Martin Luther King, Jr, spoke from the heart of the Gospels. He did what we must do: He challenged satanic evil with the love of Christ. To take the brickbats of vicious attackers who know no rules except the ones they write to cripple their opponents is the Christian fate. We are facing it today. Christianity is under attack from many directions. But we only have to look back a few decades to see the Gospel walking, marching, to... Read more
Pope Francis’ Flying Zucchetto Hurricane Haiyan: When I saw from Rome that catastrophe, I decided I have to be hear. Jesus is Lord, and He never lets us down. Many of you have asked the Lord, Why Lord, and Christ responds from His heart, on the cross. Let us look to Christ. He is the Lord. He understands us, he understands us because he underwent all the trials that we — you — have experienced. Pope to Filipino... Read more
We’ve recently had a dust-up here on Public Catholic because I had the temerity to (1) disagree rather strongly with Cardinal Burke, and (2) come out in support of altar girls. You would think that I had barbecued a kitten. I deleted a ton of hate-women comments in the course of this discussion. I also deleted another ton of hate-Rebecca comments. According to a good number of commenters, I’ve got myself a ticket to a first-class seat in that proverbial... Read more
Charlie Hebdo is publishing again. Their first cover of their first edition after last week’s shooting featured the Prophet Mohammed, holding a sign that says “All is Forgiven.” From The New York Times: PARIS — Around 9:10 on Monday evening, laughter and a round of applause broke out among the surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo, followed shortly by cries — joyous if ironic — of “Allahu akbar!” The group was cheering Rénald Luzier, a cartoonist known as Luz, who... Read more
Photo Source: Flickr Commons, Francois Lacroix I wrote a post a few weeks ago entitled, The Murder of Innocents is Wrong and Every Human Being Knows It. That particular post was about murdering people with abortion and euthanasia. I’m resurrecting that claim today in defense of the essential right to life of people who say and publish things that offend others. Specifically, I’m writing it in defense of the basic right to life of journalists and pundits who attack... Read more
My mother is slipping away. Last week, she asked me, “Are we sisters, or cousins, or what?” The week before, she looked at me vaguely and said, “What are you to me? Are we related?” Last night, she decided to “cook” a frozen dinner in the microwave and evidently set it for a lllloooonnnnggggg time. It “cooked” until it caught fire. I was up with her all night long one night last week. We have a doctor’s appointment today, for... Read more
Pope Francis’ tweet for yesterday asked for our prayers for his trip to Sri Lanka. He looks tired and his voice is husky in the video below. May God give him keep him safe and healthy. Read more
I’m a member of a group that meets on a regular basis to pray for vocations to the priesthood. Aside from the fact that this is a small indication that I want our Church to have more holy priests (which is what we pray for) what does this mean? It means that I have this oddball idea that vocations of all sorts, including to the priesthood, come from God. I say that this notion is oddball because that’s the impression... Read more
Take time off for the Sabbath boys and girls. I started doing that a few months ago because I became convicted about ignoring one of the Commandments. It has been a blessing on my life. Here’s Pope Francis’ tweet for today: Pope Francis @Pontifex · 12h12 hours ago Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him. 0 replies3,512 retweets7,084 favorites Reply Retweeted3.5K Favorite7.1K More Read more
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