloha! Read more

helps the Country that Used to Be England into the grave: For neurologist Swaab, death is straightforward. “Throughout the animal kingdom, individuals are simply replaced, rather than patched up endlessly,” he explained. Aging constitutes nothing more than “cells wearing through use,” Swaab said. His argument: when you feel you have no more life left in you, you should be able to say so, and act on it. Read more

The man who can’t tell the difference between breaking codes and breaking human beings does the old “insinuate that opponents of torture are like Neville Chamberlain” trick. Par for the course for the same guy who poses the false alternative between torture and pacificism. Cowardly torture defenders *love* to pose as manly realists. In other Orwellian news, a reader a few days ago was outraged that I cited M.Z. Forrest’s remarks about Thiessen’s eagerness to waterboard the panty bomber. What... Read more

…is on the air! They are a forum of authors who aim to provide well-thought, serious commentary on issues in bioethics and social and political theory from the perspective of “natural law” philosophy. Currently, they have a host of recognizable editors, including Drs Patrick Lee, Francis Beckwith and Gerard Bradley. Read more

who plays Michael Moon in Manalive, sends along this link to Young Catholic Minute. He’s the guy on the right. Check thou it out! Read more

Said Paul Raushenbush: “HuffPost Religion aims to more accurately reflect the large cross section of insights provided by religious people beyond the more narrow range commonly depicted. Mhmmm. Among the group of diverse religious leaders blogging on HuffPost Religion are: Jim Wallis on the spiritual crisis of the recession; Eboo Patel on the crucial importance of interfaith relations; Sister Joan Chittister on the future of the Roman Catholic Church; Deepak Chopra on the continued importance of spirituality; Rabbi Or Rose... Read more

Say one witnesses an unidentified flying object–I realize that many in our Scriptures have experienced unexplained, flying objects as well–but what am I, a modern-day, practical Catholic of a stable mindset (assuredly so), to make of this eerie experience? Am I to automatically assume it is the work of the devil trying to teeter my faith foundation? Or…? I wouldn’t assume that. The key thing to remember about Unidentified flying objects is that they are unidentified. As to paranormal phenomena... Read more