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May 14, 2016
Because the Church was Catholic at Pentecost
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this message brought to you by The Church...
March 2015
March 25, 2015
In Nazareth, This Is Where The Annunciation Took Place…
I was blessed to visit where the Annunciation took place. I figured that I should...
October 2014
October 29, 2014
The Kind Of Post TIME Magazine Never Picks Up, AKA, Hell Is Real!
The other day TIME Magazine picked up a Patheos post from a different channel in...
June 2014
June 24, 2014
A Poem on St. John the Baptist’s Day
Happy Birthday to St. John the Baptist! Here is a little poem I found...
June 15, 2014
The Quest For The Origins Of The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
What is the deal with celebrating Trinity Sunday? After all, isn't every Mass a celebration...
June 09, 2014
“On Reproof,” A Poem By St. Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, and Doctor of the Church
I came upon these lines while researching St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Deacon, and Doctor...
May 2014
May 01, 2014
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like an investment that everyone wants to buy, but no one wants to hold.”
Put your Bibles down, folks, because Jesus never said that. It's just a thought that...
February 2014
February 10, 2014
For All the Saints: Paul of the Shipwreck
How can something good come from something tragic? This is a mystery to us all....
December 2013
December 28, 2013
For Poems Like This For Childermas
-Feast of the Holy Innocents Have you ever heard of Emily Hickey? Me either, at...
December 19, 2013
Have a Very Merry Rock n’ Roll Christmas
Christmas is right around the corner, so you all know what that means? Music, of...
March 2013
March 13, 2013
The Tweet Seen ‘Round the World…UPDATES
Wikipedia is already updated. There are lots of "firsts" here. First American Pope. First Jesuit...
February 2013
February 01, 2013
St. Brigid of Ireland: A Saint After My Own Heart
It's the feast day of the plucky little lass from Ireland who penned one of...
January 2013
January 28, 2013
For this Hymn by St. Thomas Aquinas (Zion, To Thy Savior Singing)
I am late in coming around to an appreciation of St. Thomas Aquinas. As the...
January 13, 2013
For This Hymn Commemorating the Baptism of Our Lord
On the Liturgical Calendar today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of the...
December 2012
December 27, 2012
For All the Saints: John, Apostle and Evangelist UPDATED
Today is the feast day of St. John, the "disciple whom Jesus loved." Jesus called...
November 2012
November 25, 2012
Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon
Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...
November 10, 2012
Happy 237th Birthday, Leathernecks!
Here's a quote for the feast day, from an unlikely source. You cannot exaggerate about...
September 2012
September 08, 2012
Because Now I Know Today is the Birthday of the New Eve
I came pretty close to spending an entire lifetime on planet Earth without knowing that...
June 2012
June 16, 2012
A Sonnet on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Heart of Mary, by Sheldon Vanauken (1914-1996). Dear sister, I was not divine, The...
May 2012
May 30, 2012
Thoughts on the Role of the Laity on this Feast of St. Joan of Arc UPDATED
And so we leave Eastertide behind. Before we move on into "Ordinary Time", recall the...
February 2012
February 11, 2012
A Song Dedication to All the Bishops, and Those Standing Up for Religious Freedom
Sorry guys, but after reading the USCCB's response to the ridiculous proposal by Seizure to...
January 2012
January 22, 2012
Señor Santo Niño Comes To My Neck of the Woods
In the photograph above, you see the original Señor Santo Niño statue that Ferdinand Magellan...
January 03, 2012
The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Before I was a Catholic, I didn't put much stock in the name of Jesus....
December 2011
December 28, 2011
Because of the Church’s Position on Abortion
At the Battle of Mobile Bay in the American Civil War, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut...
December 25, 2011
The Quote of the Week and Operation “Noel”
This, in a nutshell, is why I became a Marine. “It’s a reminder of why...
December 23, 2011
Because Tradition says December 25 is When Christ was Born
And that is good enough for me. Especially because smarter, more capable, and more knowledgeable...
December 19, 2011
Because Of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
A reflection for December 9, 2009 from The Little Blue Book: Advent & Christmas Seasons 2009-2010....
December 05, 2011
Because St. Barbara is the Patron Saint of Artillery
Yes, yesterday was Sunday but you know what else it was? It was the Feast...
October 2011
October 30, 2011
Because Dracula was Catholic? Oh My!
Originally published on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in December of last year, it...
October 28, 2011
If “Jesus Ween” Wasn’t Scary Enough…
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