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November 2015

November 21, 2015
I am not familiar with comedian Michael Jr.'s work, but if this YouTube video (embedded...
November 20, 2015
There are so many of them. A torrent of fresh faces, Numb, panicked, silenced. Images...
November 17, 2015
On April 18, 1962, during Holy Week - at a time when the United States...
November 16, 2015
We battle against not only the agony of destruction, carnage, and death everywhere now around...
November 14, 2015
Reality intrudes, disrupts, and completely shatters our self-delusions. No wonder we would rather distract ourselves...
November 12, 2015
As the days compress, And light makes quick work of its retreat, As fall begins its...
November 10, 2015
Over at Aleteia, I briefly unpack how my sudden but great affection for Pope Francis...
November 08, 2015
It overwhelms me. But only sometimes. My faulty imagining over the years that with each...
November 04, 2015
Sometimes, we need to take a step back. Sometimes, we need to look at our...
November 01, 2015
I refuse to link to them. The recent Synod-inspired doctrinal (some would label them merely pastoral) controversies...

October 2015

October 30, 2015
As a practicing lawyer for almost 30 years, I have come to fully appreciate the...
October 28, 2015
Francis de Sales devised a plan. Until Francis (1567 - 1622), most believed that the only sure...
October 24, 2015
Three wishes. We've all fantasized about finding that magic lamp, the one that could suddenly change...
October 19, 2015
It hit me all at once this weekend. It's nothing that I didn't already know,...
October 16, 2015
Muro Lucano is an ancient, tiny, hillside village located in Potenza, Italy. With little work available,...
October 11, 2015
Acknowledging his penchant for badly mangling the English language, the late Hall of Famer Yogi...
October 08, 2015
I ran across this YouTube video just yesterday. It's just a bit difficult to hear...
October 04, 2015
Laudato si', whether you approach it with the humility of an open and teachable heart,...
October 02, 2015
  Yet another hate-filled rage brings mass murder, this time to the west. Despair envelops us, choking us from...
October 01, 2015
Therese of Lisieux, The Little Flower, on finding a way to love those in our...

September 2015

September 27, 2015
The love between them was obvious during the wedding yesterday. And particularly later, at the wedding...
September 24, 2015
Pope Francis' historic address today before the United States Congress raised up four Americans as inspirations...
September 22, 2015
It's on! You can follow Pope Francis' visit to the United States, starting today, by...
September 20, 2015
  In September 2013, The New Yorker magazine published excerpts on-line from Flannery O'Connor's prayer...
September 19, 2015
Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, has quite a knack for taking complex...
September 15, 2015
 Verso l'alto: Literally, To The Top Those words, as close as anything, constitute the spiritual...
September 11, 2015
Some events during our lifetime remain frozen in time. Some leave scars that never quite...
September 09, 2015
A contemplation for today, from Hans Urs von Balthasar: After a mother has smiled at her...
September 04, 2015
At times, joy may seem so very elusive. At times, we might not even know what...
September 02, 2015
A sweet story out of Chicago yesterday, from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. It's a...
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