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Do you remember "Password?"

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 10:35 pm By Elizabeth Scalia

Joan Crawford on Password. “The password is ‘fun’!” During my elementary-school years, rainy afternoons had their own comfortable routine: if one had to stay indoors, well, at least there were a few game shows and a 4 o’ clock movie to distract from homework and chores. My favorite gameshow was Password; celebrities would partner with contestants to guess a “password” by means of the fewest clues. When I was very young, I enjoyed the mysterious out-of-nowhere voice that would stage-whisper... Read more

"Prosper the work of our hands…"

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

How dare these monks try to make a living for themselves? Margaret Cabaniss has more Via Instapundit Related: St. Joseph’s Abbey and a lovely gallery of abbey photos Read more

A Joblessness Roundup of Sorts

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

With the new jobless numbers plunging the nation into further uncertainty, my piece in this weeks OSV seems pretty timely: Honorable, honest employment has a spiritual component that positively affects both self and society; just as the fisherman who catches his own supper will always feel better about himself than the one who must beg for scraps, encouragement trumps condescension. But when even low-wage “survival” jobs are hard to find, the whole society is stressed. Earned wages promote not only... Read more

Save Fatherhood; Save the World

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

A moving video for anyone who has ever had a good father. Perhaps an even more moving video for those whose fathers were broken, or deeply flawed, or not there at all. In a former parish, there was a sister-liturgist who–eager to promote “sensitivity”–decided that the Gloria should be sung with the refrain “Glory to God in the Highest, and peace to God’s people on earth;” she was content to brutalize the ear, change a liturgical prayer that is not... Read more

Wednesday WOTD

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

I am considering putting a button into the sidebar, so you can easily check up on each new Word of the Day; I think you’ll find today’s informative, and I’m liking this feature. Also, see what you think about Selling Jesus Like a Chevy by Joe Carter. Read more

Feast of St. Clare – UPDATED

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Chiara Offreduccio (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) When you have loved Jesus, You are chaste; when you have touched [Him], You become more pure; When you have accepted [Him], You are a virgin. Whose power is stronger, Whose generosity more abundant, Whose appearance more beautiful, Whose love more tender, Whose courtesy more gracious. In Whose embrace You are already caught up; Who has adorned Your breast with precious stones and has placed priceless pearls on Your ears and... Read more

This gives me hope – UPDATED

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

I can’t say why, exactly, but all of this gives me hope. Clearly, thirty years of access to home video has made everyone pretty comfortable before the cameras. Until now–thanks to Reality TV, I was thinking of that as a net-negative. I am rethinking my position. A society that can handle its devolution with a bit of humor and artistic entrepreneurship gives me hope. You may feel differently. Watch the videos in order: Antoine Dodson, charismatic and with a delivery... Read more

2 Quick Notes

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence, Patron of Deacons, and I urge you to go check out Deacon Greg’s blog. He has good info, and a prayer, and…the He-Maniest Icon I have ever seen, on display! Also, over at Patheos, I have begun a Catholic Word of the Day feature. Check it out. And if you have suggestions for words I may use in the future, send them along. It’s surprisingly difficult to think of a word, some days!... Read more

Love Has Limits, Now?

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

In E. L. Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel, a novel loosely based on trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the children of arrested spies are put into the unwilling keeping of a distant relative – a woman who accepts the responsibility and then stumps off, saying, “I’ll do my best, but that’s all!” Reading it as a teenager, that was my first exposure to the idea that people could choose to put limits on love. Of course, the... Read more

Desecration in Scranton

Last updated on: March 10, 2017 at 3:21 am By Elizabeth Scalia

This is not good: It is believed that sometime overnight on Aug. 3 or early morning on Aug. 4 someone broke into St. Rose of Lima Church in Carbondale. The person was able to open the tabernacle, the receptacle on the side altar in which the vessels containing the Blessed Sacrament are kept. The person removed the ciborium, the vessel which contains the small consecrated Hosts used for Holy Communion. These Hosts are the Body of Jesus Christ. [Emphasis mine... Read more

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