Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Maria Eutimia
I found Him who my heart loves; I want to hold Him and never let Him go. Blessed Maria Eutimia
LeoWatch: Lucy and the Football
Leo can’t even make peace with traditional Catholics.
September 8: The Birth of Humanity’s Sole Boast
The Virgin Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost With the least shade of thought to sin allied; Woman! above all women glorified, …
September 7, 1776: First Submarine Attack
The American Revolution witnessed several examples of Yankee ingenuity that astonished the foes of the United States and delighted their friends. David Bushnell while…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Marko Krizin
“I am completely dedicated to my faith, the only one for me, zealous to defend it and determined to die loyal to my faith.”…
Saint Joseph the Worker and Dad
( This post is from September 1, 2013.) Every Labor Day weekend two men always pop up in my mind: Saint Joseph…
Least of These
Dale Price and his family have taken in a sick cat. Such acts of disinterested kindness are bright spots in this Vale of Tears. …
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Thomas Tsughi
“I go to death with joy in my heart, for I die for Christ and His Church.” Blessed Thomas Tsughi
Christ the Worker
When God sent His Son into the world He chose a carpenter to be His foster father and Christ worked as a carpenter. …
Ten Films For Labor Day Viewing
Ten films I recommend for Labor Day viewing, in no particular order: On the Waterfront (1954)- was Director Elia Kazan’s response to the…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The Sons of Martha
Something for the weekend. A musical rendition of Kipling’s poem The Sons of Martha (1907) which seems appropriate for a Labor Day weekend. …
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Dina Belanger
My duty now, and my occupation during Eternity until the end of time, is, and will be to radiate Jesus upon all souls,…
A Pro-Abort Without a Demon is Like a Fish Without Water
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: HELL — Feminist icon Gloria Steinem refused to allow Satan to hold the door open…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Phoebe
1 And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae: 2 That you receive her…
LeoWatch: As a Pig Does About Penance
The worse that clerics get at doing the jobs entrusted to them, the more they seek to take on tasks that have bupkis to…
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: 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. …
