Why I Am Catholic
And he’s asked me to help him out too, which means I’m inviting you to support this endeavor as well. (more…) Read more
And he’s asked me to help him out too, which means I’m inviting you to support this endeavor as well. (more…) Read more
Since the end of August, in the year of Our Lord 2011, I’ve been bringing word of, and requesting alms for, the making of the film about the life of Takashi Nagai. Generous donations from readers of this space helped fly Ian & Dominic Higgins, and their crew, back and forth across the globe in order to bring this mans’ story to an audience that quite possibly has never heard of him. (more…) Read more
From this past Sunday, I would like to ask you: have you sometimes heard the voice of the Lord which through a desire, a certain restlessness, invites you to follow Him more closely? Have you heard it? I can’t hear you…there you are! Have you had any desire to be apostles of Jesus? Youth must spend itself for high ideals. Do you think so? Do you agree? Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave! Be brave, ask... Read more
Back on April 19th, a family owned lumber company in Pennsylvania received some good news in their fight to not be forced to divorce their consciences from their actions. Courthouse News Service has the story. (more…) Read more
But, ahem, it is not a result of the outcry the Gosnell trial has raised. But don’t get too comfortable. Instead of digging into the roots of Planned Parenthood, and learning what Margaret Sanger was really up too back in the day, he’ll come by for breakfast on Friday morning instead. (more…) Read more
Back on April 4th, the big news was that the Archdiocese of New York subpoenaed the White House. Recall that story, three weeks back? (more…) Read more
That seems to be the thesis over at the Wall Street Journal. Once known as a quiet teenager who aspired to be a boxer, Tamerlan Tsarnaev delved deeply into religion in recent years at the urging of his mother, who feared he was slipping into a life of marijuana, girls and alcohol. Tamerlan quit drinking and smoking, gave up boxing because he thought it was in opposition to his religion, and began pushing the rest of his family to pursue... Read more
I remember well how it felt when I first came across these words written by Blaise Pascal. It was like reading the story of my life. It was as if I was the character Neo in movie The Matrix and I had unwittingly taken the red pill that Morpheus promised would lift the veil. (more…) Read more
Boston. Baseball. A Bearded Neil Diamond… (more…) Read more
It was G.K. Chesterton who noted that “The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.” I would argue that the main reason why this is true is because Catholicism isn’t a faith that can be compartmentalized. Prattle on about separation of church and state all you want, but if you believe you personally can achieve separation of mind and heart, while being faithful to the Two... Read more
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