Why I Am Catholic
Ha! Made you look. Because actually, there is no such thing. If there was, see, you would be getting your recommendations on who to vote for straight from the pulpit. And we all know how well that would go over, don’t we? (more…) Read more
Ha! Made you look. Because actually, there is no such thing. If there was, see, you would be getting your recommendations on who to vote for straight from the pulpit. And we all know how well that would go over, don’t we? (more…) Read more
Well there you have it folks, your new and shiny “top tier.” And it was a pretty good horse race too, huh? Right down to the wire. Remember me earlier today talking about New Advent, and keeping up with spiritual posts? Well I was pleased to find this myth-busting post by Ryan McMacken entitled, 6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians. You should go check it out and see if it reminds you of any solid Catholic teaching. Solidarity, subsidiarity, and... Read more
So you wanted to just be a simple Catholic man. One who tries to walk the Way, as difficult as it is, and mind your own business. Mind the planks in your own eye, and ignore the mote in the eyes of others. But you like to keep up on spiritual stuff, and you appreciate the encouragement you get from others making the same solitary slog to heaven as you are. You find many interesting posts over on New... Read more
Before I was a Catholic, I didn’t put much stock in the name of Jesus. Sure, I knew that Mary had been told to name her son this by the angel Gabriel. I kind of knew that Isaiah had mentioned a name, and that it was Immanuel which, according to the Matthew, meant “God with us.” (more…) Read more
Of course they should. Because oftentimes, they are the same people. My civilian brother, Max Lindenman, elaborates. Here’s my brief take on the subject. Many Marines I have known over the years have been great artists, and I mean across the entire spectrum too. This idea that you are only “one thing,” and that thing being a stereotype of what you happen to be doing for a living, is a fallacy. In fact, since it stems from some version of the truth,... Read more
See what I discovered: God made man simple, but they get lost in their many thoughts.—Ecclesiastes 7:29 Just in time for the year-end wrap ups, I saw an article the other day over at Our Sunday Visitor about Investing with a Clear Conscience (and earlier this year over at Crisis Magazine was a similar one called How to Invest Like A Catholic, to which this post was initially addressed). Being a former stock broker, one who let my Series 7 License (and... Read more
Good things come in threes. As if I need to buttress this argument, I present the Trinity, the Holy Family, and the three named angels in the Bible (Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel) as examples that, if not self-evident, are at least mysterious signs of the truth of this statement. So I have resolved to have only three resolutions this New Year. The great thing about keeping them down to three is that I can keep track of them on the... Read more
Is summed up nicely by St. John in his first letter. Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: whoever claims to abide... Read more
I think I can make one of these. Heh! Take this you weird, expensive dolphin jet-pack loving, one-percenters! H/T Joseph Susanka Read more
Am I alone here in thinking it’s about time our elected representatives in Congress, as well as our elected (President/Vice-President) Executive and his “Czars”, and appointed members to the Supreme Court too, should be required to place their assets in “blind trusts?” Would it do anything to blunt the unholy alliance between Big Government, Insider Trading, and Big Mammon? From the Wall Street Journal, a crying crocodile tears alert for you, (more…) Read more
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