More Good HHS Mandate News: Appeals Court Blocks Contraception Mandate in Illinois Case UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:52 pm By Frank Weathers

Another day, another setback for the HHS Mandate. The Christian Post has the scoop, Days before the contraception mandate, which requires employers to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs to employees, is set to go into effect, a federal appeals court has temporarily blocked it from being enforced against an Illinois company. (more…) Read more

Support Hobby Lobby. Here’s How. UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:52 pm By Frank Weathers

There’s nothing better than waking up on a Sunday, eating a breakfast of pancakes and bacon, drinking a tall cup of hot coffee, and deciding to join a doomed, quixotic, movement to fight tyranny. Yes, and doing so right before heading to Mass, no less, so intentions for its success can be offered up. Care to join me? (more…) Read more

Because Saints Tell Temporal Kings “No!” When They Err

Last updated on: May 20, 2015 at 9:21 am By Frank Weathers

Another day, another magnificent saint for us to model our behavior after. This is one of the great things about the liturgical calendar during the Octave of Christmas. Yesterday, the Church commemorated the Holy Innocents. For today, we have another martyr, of the type that needs not much of an introduction. You know the type, or do you? The story of St. Thomas Becket shows us that yes, people can change when they answer the call of conversion, open themselves... Read more

A Batman & Robin Christmas Present for YIMCatholic Readers…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:53 pm By Frank Weathers

Sorry I didn’t get your present out on Christmas Day, but it’s still Christmas, so who’s counting? Besides, what does a blogger give to the good folks who take a few minutes out of their day to stop by and see what’s cookin’ at Frank’s place? (more…) Read more

For All the Saints: John, Apostle and Evangelist UPDATED

Last updated on: February 4, 2015 at 11:08 am By Frank Weathers

Today is the feast day of St. John, the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” Jesus called him and his brother James the “sons of thunder,” so they must have been quite a lively pair. This is a portrait of the young John painted by El Greco. What follows is the citation on John from Jesuit Father Francis Xavier Weninger’s book, Lives of the Saints. (more…) Read more

Busted Halo’s “Christmasopoly”

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:53 pm By Frank Weathers

Looks like a blast! Go directly to Busted Halo and get your printable version. Read more

Christmas Delights, Thanks to the Catechism and Romanus the Melodist

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:53 pm By Frank Weathers

Back in October, I signed up to read the Catechism in a year. I thought it would be a daunting, thankless, task. Instead, it has been light, easy and delightful. In fact, I’ve been amazed at how the daily selections have been dovetailing with the liturgical calendar. Whether that is by design or not, I do not know. (more…) Read more