Wow, when Kathryn Jean Lopez arrived here in the Catholic Portal, we thought that was pretty big news! But the Faith and Family portal, run by Nancy French (and which features our own Marcia Morrissey’s column, and perhaps some more Catholic voices, soon) has big news, too: a new blog by a single mother who goes by the name Bristol Palin — she calls it, simply, Bristol’s blog; a site about “life, family and Alaska.” I like the header which... Read more
No, I know, I know, Saint Patrick’s Day is not about shopping and carousing. I totally get that! In fact, Pat Gohn’s column features a terrific exploration of Saint Patrick’s Breastplate. But sometimes a girl likes to shop, you know? Sometimes one has to observe the niceties and pick up a birthday or anniversary gift. Sometimes one is simply in the mood to give someone a gift, for no reason at all — in which case Saint Patrick’s Day is... Read more
Amused Pastor: So, every week, every mass, now, with the veiling? Me: Yeah, it’s a pain in the neck. AP: Why, is it distracting? Me: No, not at all, helpful, actually. But I didn’t really want to do it. AP: Then why are you? Me: Because He won’t leave me alone. Started nagging me during Lent, and I tried it and hated it and said, no, I’m not doing it. Hate it. But the nagging… AP: Yeah, I remember that... Read more
….in the form of Kathy Schiffer’s newly landed blog: It’s only been a week since I announced the launch of Thomas L. McDonald’s God and the Machine faith-and-tech blog, so you probably didn’t expect another so soon, but some may recall that I’d promised Kathy’s arrival not long ago, when she — along with Dwight Longenecker and Elizabeth Duffy — spent a week guest blogging over here and Kathy was super-energetic. The only reason she didn’t start last week is... Read more
The intellectual dishonesty of the hysterical and adolescent tract below is staggering. It is a full-page ad in the NY Times. In a transparent (and largely successful) bid to keep the electorate distracted and the conversation off his numerous dubious policies and practices, January’s cynical move by the Obama Administration, helped along by an equally cynical and mostly-surrendered press, has delivered two profound lies — the first is that the HHS mandate battle being waged by the churches is “about... Read more
Anthony Esolen has an absolute must-read over at Crisis Magazine. Many are the strange things going on in the Unreal Hotel. In Room 101, a man and woman are lying together, and in more ways than one. In Room 102, it is a man and a man. In Room 103, a fellow named George, who has grown weary of his life, is meeting surreptitiously with his physician, Dr. Felix, to determine what will be the best medicine for him to... Read more
Oh, yeah. Very well done. H/T all these Read more
But wounded, or at least very sick. I thought I would be better by now. Sorry so quiet. Just wanted to let you know I am still alive but there is no end to these fever spikes and I am weak and scramble-brained. My dreams are terrifyingly apocalyptic yet I have no strength to read news and no stomach or patience for the monstrously fake yappers, fools, phonies and tools assigned all sorts of public credibility and authority, by too... Read more
Sorry, really sick right now and unable to moderate comments. I am closing them until I can handle it. Peace. Read more
My First Things piece this week confesses that I sometimes seek out a music-less mass at an early hour, just to escape the rambunctious irreverence that sometimes makes Sunday mass an opportunity to practice the virtue of patience…and endurance: Perhaps it is different where you worship, but in my parish—and I would count mine as one of the “quieter” and “more reverent” in our area—that sort of preparation is nearly impossible. The choir and musicians are noisily setting up, talking... Read more
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