Why I Am Catholic
The first item is in regards to something that is happening on March 26th that you probably haven’t heard anything about: The March for Marriage. Here is the press release from the National Organization for Marriage, (more…) Read more
The first item is in regards to something that is happening on March 26th that you probably haven’t heard anything about: The March for Marriage. Here is the press release from the National Organization for Marriage, (more…) Read more
A very long time ago (or so it seems from my end), every title of the posts in this space were ledes to an exposition upon the statement “Why I Am Catholic.” The titles themselves were basically one line answers to the statement all in themselves. I can’t promise that they will always be like that from now on. But nowadays I do find I yearn to return to this practice. It is something that I believe I am called... Read more
And his dreamy, utopian vision of a Church prostituted to the whims and caprices of public opinion. Sing it, Steve. (more…) Read more
I couldn’t help it. So I’ll share the earworm with you too, with a little help from the Ray Conniff Singers… (more…) Read more
Today’s gospel reading is a fitting reminder that the Christian model of leadership is not of this earth. Of course, Our Redeemer, who had also said “before Abraham was, I Am,” was of heaven. Thus Jesus tells the disciples, (more…) Read more
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, took wing today from the airport in Knoxville, Tennessee to gather with his peers in Rome for the conclave. (more…) Read more
News like this always makes me go, “Huh?” What part of the simple procedure to hand off the Twitter account to a successor am I missing here? Turns out, this “news” is more akin to an “off sides,” or a runner leaving the blocks before the pistol fires. (more…) Read more
But he should have. Right, right, the Academy recognized him with an honorary Oscar in 2007 for “his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.” But seriously? (more…) Read more
Heh! Neither is Joe Six-Pack. (more…) Read more
Last week, Ben Hur was epic, but it had its saccharine sweet, melodramatic moments. Whenever Judah Ben-Hur encountered the Christ, his world stopped, and started. This week, the world gets tangled, troubled, and we’re left wondering about how the will of God works through our fallenness in this world. (more…) Read more
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