Saint of the Day: Blessed Albert of Bergamo
God will return all gifts made to the poor. Blessed Albert of…
Res Judicata
Res Judicata: the law of the case. I see that the Democrats…
Open Thread
A happy Mother’s Day to all our contributors, commenters and readers! The…
Mother Mary, Humanity’s Sole Boast
Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost With the least shade of…
My Bride and Mother’s Day
Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he…
Mom’s Many Gifts to Me
If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine,…
The Child is Father to the Man
Ike looks like the All-American boy. Hitler and Stalin are snot nosed…
Saint of the Day: Saint Damien of Molokai
Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of…
Thought for the Day
I have it on the Highest Authority that there will always be…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint George Preca
We are in this world to offer one another, each according…
Both Sides Now
Something for the weekend. Both Sides Now (1968) sung by Joni…
These Things Are So Much Easier in Mexico
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: WASHINGTON,…
Democrat Attempt to Wipe Out Republican Congressional Representation in Virginia is One With Nineveh and Tyre
A predictable result. The Democrats threw out the rule book, statutes and…
Being Intelligent is Highly Overrated
Being good is highly underrated. I have often noticed that people who…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
Union with God, then, is the spiritual height God calls everyone to…
Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: U.S.…
Art for the Day
You get the same sort of big sky here in Illinois…
Hmmm
I would have thought that Dancing Queen might have struck too…
Wyatt Earp: Man as Myth
A legend of the Old West who influenced how the Old West…
But He Covered Up the Totenkopf Tattoo
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: While the…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Rose Venerini
I feel so nailed to the Will of God that nothing else…
Thought for the Day
Pio Nono was the first modern celebrity pope. He also had a…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno
To live for God, to die for him and to spend…
Thought For The Day
Perhaps, especially, when you don’t feel Him, as was the case with…
1964 Lament
Vatican II was a huge self inflicted wound on Mother Church. In…
May 5, 1864: The Battle of the Wilderness Begins
If you take a flat map And move wooden blocks upon…
Sad Max
A Hapsburg should never trust a Bonaparte. Max was gulled into…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Hilary of Arles
On one side, I saw the Lord calling me; on the other…
School Days, School Days
The only two Dickens novels I have completed are A Tale…
Remember Him
And those who helped him save those 73 kids. When evil comes…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Jose Maria Rubio
My dear brothers, would you prefer another form of making amends than…
May 3, 1863: Lee Wins the Battle of Chancellorsville
After the brilliant flank attack of Jackson on May 2, 1863…
What? Ohio, not Illinois?
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: COLUMBUS, OH…
Rebel Yells
Southerners do not make up a majority of the US military, but…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint James the Lesser
26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his…
But Don’t Call the Pope Political
Better if the Pope had named him a Bishop in his native…
Book Covers and People
Brings to mind the time at least a quarter century ago when…
No Geese Were Harmed In the Making of this Video
Something for the weekend. Dancing Queen by ABBA in medieval Greek. …