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

of the Theatre of the Word, Incorporated, writes: Dear Friends, Aug. 17 begins the online novena to St. Genesius, patron of actors. Please join in. St. Genesius, a persistent saint whose time has come, is needed to help us reform the dramatic and cinematic arts. Please join in and pray for the actor or the cause of your choice. The Chestertonians are asking for his intercession on three issues in particular: 1. Blessings upon the post-production and distribution of “Manalive”,... Read more

Please begin praying immediately for the health and recovery of Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville. While in Florida Bishop Sitka suffered a massive heart attack, his kidneys are failing and his sugar count is over 1000. Father, hear our prayer for Bp. Stika’s healing through Jesus Christ your Son! Mother Mary, pray for him! Read more

Please begin praying immediately for the health and recovery of Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville. While in Florida Bishop Sitka suffered a massive heart attack, his kidneys are failing and his sugar count is over 1000. Father, hear our prayer for Bp. Stika’s healing through Jesus Christ your Son! Mother Mary, pray for him! Read more

News media were, for centuries, the hobbies of a few rich people. Dan Rather told you what you were to think and you shouted impotently at your TV. Millions of people heard Dan. Nobody heard you. But then the internet, TV’s bastard child, came along and, like a sort of good Mordred, made it possible for some guys in their pajamas to say to millions of people that Dan Rather was documentably full of it. What a jolly and liberating... Read more

The ACLU does its best to punish Ungoodthink. Meanwhile, the more advanced English, having already extirpated Christianity from the culture to a much greater degree than we, discover the fact that supernature abhors a vacuum and that the final result of their house swept clean and empty will not be a Europe of watery secularism, but a Muslim Europe. It will be really strange if, a century from now we seen an aggressively Islamic Europe squaring off against a newly... Read more

A reader writes: You might take a look at http://oramus.org and the related blog, an anonymous project I’ve been working on. Anonymous, because it’s not about *me*, it’s about Him. Also, I’m hoping to become a Lay Dominican; prayers for my vocation are humbly requested. Dominican is always good. Check thou it out! Read more

A reader writes: You might take a look at http://oramus.org and the related blog, an anonymous project I’ve been working on. Anonymous, because it’s not about *me*, it’s about Him. Also, I’m hoping to become a Lay Dominican; prayers for my vocation are humbly requested. Dominican is always good. Check thou it out! Read more

A reader writes: Just saw your response to Dymphna’s criticism, and then read Dymphna’s criticism; and then pondered it all for awhile. I started to post this as a comment, and then decided to send it to you personally. Respond, or not, just as you like. (Note that I rarely read comment threads, so I’m responding to your main posts.) First, as I’ve written before, I’ve found your blog and books very helpful; they are among the (many) things Jesus... Read more

Today, my fawning lackeys, is a special day! As we speak, wee little Lucy, the vessel of all my Darwinian hopes for the eventual genetic conquest of the world, may even now be being born (still no word, but they started administering pitocin last night). Because of this, and because 210 is a nice round number, and because I missed the chance to make a big fuss over 200 followers, I have decided to increase your ration of grog and... Read more