Why Erasmus Stayed Catholic (A Few Thoughts For Thursday)
I have never been an apostate from the Catholic Church. I know that in this Church, which you call the Papist Church, there are many who displease me, but such I also see in your Church. One bears more...
View ArticleBecause Joseph of Cupertino Could Fly
—Feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino A few years ago, the world was held in thrall by Stephen Hawking’s declaration that there is no need for a Creator for the universe to have been formed. The giant had...
View ArticleFor Mind Blowing, Franciscan Thoughts, on the Incarnation by Bl. John Duns...
What follows is a republished version of a post I ran on Christmas day in the Year of Our Lord, 2012. I’ll even leave the comments that were published from thoughtful readers at that time. Enjoy!...
View ArticleBecause “And You Shall Name Him יהושע”
Remember chanting the antiphon “O Adonai” a few weeks ago? We translate Adonai as LORD, which is substituted for YHWH, the unpronounceable name of God. Well in the case of Our Lord Jesus, there is...
View ArticleBecause the Anti-Christ is Politics
I’ve been reading Giovanni Papini’s Life of Christ some more. My Chinese mentor, John C.H. Wu, introduced this book, and author, to me. You’ve probably never heard of Papini (I sure hadn’t!) but he was...
View ArticleBecause Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World
There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not in wheat or lamb futures, nor in cloth, or precious metals. This was a bear market of the human soul, and it was experienced acutely...
View ArticleThe 5 Ways Of Worshiping God (Listicles By The Saints)
I’ve been reading some of the selections on the YIMCatholic Bookshelf. As it turns out, a good number of the books in that collection are written by authors whose names begin with the letter S. Saint...
View ArticleBecause Vincent de Paul Was Once A Muslim’s Slave
Life got you down? Things perhaps haven’t turned out as you planned? Do you think everyone else has got it so easy? Your neighbors, for example, or those fortunate people who come into a considerable...
View ArticlePresident Obama Embraces the Fait Accompli He Wasn’t Looking For UPDATED
What a difference 4 and 1/2 years makes. Wait. It’s been 5 1/2 years? Has it really only been that long since I wrote the post saying that the HHS Mandate struck at the heart of religious freedom? Has...
View ArticleOn the HHS Mandate, We’re Approaching the Line of Departure REVISITED
I didn’t know it at the time this was originally written, but the Little Sisters of the Poor were our other secret weapon, aside from prayer. Their stand against the Administration was the ultimate...
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