I read a piece last week for the National Catholic Register on what every Catholic Library needs. I looked at the list and thought about how those are good resources, but what does an ordinary time type of person in the Body of Christ need in their library, and thus it generated this piece: The Catholic Lazy Intellectual Starter Kit. Feel free to leave suggestions for my growing library and
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At the Register
where I'm talking about being salt. Please consider leaving a comment or sharing. Thank you very much for your ongoing support of my secondary career as a Catholic writer.
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What I Really Think...
Today is the March for Our Lives. Two months ago, was the March for Life. Both have merit. Both marches reveal a desire for a society which is better than what is quick, what is easy, and what is merely legal. Both draw in people of good will, who want help create a society where the idea of hurting people, of killing people as a means of escape, or revenge, or because we're fed up, tired,
Sometimes, I Want to Write, Sometimes, I have to...
I have a piece at the National Catholic Register today. It's in response to an article written by Ruth Marcus over at the Washington Post, explaining how if she'd found out her children had Down Syndrome, she'd have aborted them, and protesting that to have the right to choose must be from conception to birth irrespective of the reasoning behind abortion. So I wished to present an alternative
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At National Catholic Register Today
We're getting to the end of the series on the Rosary, so naturally, we'd save the Crucifixion for during Lent. Here's today's piece, "Sooner or Later, We All End Up at the Foot of the Cross."
Next week my son has a retreat in preparation for Confirmation, and I have two mysteries left to do to finish this project, The Ressurection and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. My plan is to print up all
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Next week my son has a retreat in preparation for Confirmation, and I have two mysteries left to do to finish this project, The Ressurection and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. My plan is to print up all
What Are We Looking For...
I think (with the exception of the Black Panther), we've finally saturated on Superhero movies. Why? Because we're tired of being shown heroes we cannot possibly become. What we want from our heroes, is the inspiration to be heroic. What Superman, Batman, Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, X-men,Thor, The Avengers, Justice League and the like do, is show people who are beyond us, in origin,
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Wow...it's Thursday
So I'm posting Small Success Thursday. Will wonders never cease? Hopefully not.In other news, we took the youngest four to see Peter Rabbit and it was a fun movie. I now have a personal favorite creature, I always thought I was The Country Bunny...
but now I've discovered,
The idea of a cucumber ninja bunny who doesn't count the ribs she breaks...or doesn't count them correctly
Sleep Regulations of Mom and Dad
We your parents love you always. Having said this, we've also discovered in the course of years of experimentation, we need this thing called sleep more than any of you knew possible. Since none of you seem interested in fostering this physical need of ours, the time has come to lay down the law. We have operational hours...6 AM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday, the
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Over at the National Catholic Register Today
with one of the last pieces in my series on the rosary. It's on the Institution of the Holy Eucharist. I've tried very hard not to rush any of these pieces, to let the situation dictate which one came next, but it seems to me very appropriate that the Eucharist would then be followed by needing to write on the Crucifixion, the Resurrection and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. I'd love to say
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I Hate this Movie
I hate Hotel Transylvania II, even more than Hotel Transylvania I. I can say this because I've seen it way more than any human should have to...ever.
Unfortunately, my son Paul loves both movies and today, sitting by his side as he called my attention to various points in the show, I understood for the first time, why. Mind you, it's still a poorly written film with weird sensibilities, but I
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Unfortunately, my son Paul loves both movies and today, sitting by his side as he called my attention to various points in the show, I understood for the first time, why. Mind you, it's still a poorly written film with weird sensibilities, but I
Small Success Thursday...on Thursday!
Will wonders never cease? It helps that I'm home sick today. I can do three things. Groan, sleep and occasionally comment on something in social media. However, if I don't post SST today, it won't be because I didn't have time, only a lack of will. Here's today's Small Success Thursday. There are times when I think about stopping this weekly exercise of counting one's blessings. It doesn't
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