Oh, isn’t that awful? My header, I mean. It’s all about me, me, me! But I am very pleased to have a piece running as a Daily Article over at First Things, the invaluable ecumenical journal (founded by one of my rosary partners, Richard John Neuhaus) that gathers us together at the corner where faith and politics meet. It’s a happy day! In the piece – which you can read here, I am responding to Sr. Sandra M. Schneiders’ recent... Read more
Wherein I am the Oddball, and Mr. President is Moriarty. Let me say it again: Is this planned impoverishment? I don’t know, but the president seems content to let the economy crash. His press secretary seems amused by it all – at least he seems to be giggling as the White House names yet another public voice that is to be laughed at and dismissed for daring to question this administration. The condescension. WELCOME: Corner Readers, and thanks, Jonah, for... Read more
I’ve been a little slower getting to them than I’d planned but here is the podcast of the five Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary: 1) The Resurrection 2) The Ascension 3) The Descent of the Holy Spirit 4) The Assumption 5) The Crowning of Mary I’ll try to have the Luminous Mysteries up before Friday. Lenten themed Catholic Carnival. Related: What inspired me to podcast the Rosary Rosary Podcast; The Sorrowful Mysteries (especially useful in Lent) Rosary Podcast; The Joyful... Read more
Buster is visiting from college for a few days and when I asked if there was anything special he wanted me to cook he cocked the eyebrow and said, “it’s Lent. Friday is coming. What else but Macaroni and Cheese?” In our family, mac and cheese is a pretty simple affair, but people go mad for it; a few weeks ago the kids had a party here and the buffet menu had to include mac & cheese, which was the... Read more
It’s very bright-white-snowy-glarey out there. It’s a day for lounging on the sofa with a steaming hot cup of Mystic Monk Hazelnut Coffee and catching up on some Lenten reading. I understand some found my prognostications on the economy yesterday much too cheerless and my email suggests that I have a Christian duty to come up with something amusing today. That will take a bit of coffee…and don’t read this. Or this. Read this – it’s funny. If it were... Read more
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So, the Dow has now fallen, below 7,000 – declining to its lowest levels since 1997. A week or so ago Chris Matthews, in a rare moment of Obama-doubt, wondered, “I thought 8,000 was the floor, and it looks like 6,000 is the floor. People are angry, I’m getting angry. So far, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner – the “indispensible man” who was “the only one” equipped to handle our economic crisis – has been less-than-reassuring. My prediction: the Dow is... Read more
Actually, I hadn’t meant to post these yet. But they’re fun, aren’t they? I have some work to do today and other stuff, and I’ll try podcasting the next Mystery of the Rosary a bit later. Read more
Interesting perspectives offered without comment on a busy day: The Church’s stand on birth control is the most absolutely spiritual of all her stands and with all of us being materialists at heart, there is little wonder that it causes unease. I wish various fathers would quit trying to defend it by saying that the world can support forty billion. I will rejoice in the day when they say: This is right, whether we all rot on top of each... Read more
I forgot to put it into the podcast, but if you are following along in the breviary (I use the one featured below) we begin on page 707 (using the antiphons for the First Sunday in Lent) and then move to page 268 to pick up the readings, etc. Morning Prayer Podcast is here. Cardinal Justin Rigali with an exhortation to pray, ponder and study: And a quote from Teresa of Avila, who is always a challenging lady: The highest... Read more
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