The Catholic League has taken out a full-page ad in the NY Times that tries to be a point-by-point rebuttal to the Times’ reverberating prelude to Holy Week. As rebuttal it is a tad weak -that’s what happens when your answer rightly requires 10,000 words and 350 is all you can manage in 18 pt Arial Narrow- but it hits its main targets; it manages to make one important point that is too-often ignored, that the church (and secular organizations... Read more
Some of you may have seen a post that was unfinished. I accidentally hit “publish” instead of “save.” There was nothing wrong, scandalous or offensive about the thing, it just wasn’t finished. When it is finished, it will be posted! Sorry about that. I clumsy. Read more
Photographer Robert Falcetti’s collection of photographs taken at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis is stunning. Unfortunately, I could not manage to copy it to the site, but I urge you to take a few minutes to retreat to beauty. Read more
Usually Fridays are awful around here from morning til late afternoon as everyone on the block, except us, has the mowing/leaf blowing crew going on. Even in times of recession, it seems, people are obsessed about their lawns. Our lawn is okay. We have not really put down any fertilizer, yet. It’s green. It has purple clover in it, which I kind of like. It is not perfectly trimmed, perfectly edged, sodlike and soft as carpet. But it’s a decent-looking... Read more
The last few weeks have left me tired. Taking a break until tomorrow. Also, my son just got a didgeridoo for his birthday. I need to process it… All of this, all of this can be yours All of this, all of this can be yours All of this, all of this can be yours Just give me what I want and no one gets hurt… Hello, Hello I’m at a place called Vertigo Lights go down and all I... Read more
Obama wags his finger in the face of Canadian PM Harper When people wag a finger in my face, I reach out and cover their hand and say some variation of “don’t say another word to me until you put that finger away.” The variations are not always courtly, but they get the point across. Awful picture. Awful optics. But I get the impression that Obama and his crew think these sorts of pictures make him look good. He’s sticking... Read more
I have been falling behind on my reading, and politics has been off my radar a little bit, but I was extremely intrigued by this fellow: H/T Ed Morrissey who says he’ll be posting more on Herman Cain. I also like this piece by Ed Driscoll, which is kind of fun. This site is also interesting; I hadn’t seen it, before. Read more
There is a plot afoot to arrest the Pope when he goes to England in September. As it seems Her Majesty, the Queen had apparently expressed an interest in putting Benedict up at Buckingham Palace, I am intrigued to imagine the Defender of the Faith and the head of the Church of England, giving sanctuary and protection to the Bishop of Rome. But then Christ in the fullness of time will restore all things to himself! The basis for the... Read more
My husband was working with the Scouts this weekend and the church scandals came up. One woman said, “if the Catholics did not insist on a celibate priesthood…” My husband, a quiet sort, answered as he worked, “the Scouts have had their share of sex-abuser scoutmasters; none of them were celibate priests.” I have my own response to the “if only priests were not celibate” lecture but because it is a rather mean answer, I only use it if the... Read more
Over the past week, in correspondences with friends, I’ve wondered how Pope John Paul II -whom I revere for a holy man- was such a poor judge of character? He named so many weak bishops, and seemed to believe people he should not have. When this story broke about Fr. Maciel, I had to wonder again: was JPII a deplorable judge of character? After reading that, I wrote to someone, “It seems like JPII was the charismatic hero, leading the... Read more
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