Because I am very nearly burned out, to the point where yesterday I wondered if I should take a blogging moratorium, I shut down the computer rather early and missed this story as it was building. Well, how dare I? This morning a couple of emails greeted me, all variations on this theme: “hey you &^$%$ pro-life hypocrite and your ^#$%^ church and your ^%$#$%^ Christ, why aren’t you writing about this story and see how you’ve ^$#%#%-ed-up lives and... Read more
From time to time I have touted the programming at NETNY.net, the Brooklyn Diocese television operation which produces what is — to my knowledge — the only daily Catholic Daily News broadcast in the nation, with “Currents.” They have a new project that you’re going to like and Jennifer Fulwiler gives you a sneak preview here. It looks great — Jen and Joe and their family look terrific — and American Catholicism needs to be able to see a young... Read more
In just about any article or bio of Dorothy Day, one of the first quotes you’ll come across that is ascribed to her is, “Don’t call me a saint; I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” One the heels of news that the USCCB has enthusiastically endorsed her cause Father James Martin, S.J. talks to Robert Ellsberg (who edited her wonderful diaries for The Duty of Delight) about that remark, what it means, and in what context Dorothy might... Read more
Somewhat apropos of what I have written here about rejecting the pop culture which drives much of conventional wisdom and traps us into mob thinking, I find myself repulsed by the number of comments I see in social media that run along the lines of “can’t wait to see what SNL does with the Petraeus story” and of course, the nonstop sniggerings perpetual adolescents bring to any salacious story. A long time ago, when anticipating the sort of coup that... Read more
My First Things column today will offend some, I know, but I hope it’s a net-uplift for many, that it helps others feel as relieved as I do that last week’s election was a clarifying move against what has become a stagnated impotency. It is not the move I would like, but those who think we just voted for the “status quo” have it all wrong. Quite the opposite, America is about to transition away from what she has been:... Read more
In a previous post, we noted that some Veterans carry their spirit of service back home with them and use that energy with disaster relief. With the release of Jake Tapper’s new book, we can further appreciate that spirit on this Veteran’s Day, and Tony Rossi’s high recommendation has certainly piqued my interest in learning more about our remarkable soldiers: Nineteen-year-old Private First Class Brian Moquin Jr. joined the Army after struggling with a heroin addiction prompted by his father’s... Read more
Team Rubicon will win — they’re determined veterans, doctors and nurses and first responders and they still have that can-do American spirit. They’re doing good for a lot of different people — in a lot of different ways — as this Vet explains in this moving video. Happy Veteran’s Day, and thank you, all mil personnel, all vets, for your service. Meanwhile, the victims of Sandy are feeling utterly abandoned by government agencies unequal to the task of helping them... Read more
“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.” ― Dorothy Day This, of course, is correct, and precisely why I have to go to confession on Saturday. I have to confess to loving Harry Reid very, very, very little and badly. Happy Birthday to Servant of God Dorothy Day; Benedictine Oblate, fangirl of St. Therese of Lisieux; an “obedient daughter of the Church” who loved the Mass, had no time for bullshit... Read more
Do yourself a favor and watch this talk by Father Peter Cameron, O.P. of Magnificat magazine. “What converted the warriors? It was beauty…’Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubts about God.'” […] “‘Whenever we encounter something attractive and desirable,'” says Pope Benedict ‘we are moved spontaneously and not by constraint. Truly nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known to others.'” “We have our own private ideas about reality... Read more
Yes, I am still trying to find time to write about the election (my first reactions are here) but until I do here is one thought and links to two must-reads: Thought: I need to go to confession this Saturday, because just looking at Harry Reid was bad for my soul this morning. I wonder if going to confession and unloading all of our negative feelings into the sacrament isn’t a very good idea for many of us? Just wanted... Read more
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