Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!

"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

19 September 2009

Why are we so divided?

Meandering thoughts on Catholic polarization. . . Russell Shaw of Inside Catholic has posted an article titled, "Polarization and the C...

18 September 2009

3 Things a Pastor Can Never Say (Updated)

Recently, I received a request to repeat my "Three Things a Pastor Can Never Say to His Parish." Here they are: 1). What Father s...

17 September 2009

First review of Treasures: Old and New

Jonathan Sullivan wins the prize for posting the first review of my prayer book. The prize: a beer next time I am in St. Louis! Thanks, Jo...

Graphic pics hurt the pro-life cause

California Catholic Daily has re-posted a newsletter article by Father Thomas Eutenerer, president of Human Life International, sent out on...

16 September 2009

B.O. rewrote school speech after the fuss

This article from the Washington Post confirms my earlier suspicion that B.O.'s speech to school children was re-written after a furor ...

Tony Blair: pro-life?

Former British Prime Minister and recent Catholic convert, Tony Blair gave an interview to Zenit . He was asked about his reasons for conve...

On celibacy and being a good Catholic

During my recent vacation in Mississippi, visiting family and dodging those @#$% beer-swilling squirrels, my mom asked me to come by the ban...

Petulant clamoring for glamor (repost)

[NB. This is a repost of a homily from Advent 2006. The gospel in this homily is Matthew's rendering of Luke's gospel reading for ...

15 September 2009

US Condemned for attack on Pakistan

NB. This is a parody from The Onion, i.e. it's funny. U.S. Condemned For Pre-Emptive Use Of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan

Catholics & Evolution (UPDATED)

A question. . . Please comment on how the Church deals with evolution. A very quick response*: As far as I know, there are no magisterial d...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Get all your ACORN-related news here. . .you won't find any of this in the MSM. Despite her genetic origins in Shea the Shaggy, Lucy th...

14 September 2009

Obama gets it right

Giving credit where it is due: Obama condemns the murder of a pro-life activist . . . Still waiting on Planned Parenthood and NARAL, howeve...

Why so muddled?

Reading back over Sunday's homily, I am struck by just how muddled it is. It took me a while to figure out that problem. Quite apart f...

The Press: Inaccurate, Unfair, & Unaccountable

Americans are not being duped by the Old Media. . .we got their number! (H/T: PEW Research ) It's a lack of accountability . . .

13 September 2009

Nota bene. . .

I will celebrate a "private" Mass this afternoon in the priory chapel. The Mass has an intention already, but I will gladly offer...

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