I have had more than one email asking me to follow up yesterdays “Nun News Roundup” with a similar post for the men. I am working on it, I promise, but for today, let’s content ourselves with this very interesting piece by Tony Rossi: It’s not that unusual for an actor to thank God when winning an award. It was a first, however, when Jonathan Jackson thanked “the monks of Mount Athos for ceaselessly praying for the life of the... Read more
“The Roman Republic fell, not because of the ambition of Caesar or Augustus, but because it had already long ceased to be in any real sense a republic at all. When the sturdy Roman plebeian, who lived by his own labor, who voted without reward according to his own convictions, and who with his fellows formed in war the terrible Roman legion, had been changed into an idle creature who craved nothing in life save the gratification of a thirst... Read more
I was surprised to receive an email, and a couple of tweets, from people wondering why I had not perpetrated my annual “Nun News” post, focusing on vocations. To be honest, I have just been too busy, but I have been amassing a HUGE list — so large that each time I look at it, I feel too tired to begin. But today is the feast day of St. Terese of Lisieux, so, it seems a good day to get... Read more
“Court Eunuchs” seems pretty harsh, no? (photo courtesy of shutterstock.com) The first time I saw the Mainstream Media referred as such, in this piece, wherein Roger Simon argues that the Benghazi cover-up is worse than Watergate: Watergate caught numerous public officials lying, including the president of the United States, but Benghazigate has all that and more. It involves the terrorist murder (not an electorally irrelevant burglary) of government officials, their reckless endangerment, the undermining of the Bill of Rights and... Read more
The decades-long incestuous relationship between the Democrat party and the mainstream media is birthing something monstrous. This brave Democrat dares to discuss it. Pat Caddell speaks truth. “First of all, we’ve had 9 days of lies…If a president of either party…had had a terrorist incident and gotten on an airplane [after remarks] and flown off to a fundraiser in Las Vegas, they would have been crucified…it should have been, should have been, the equivalent, for Barack Obama, of George Bush’s... Read more
I meant to link to this piece by Lisa Hendey yesterday, but the day got away from me. In it, she is asking if it is possible to eliminate political vitriol online? Isn’t it our right as Americans to employ our rights to freedom of speech to say what we feel? Yes, certainly. And yet, I’m also cognizant that my presence — and yours — in venues like Facebook and Twitter is a component of the New Evangelization. When my... Read more
So in demand is this beautifully-wrought aid for the celebration of the Year of Faith that the thing is in its third printing and on back-order until October. But even if you will not get your copy until late October, after the year is officially “begun”, I urge you to order this book. It’s inexpensive ($6.95) and at 445 pages, it’s absolutely loaded with fine material — profiles of the holy men and women of the bible, devotions, poems, meditations,... Read more
photosource Autumn Fires In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers, The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. — Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall! Read more
I don’t know what happened when Bibi met Mitt. But a picture is worth a thousand words: Eye contact, warmth, no sending of a representative in his place with a promise to “call” later, and no jeering like 14 year olds. UPDATE: Obama’s UN Ambassador skipped Bibi’s speech RELATED: MSM fully deserves this smackdown Read more
Am I the only one who sees Don Bosco’s dream represented in that logo? I have a deep feeling of excitement about the upcoming “Year of Faith” which Pope Benedict has declared for 2012-2013, and which begins on October 11. Our good pope has proven himself to be a savvy fellow who is very much aware of the times, and I think this year of faith is going to be something we at Patheos will be talking about a great... Read more
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