Come on, we all knew in the end she would suspend her campaign but not totally, not…completely…not….well, if there is the teensiest room to wiggle, she has left it, for herself. Just in case, you know…Obama flubs up really badly, or something. A gracious endorsement to dull the bitter aftertaste left from the last few weeks, and should anything, you know…happen…because, you know…stuff happens…she’s your go-to girl! Her supporters ask, how did she lose to that guy?. Look for my... Read more
Via Liberty Film Festival and Liberty Film Festival As they say over at Libertas – one man made a pile of rhetorical mistakes, the other is amassing a pile of real errors, and – to quote: “[Bush’s] list is a record accumulated over nearly a decade. How long’s Obama been around?” And yes, naive is applicable, too. Maybe Obama makes fewer “rhetorical” slips (although that’s changing, too) because he says the same thing in any given situation, as with all... Read more
Fr. Jim Martin ends his book tour today at Julie’s place, and they’re pretty lively over there – the conversation is a bit of a free-for-all with security called in and several Martin fans being wrestled to the ground for their own safety! Go join in! Read more
“Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.” – G. K. Chesterton, Illustrated London News, 4/7/23 Read more
Fr. Martin has managed to answer a few of the final questions before he has had to call it a night – a little sooner than I thought, as I had things mixed up, sorry!! Continued from this post: From Shannon: A little late to the feast, but what fun! All this talk of saints reminds me of a little movie called “Millions” where the saints were just a regular part of the main characters life. The readers I had... Read more
Our early-morning chat with Fr. James Martin is here. Now that we’ve all munched a bit, let us continue – there are questions here about 9/11, relativism and more. Don’t forget, you can get a 35% discount on My Life With the Saints if you order via Loyola Press between today and June 8! Mention marketing code 2683 when ordering it either online at Loyola Books or calling 800-621-1008. Keep scrolling down for new questions and answers. Question/Comments from Jason,... Read more
Well, Fr. Martin hit a nice solid line-drive with his first answer. For those of you just coming in, today we’re talking books, prayer, faith, saints and more with Fr. James Martin, S.J., award winning author of My Life With the Saints and of A Jesuit Off-Broadway, which just won First Place: Popular Presentation of the Catholic Faith by the Catholic Press Association. More on all that later – we have lots of questions and comments lined up, so keep... Read more
On his whirlwind tour of Catholic blogs, today Fr. James Martin, S.J. lands here to visit with Anchoress readers and discuss his book, My Life With the Saints, (you can read Chapter 7, about Lourdes and St. Bernadette Soubirous here). But you can talk about anything you want -about other books, faith-in-general, the pope’s recent visit, the value of sacraments, whatever! Leave your questions or comments and I’ll post his answers here (and in subsequent posts). Fr. Martin: Many thanks... Read more
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. – Verse 1, The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats What a useful poem Yeats concocted – so many applications. Today let’s look at some stories that flesh... Read more
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