For What Happens To Our Bodies When We Die, And Rise Again…

May 20, 2016 By Frank Weathers

Poland_-_Czermna_-_Chapel_of_Skulls_-_interior_06 — St. Bartholomew’s Church, in Czermna, Poland. By Merlin (Own work), GFDL or CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

“And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou think these bones shall live? And I answered: O Lord God, thou knowest.”—Ezekiel xxxvii, 3

I’ll be the first to admit that I have the faith of a child. I don’t have the faith of a novelist, or of a science-fiction writer. Nor do I have the faith of a philosopher, or a poet, or one blessed with flights of imagination that lead me to probe the heavenly mysteries exhaustively.

Have I been blessed with visions of the 7th heaven? Ridden on the wings of angels to mystical union with God, who supplies my need for specifics on how we will be when eternity arrives for me?

Nope. (more…)

On the HHS Mandate, We’re Approaching the Line of Departure REVISITED

May 18, 2016 By Frank Weathers

Tarawa-09-02-654x350 — Crossing the LD, the old fashioned way…

I didn’t know it at the time this was originally written, but the Little Sisters of the Poor were our other secret weapon, aside from prayer. Their stand against the Administration was the ultimate “soft tactic” in a hard war. In a nutshell, see, of all of the groups that filed suit against the HHS Mandate, they were the target that could fell the giant.

Here’s the post published on June 4, 2012 in which I described the way that we could win the day against the HHS Mandate. As I recall, it wasn’t very popular among the armchair Catholic warrior types. C’est le guerre.

Here’s the original post. It’s long, so you might want to linger over it with your favorite adult beverage…

Currently, the bulk of our forces are still in the Assembly Area, marshalling troops, building logistics trains, and communication networks, etc. The dozen lawsuits that were launched a few weeks ago? Probes, really, looking for areas of strength and weakness. They crossed the line of departure a few weeks back as a reconnaissance-in-force.

Over at NRO Online, Mark L. Rienzi gives a recap of what we know so far. Basically, it’s the tale of a media blackout, which we are all familiar with, (more…)

Because the Church was Catholic at Pentecost

May 14, 2016 By Frank Weathers

Detail_autel_Jose_Maria_Escriva_de_Balaguer_Peterskirche_Vienna — St. Josemaría Escrivá, photograph by Jebulon (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this message brought to you by The Church Triumphant. Standby for a brief message from St. Jose Maria Escriva, live from the Communion of Saints… (more…)

About the Blogger

May 13, 2016 By Frank Weathers

Promotion_Frank Weathers — Joe Six-Pack, USMC, getting promoted.

I became a Catholic when I was confirmed at the Easter Vigil in the year of Our Lord, 2008. I was baptized, though, when I was 10 years old in a Non-denominational Christian church located in my hometown. With my family, I attended regularly (pretty much if church was open, we were there!) until I graduated from high school and joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17.

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The Definition Of A Gentlemen (A Few Words For Wednesday)

July 15, 2015 By Frank Weathers

"Portrait Miniature of John Henry Newman" by William Charles Ross - Newman: https://archive.org/stream/newmanfran00barruoft#page/64/mode/2up. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_Miniature_of_John_Henry_Newman.jpg#/media/File:Portrait_Miniature_of_John_Henry_Newman.jpg — “Portrait Miniature of John Henry Newman” by William Charles Ross Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

While I was on vacation, I started thumbing through a book my wife picked up for me at our public library’s used book sale. Edited by a Fr. Raphael H. Gross, of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, the somewhat uninspiring title of the tome is, A Century of the Catholic Essay.

I have no idea how pastoral Fr. Raphael was, or how good his homilies were, etc., but as an editor, well, let’s just say that I haven’t been able to put the book down yet.

Out of copyright, and out of print, I intend to share a number of his selections from the collection in this space. Let’s start with a succinct essay from Catholic convert, and recently canonized saint, John Henry Newman. (more…)

The #1 Reason the Catholic Church Won’t Support Same-Sex Marriage…

June 29, 2015 By Frank Weathers

St. John The Baptist In The Wilderness, by José Leonardo (Spain, 1601-before 1653) LACMA Collection, Public Domain — St. John The Baptist In The Wilderness, by José Leonardo (Spain, 1601-before 1653), LACMA Collection, Public Domain

It’s quite simple, actually. Oh, you won’t see the reason talked about by folks using rational thinking towards an irrational people. (more…)

Why I Remain Catholic? Is This A Trick Question?

June 10, 2015 By Frank Weathers

For a regular guy, with a blog called Why I Am Catholic, I honestly can’t think of one, single, reason. I mean aside from the obvious one.

So how about Because? No, really. In fact, I reckon I have 445+ posts with titles that begin with the word “because.” That might just be 45,000 words worth of trying to explain it. And you know what? Every day there are more reasons that keep piling up. Oftentimes, words fail.

Need more reasons? (more…)

The Truth About Blogging (And Blog Readers)…

May 20, 2015 By Frank Weathers

Border_Collie_Cody_the_Heartthrob — Cody, bane of package deliverers

That’s one of the observations Thomas L. McDonald had regarding blogging. (more…)

Because Vincent de Paul Was Once A Muslim’s Slave

April 30, 2015 By Frank Weathers

A Barbary pirate, Pier Francesco Mola 1650 (public Domain) — A Barbary pirate, Pier Francesco Mola 1650 (Public Domain)

Life got you down? Things perhaps haven’t turned out as you planned? Do you think everyone else has got it so easy? Your neighbors, for example, or those fortunate people who come into a considerable sum of money?

And how about those saintly types? They are simply walking on air, those guys, living lives of complete and blessed beatitude, right?

Hold up! (more…)

Catholic University In Indiana Affirms The Revised RFRA Signed Into Law Earlier Today

April 2, 2015 By Frank Weathers

shutterstock_135614681 — All are welcome!

You might have missed the news if you were at Mass for Holy Thursday, but the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana was revised, and signed into law, a few hours ago with the following revision, (more…)