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Fight the good fight
Last week, I had an internet discussion with a mother regarding secular culture’s attitude toward sex. During our conversation, the mother conveyed her despair that, “statistically no matter what kind...
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In due season
“A woman convinced against her will is of the same opinion still” ~American proverb I like debate. My wife says she married me because I am a man of conviction, a crusader. In my many years of...
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Political ADD
I’ve posted at least once (I think) before about how our government doesn’t work to solve problems, but works to pit party against party and voter against voter for the sake of winning future...
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***Arms Trade Fire Sale*** Everything Must Go!!!
Guns, guns, guns. What more is there to be said about guns? While perusing the news I discovered the following article at Yahoo News about Russia selling weapons to Syria. Israel warned the United...
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Pentecost: The Church’s Big Fat Boring Birthday
Photo by kev-shine When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire...
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Let not your heart be troubled
In light of recent court decisions, legislative events, and various haughty celebrations which followed, a great many of my friends expressed dismay, distress, and despair, especially concerning the...
View ArticleNine words which will change your life
First, thank you to all of those who have prayed that I would find work. I accepted a position as a 911 dispatch trainee and recently began my training. In light of my recent employment and required...
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Death of a Sinner
Earlier this week, the infamous kidnapper, serial rapist, and child murderer, Ariel Castro, was found dead in his jail cell hung by the neck. A great many people , including friends of mine, have said,...
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The Survivalist Heresy
Over the course of the last 5+ years, there has been a very wide resurgence of the practice or lifestyle known to many as survivalism, also known as “prepping.” The main idea behind survivalism or...
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Yoga: Not for weak-minded Catholics
For the past few years, I have engaged in the practice of Yoga for exercise. {cue collective gasp} No, I don’t wear the spandex and I don’t use words like namaste, ashtanga, or vinyasa, or any other...
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True beauty
As you may know, my son Lucas was born with a genetic condition called Prader-Willi Syndrome, about which you can read more here. Lucas looks like any other 3 year-old boy except that he uses a walker...
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Book Review: Church Militant Field Manual
My blessed wife gave to me for Christmas what I consider to be the most important book in my library, Fr. Richard M. Heilman’s Church Militant Field Manual. In case you are not familiar, the Church...
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The Art of Listening
“Listen carefully, my son, to the master’s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart.” ~The Rule of Saint Benedict I am guilty. This morning at Mass, like every morning at Mass,...
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How to Talk to an Atheist (if you must)
The other night, I was the victim of a liberal Democrat Atheist’s ramblings about global warming, hypocrisy, and diatribe about how Evangelical Christians are the biggest perpetrators of divorce and...
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The Feast of The Annunciation: Mama Mary Loves Us!
Today is the Feast of The Annunciation of Our Lord. It holds particular significance for me because it is the anniversary of the day my wife learned that we would be parents for the first time. My...
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Prayers desperately needed
In case you haven’t heard, there is a standoff in Nevada between the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and a rancher by the name of Cliven Bundy. Mr. Bundy is a rancher, as was his father, and his...
View Article5 Things To Do When You’re Unemployed
Unemployment can be the pits. Long-term unemployment can feel like a soul-sucking hell from which there seems to be no end. It just so happens that I am an veteran at this, so I write from experience....
View ArticleThe heart of a traditionalist
In the Catholic blogosphere, there are a number of labels: traditionalist, orthodox, charismatic, rad-trad, liberal, and conservative being among them. One of the newest and most vibrant of these...
View ArticleTo walk a mile in your shoes
WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS for The 2nd Season of The Walking Dead. If you’re anything like me, you are pretty far behind on watching TV and movies. Consider yourself, my fellow sub-rock...
View ArticleO Magnum Mysterium
A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. The choir of Westminster Cathedral sing Morten Lauridsen’s stunningly beautiful setting of O Magnum Mysterium during Midnight Mass 2009. O magnum...
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