According to the Telegraph, the United States government spied on Pope Francis during the conclave preceding his election as pope. I can think of only one reason to do something like this and that reason is schoolboy voyeurism. I’ve said it before, and I’m going to say it again right now: We have elected people who do not belong in office. Things have gotten so bad that the United Nations put out a story saying that the United States... Read more
How many times have you heard a bishop try to explain away his actions concerning a child-molesting priest by saying “But we got him counseling. It was what the experts advised?” And how many times, when you heard that, did you think, “Mr Bishop, nobody’s that dumb?” There appears to be a growing move to legitimize child sexual abuse in our culture. It started a long time ago with the book Lolita and moved forward through lots of movies,... Read more
I admit it. Much of my reluctance to trust Obamacare is built in. President Obama’s previous “reforms” are the beasties that built this mistrust. You see, my bank hates me. What were once simple transactions have become lengthy sojourns in red-tapesville. It literally takes me about 15 minutes to cash a check. I’m not talking time spent in lines, I’m talking about 15 minutes from the moment I hand them the check to the minute I get my money.... Read more
Will Obamacare provide affordable health care or not? If it does, who will get it? I received a link to this video in a White House broadcast email today. I think you need to see it and add it to your list of considerations concerning this plan. I have no idea how accurate it is, or what parameters are being used to come up with these figures. Feel free to add links to other legitimate information in the com... Read more
Why do non-Catholics want so desperately for the Catholic Church to change its teachings? It’s fascinating, the amount of emotion at least some non-Catholics seem to have about Catholic teaching. I can tell you that when I was in the anti-God period of my life, I did not give one whit what any church taught. I paid them the ultimate diss of not giving a care. But from what I’ve seen on this blog, there are a large number... Read more
How many family problems would simply go away if families prayed together? Read more
It took me a while to figure this out, and now that I have, I’m still trying to figure it out. It begins with the simple facts that I love the sound of rain and we’re now in the fall rainy season here in Okieland. What that means in practical terms is that I often open the back door and shove up a couple of windows so I can hear the rain. I’ve found that I especially love the... Read more
As we would describe it here in Oklahoma, Pope Francis said a mouthful. His comments on family life have been spot on. Here are a few from a discussion he gave Friday to the XXI Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family: The family is the “community of life,” the “natural center of human life,” the “engine of the world and society,” and the “place (where) you learn to love.” Each of us builds his own personality... Read more
I’ve put together a few videos about the price half the human race pays every day simply because they are girls. There is much more than I have put here. But one point I want to make is that we have a habit of talking about these things as if they occur only in other parts of the world rather than here the West. But this is not true. We treat our little girls very badly, even here in America.... Read more
This is good advice for all of us, no matter what the doc said at our last checkup. Read more
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