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

21 May 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing (B.O.-less Edition)

The American Papist's initial reaction to the Knights of Columbus brouhaha. The pagan rites of a lesbian-Episcopalian consecration ....

The Knights, Pro-aborts, & You

I'm getting a lot of questions about the recent ruling of the national leadership of the Knights of Columbus that forbids local chapters...

20 May 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Words matter. . .but they matter more to some than to others: B.O.'s P.C. assault on how we talk about terrorism. What are the paradox...

YAAAAYYYYY!!!

This week started with some bad news: the French Failure . But it's ending with some much, much better news: the Summer Housing Cris...

Fr. McDermott, OP on Catherine of Siena, OP

My friend and Dominican brother, Fr. Thomas McDermott on EWTN! Fr. McDermott recently published a book on St Catherine, Catherine of Sie...

19 May 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Looks like most of us have something to look forward to anyway: Happiness begins at 50 . The socialist government of Spain has admitted t...

18 May 2010

"It was not a success. . ." (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement! My poor poet's brain is simply not wired to be trained to use foreign langua...

17 May 2010

We belong to Christ

7th Week of Easter (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Podcast Coming to Christ in baptism and following after him ...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Are left-wing undergraduates running the country? Yea, I think so. Fortunately, we will soon have an opportunity to put the adults back i...

15 May 2010

les mauvaises herbes du mal. . .

Sigh. . .French translation exam is done. Ran out of time before I finished. I've been practicing on a book by Etienne Gilson, L'...

Mass at the Angelicum chapel

Frs. Philippe-Andre, Philip Neri, Cyprian, and Benedict celebrate Mass at the Chapel of SS. Domenico e Sisto, Angelicum in Rome.

The Bible (New Revised Children's Version)

A cousin sent this to me. . .no idea where she got it. The Children's Bible in a Nutshell In the beginning, which occurred near th...

14 May 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

We are in the very best of hands: AG Holder hasn't even read the AZ anti-illegal immigrant law he has threatened to challenge in court...

A few updates. . .

Finally! There is some positive movement on the Summer Plans front. Not all is doom and gloom. Deo gratis . French translation exam tomo...

12 May 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

The White House reports that a group of enraged Lutheran extremists in Sweden attacked the cartoonist who drew a picture of Martin Luther w...

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