… only three weeks left to submit your ugly churches. Read more

… SWISS GUARDS! … now I’m all warm inside. Read more

… well, I did it. I took down the decorations, put away the tree and now my house seems empty and joyless. With all the greenery off the porch the house looks almost abandoned from the exterior. The lights aren’t sparkling in the window and the smell of pine is gone. It just looks stark and cold. Winter. I long for the delicate buds of color dotting the trees that announce the arrival of spring. The longer days of warm... Read more

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…specifically, for Fr. Longenecker Read more

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… this is wrong. just plain wrong. “What’s so wonderful about Reborns [fake babies] is that…there’s no college tuition, no dirty diapers… just the good part of motherhood…” So it’s like motherhood porn, where babies become the target of objectification. Read more

…In response to the atheist bus campaign that is causing a stir in Europe, one atheist states “It is time for non-believers to make themselves seen and display their pride in their own convictions.” What convictions? If you don’t believe in anything what is there to be “convicted” about? Read more

… Amy Welborn agrees, so it must be so. I thought this was cute; she writes, “Do not promise your 4-year old that he will get bread at the end of the Liturgy unless you are very, very sure, they are not going to run out before you get up there.” This is very true. If my son doesn’t come to liturgy with me I take some antidoron home to him. Read more