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

06 February 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

B.O.'s adviser for faith-based initiatives continues his anti-Catholic bigotry . This guy needs to go. Will we witness another bloody...

Catholic identity at the University of Dallas

John Allen reports on his participation in a recent panel discussion at the University of Dallas . The discussion topic: "The Identi...

05 February 2010

Just Say No to the Ouija

Now there's a pink Ouija board . . .just in case you want to introduce your daughters and granddaughters to the practice of occult divin...

04 February 2010

India spanks IPCC

The evangelism arm of the Church of Global Warming, the IPCC, is starting to unravel at lightening speed. The Indian government has announ...

Powerhouses of Prayer: O.P. Nuns

Another excerpt from the Holy Father's Wednesday general audience on St Dominic: + + + When Dominic died in 1221 in Bologna, the cit...

03 February 2010

Why is this Canadian premier coming to the US for surgery?

The Premier of Canada's Newfoundland province will travel to the U.S. for heart surgery. This choice by Premier Danny Williams should...

Recognize dissent for it is: corrosive

In his address to the bishops of England & Wales, the Holy Father challenged the prelates to "recognise dissent for what it is.&quo...

BXVI on St Dominic

At yesterday's general audience , BXVI spoke about Saint Dominic Guzmán, the founder of the Order of Preachers: Dear Brothers and Siste...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Thomas Sowell discusses the role of intellectuals in American society . As the last year has conclusively demonstrated being intellectually...

02 February 2010

Love hurts

4th Sunday OT: Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Jesus, once again, riles people up! He's good at that. ...

01 February 2010

Notes on the Book Depository Wish List Experiment

Two generous HancAquam readers have used the BDWL to sent me two books. First , books do not disappear from the Wish List once purchase...

Virtue & Vice: what's yours?

Virtues are good habits. Vices are bad habits. Virtues help us to become the best version of ourselves that we can be. Vices prevent us ...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

This is not the Science we are looking for : Climate data "tampered with," "useless for determining accurate trends," &...

31 January 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing (Over-caffeinated Edition)

Need a sign that the Pro-life movement is winning the culture war? Pro-abortion feminists don't want Super Bowl fans to know that Tebo...

30 January 2010

Grammar Nazis Unite!

For all the Grammar Nazis out there. . . Is "snuck" the past-tense of "sneak"? Yes and no . Yes, it has become one of...

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