Here’s some help for you! Read more

Though acts like this sometimes make me suspect that, in fact, it’s not done by misdirection, sleight of hand, or prestidigitation but that, in fact, the magician has simply made a pact with the devil in exchange for awesome powers. I have *no* idea how this stuff is done. HT: Pat Madrid, who also has an interesting post in which he ponders who the guy was who was supposed to be keeping an eye on Maciel (and is met with... Read more

Though acts like this sometimes make me suspect that, in fact, it’s not done by misdirection, sleight of hand, or prestidigitation but that, in fact, the magician has simply made a pact with the devil in exchange for awesome powers. I have *no* idea how this stuff is done. HT: Pat Madrid, who also has an interesting post in which he ponders who the guy was who was supposed to be keeping an eye on Maciel (and is met with... Read more

Did we *really* discover, via this observation, that we occupy a very tiny place in the heavens? I was pretty sure I knew this before I saw this video and, in fact, I’m pretty sure that we’ve always known this. Still, cool video. Read more

Did we *really* discover, via this observation, that we occupy a very tiny place in the heavens? I was pretty sure I knew this before I saw this video and, in fact, I’m pretty sure that we’ve always known this. Still, cool video. Read more

The article is only moderately maddening in its continuation of the lie (started by Lifesite in the service of its own stupid anti-Potter crusade) that Pope Benedict was some sort of anti-Potterite and some of the theological exegeses of HP are a bit of a stretch, I think. But basically, it’s now bleedin’ obvious that Rowling is drawing very heavily on the Christian tradition for her work. She’s not, one hastens to add, an American Evangelical or a Catholic, so... Read more

The article is only moderately maddening in its continuation of the lie (started by Lifesite in the service of its own stupid anti-Potter crusade) that Pope Benedict was some sort of anti-Potterite and some of the theological exegeses of HP are a bit of a stretch, I think. But basically, it’s now bleedin’ obvious that Rowling is drawing very heavily on the Christian tradition for her work. She’s not, one hastens to add, an American Evangelical or a Catholic, so... Read more

hi mark, i heard the podcast of the journey home with you on it & thought you were very entertaining(as well as informative – you always have to add that..). i’ve been crawling through romans and i came to chapter 8 verse 1 – “there is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.” do non catholics love pointing this out to catholics as an argument for “once saved, always saved” or as an argument against... Read more

hi mark, i heard the podcast of the journey home with you on it & thought you were very entertaining(as well as informative – you always have to add that..). i’ve been crawling through romans and i came to chapter 8 verse 1 – “there is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.” do non catholics love pointing this out to catholics as an argument for “once saved, always saved” or as an argument against... Read more

Matthew 12:38-42 – Please explain this section of the scripture since Jesus rose on thye third morningafter his death.. I’m not sure. It could be that Jesus is exaggerating the parallelism between his passion and the story of Jonah in order to make the basic parallel clear. It could be that he is reckoning his sufferings on Thursday night as part of the descent into the heart of the earth. Perhaps both. Or maybe he’s making some other point that... Read more