… so Papa John’s has a new item on their menu, Double Bacon Six Cheese Pizza. It comes in only two sizes, large and instant death. My God… St. Angio Plasticus, save us from clogged arteries. Protects us from the fires of heart burn and lead us not into myocardial infarction. Amen. Read more

… hardly the expert, I can count exactly fours times I have tackled the subject on blog over the course of six whole years. Each time was for very specific reason usually involving some one else. Looking through the archives the only instances I have made mention of my own personal experience with marriage was to discuss divorce and it’s effects on the soul. Very rarely will I write candidly about my personal life; this is one such time. The... Read more

… my favorite. I imagine this is what a choir of heavenly hosts sounds like. Read more

… tonight’s bed time reading was the narrative of Christ’s birth in the Gospel of Luke. I had just finished reading, “And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.'” when my The Boy gleefully quipped… “And that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!” Read more

… if only I could use Mrs. Seraphic as my personal Cyrano on dates. Read more

…You were truly a priestly worker in Myra, for zealously living the Gospel of Christ, you dedicated your life to your people; you saved the innocent from death.Therefore you have been sanctifiedas one who has entered the mystery of God’s grace. From the Museum of Russian Icons. Read more

… taking 2 Tylenol PM this morning mistaking it for regular aspirin, then muddling about the day in a zombie like stupor, dashing all my plans of operating heavy machinery. Read more

Via Jeff Miller. Read more

…Interior with Violin Case. This print, a recent acquisition, hangs in my bedroom. Read more

… Sister Mary Raphael of the Divine Physician professing her first vows as a Poor Clare nun this past November at St. Ann Catholic Church. View photo slideshow. Read more