That is the big question du jour it seems. An answer in a piece written by Rachel Held Evans at the CNN Belief Blog sort of went viral last week. Soon after, Hemant Mehta (a blogger on the Patheos Atheist channel) also had a piece up over there, basically telling folks that atheists are HUGE on the internet, and the Jesus story is a myth so, why not throw in the towel? Interestingly, all of the hubbub seems to be... Read more
Seeking to capitalize on Pope Francis’s recent remarks on not judging gay priests, no doubt. It’s déjà vu all over again. The Catholic Channel’s own Ryan Thursday Adams tirelessly picks up his hammer and stake in a bid to put this narrative to bed one.more.time. (more…) Read more
It’s been a long time since I shared thoughts here from my faithful departed friend named John C.H. Wu. I won’t bore you to death with the details of his life, as I’ve already done that in numerous posts before. Remember when he likened Saint Thérèse of Lisieux as having the mind of Lao Tzu, with the heart of Confucius? He’s written some amazing stuff. (more…) Read more
If this was a Star Trek episode, we’d actually think it was incumbent upon us to do something about this “gigantic coronal hole.” While looking at his instrument panel, Spock would say, (more…) Read more
Shouldn’t comes as a shock really, as Jesus Christ wants the same thing from us too. Here’s a little snippet of Andrea Tornielli’s report on Pope Francis’s message to the leadership in South America, and to the episcopate everywhere. (more…) Read more
Back on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, I shared a little video called St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies. It’s a clever little video noting how when trying to use analogies to describe the Triune God, it’s easy to find yourself in the dire straits of ancient heresies. (more…) Read more
N’est-ce pas?! After all, the scriptures never said, (more…) Read more
So says attorney Erin Mersino. I agree. I’d also agree if our government displayed a lack of tolerance for the teachings of faithful Jews, Muslims, Quakers, Mormons, Hindus, et al, too. So a couple of lawyers are throwing another log on the HHS Mandate lawsuit bonfire. Catholic News Service has the skinny, (more…) Read more
Have you ever noticed how when you haven’t experienced something before, be it a person, a place, or a thing, your idea of what that experience would be like, and how it actually turned out to be, didn’t always jive? In fact it’s probably not much of a stretch to say that usually what you expected, and what you actually experienced, were as different from each other as night is to day. (more…) Read more
A few feet away from the grocery store where I once stumbled upon Stephen Hawking, I got to meet Joanne McPortland and Will Duquette. My family and I met them yesterday after mass at our former parish, and we introduced them to the gastronomic delights of one of our favorite local restaurants. (more…) Read more
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