Putting the Issue Squarely
On August 16, 1777, General John Stark, a veteran of Roger’s Rangers during the French and Indian War, of the New Hampshire…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Maxima of Rome
At Rome, the holy martyr Maxima, who confessed Christ with St. Ansanus in the persecution of Diocletian, and yielded up her soul while being…
Thought for the Day
The good that the humble and meek do, in the eyes of God is infinitely more important than those who ever strut and preen…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Beatrix da Silva
To be silent and submissive in all things that happen to us by God’s ordinance or are required of us by holy obedience; to…
LeoWatch: Neither Pastoral Nor Christian
Go here to read the story. Imagine Cardinal Sarah having been chosen Pope in 2013.
Open Thread
Two of the three usual Open Thread rules apply:Â be concise and be charitable.
Just Retroactive Abortions
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: PLYMOUTH, MA — After seventeen hours of deliberations over the span of three days, a…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Richard Bere
The resistance to the crowned monster Henry VIII, by the London Carthusians, an order famed and loved for its service to the poor of…
August 31, 1864: Death Comes For Father Emery
 Destiny attended Emmeran Bliemel at his birth on the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel, patron saint of soldiers, in 1831 in Bavaria. …
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Do not forget that the devil is not afraid of our sports fields and our cinemas; instead, he is afraid of our holiness. Blessed…
The Prisoner
Patrick McGoohan was an oddity among actors, and thank God for it. A devout Roman Catholic, he was married to his one and only…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Richard Herst
I desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ Jesus. Blessed Richard Herst
LeoWatch: Chinese Bishops
Go here to read the story. I would like to think this is being done with the secret connivance of Pope Leo, but I…
Close to You
Something for the weekend. A violin rendition of Close to You (1970) by Karolina Protsenko. Bonus:
Explains a Lot
It is said that political categories have no role in the Church. If only that were the case. In the wake of Vatican II…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Moses the Black
God will not hear our prayers unless we acknowledge ourselves to be sinners. We do this when we ponder on our sins alone, and…
Company Way at Vatican II
Agree with some of the above and disagree with other portions, especially the allegation as to the US Deep State, whatever that means…
Norms
The rampant ignorance of basic American history among professional scribblers should never be underestimated.
August 27, 1776: Battle of Long Island
The beginning of a cascade of defeats 250 years ago that had the American Revolution on life support by December. The year in…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Monica
There is no place that is far from God. Saint Monica
That Would Be During the Particular Judgment
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: ETERNITY — According to heavenly sources, the newly deceased who enter into the Lord’s rest…
Coyote v. Acme
Seeing this with my Bride and our son on Satuday. I suspect that the lawyers in the family might be laughing at the…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Thomas Percy
“I am a Percy in life and in death.” Said just prior to his execution, after he scornfully rejected an offer to abjure his…
Pride of Peoria
(I originally wrote this post on December 18, 2008. Time to dust it off in light of Sheen’s beatification date coming up of September…
Hmmm
Let us pray that Putin is not planning to add to a losing war in Ukraine with a lashing out against NATO. I…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Louis King of France
Become not fainthearted, in adversity. Become not elevated, in the days of prosperity. Saint Louis King of France
Open Thread
Justice delayed seventeen years. No one has been punished, so far as I know, for pushing this murderous incompetent up the ranks for…
