Philipp Malyavin, c. 1906 Read more

… it’s no secret I love Catholic kitsch. But this, I don’t like. Sure it’s campy and colorful. Bright, almost retablo is style. The kitsch factor is there for sure. But, no. It’s does not sit well with me. Coming from someone who coveted this piece of art. I know, it seems so contradictory. I suppose if super hereos were real during the time of Christ he would evangelize them and tell them to use their powers for good. I... Read more

… We left off with your blog author traipsing all about Rome. It’s dusk now and at this point and I decided to take a few photos of all the pilgrims getting settled in for the Beatification the following morning. Heading back down the Via Conciliazione toward the square the atmosphere was electric. It was a huge street party. I was privileged to spend part of my evening with these fine gentleman from the Institute of the Incarnate Word in... Read more

… I started day 3 with a open air bus tour, well worth the 12 euro for the convenience of being bused around Rome to some of the major sites. You can get a idea of the city’s layout which helps orient you and they have a flexible hop-on-hop-off option. The pass is also good for 48 hours. These buses run till about 9:30pm. If you’ve never been to Rome or are just sick to death of walking and being... Read more

I bet the ladies thought I forgot. Read more

… while discussing the whole Medjugorje thing with Fr. R he suggested I pray on the idea. Spend some time in adoration is his answer for everything. I love that man. So there I was spending my lunch break in adoration asking God “so what’s up?”. And very clearly and very distinctly I heard a single word in my head. It was such a precise declaration that I turned around thinking some one spoke it in my ear from over... Read more

… I can trace the exact origins for my attraction to bad boys, eccentric artists, moody musicians, and pouting poets. Those origins would be this song. Read more

… The Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museum. After my emotionally overwhelming morning in St. Peter’s and my lunch in the Square this was my next stop. Flipping through the journal I kept on my travels the main notation I have about this experience was how the layout was cunningly devised… you *had* to trod through the nightmarish chambers of Modern Art before entering the Sistine Chapel. If it weren’t for the this purposeful floor plan I can accurately assume no... Read more

… it looks like Easter of 2012 I will making a trip here. I am just curious what reader opinion is of the apparitions. I want to hear your arguments for and against this location. updated: So many of you ask, why Medjugorje of all places? Why not Lourdes or Fatima. Simply answered, geography. I am just not going to that part of Europe. The people I will be traveling with want to go to Medjugorje, I want to go... Read more

Spanish Woman in Green, 1906 Read more