Crusaders
Canteens to supply free food and drink to service men and women traveling by train during World War II, all totally privately funded and…
Seventy Years Since the Hungarian Revolt
I stand for God, for the Church and for Hungary. This responsibility has been imposed upon me by the fate of the nation which…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Josefa Naval Girbes
Love, love, and always love. Blessed Josefa Naval Girbes
Open Thread: Cruz Explains It All
Friend of the blog H.W. Crocker III, historian and novelist, pointed out this statement above by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to me. …
Agreed
I agree with Bill Clinton’s favorite pollster. Mr. Penn has been a voice for sanity in the past ten years. If Trump can take…
And Then You Wake Up
I am all in favor of civility and I try to practice it. However we live in a fallen world, and polite faces can…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Zachary
62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63 And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his…
The Wisdom of Jacob Astley
I have found two quotes by Jacob Astley, a Royalist General in the First English Civil War, to be quite useful during my life. …
John Adams: Washington’s Ten Talents
“The History of our Revolution will be one continued lye [sic] from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be…
November 5, 1775: Washington Ends Guy Fawkes Day
“Nor, perchance did the fact which We now recall take place without some design of divine Providence. Precisely at the epoch when the American…
J.D. Vance Explains It All
A few observations: 1. Vance is attempting to chart an independent course away from Trump in the wake of the electoral defeat. He…
Random Thoughts on the Elections
1. The Democrats will overplay their hand, because that is what they always do. With their majorities they will pass all sorts of insane…
Other Than That Mrs. Lincoln, How Was the Play?
The Republicans suffered a crushing defeat in the midterms, and there is no way to sugarcoat it. In the Senate, the Democrats will have…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Charles Borromeo
Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing,…
Midterms Open Thread
The usual Open Thread rules are in effect: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing! My Bride and I voted at…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Martin de Porres
Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap, I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with…
Burn of the Day
Said by O’Connor at a dinner party of writers when another writer said the the Eucharist was a symbol and a good one. 56 For…
No Final Victories, No Final Defeats
I note that many conservatives are running scared on this election eve. A bit of perspective is in order. I posted this in 2010…
Art for the Day
The signing of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Painting by Howard Chandler Christy in 1940, just before the Country experienced the…
Prayers For Our Beloved Dead
O happy fault that earned for us so great, so glorious a Redeemer. Exsultet All Souls Day is a good time to…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed John Bodey
Indeede, I have been sufficiently censured, for I have been condemned twice; if you may make the hearing of a Blessed Mass treason, or…
Remembering Mother Teresa
She lived a life totally for Christ, while unable to feel the presence of God throughout most of her adult life. It was…
Open Thread: Senate Elections 2026
The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing. It is the consensus in the polling…
President Trump’s All Saints Day Message
On All Saints’ Day, I join Christians across our Nation in honoring the men and women through the centuries whose extraordinary lives of faithfulness…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Paul Navarro
For many years I have prayed for this great grace from God but always with some fear, that I would not be heard because…
Torches
He had no faintest conception till that very hour of how they would look, and even doubted their existence. But when he saw them…
Honors
Ah, Mary pierced with sorrow,Remember, reach and saveThe soul that comes to-morrowBefore the God that gave!Since each was born of woman,For each at utter…
Time to Fall Back
We’ve gone back to God’s time thank Him. The silliest thing I know of is daylight saving time. Why don’t they get up…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Wolfgang
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.” Saint Wolfgang
Early Morning Rain
Something for the weekend. Early Morning Rain (1964) Written and sung by Gordon Lightfoot.
Coup in Poland
The European Union talks constantly about democracy in principal, but seems to be opposed in practice to it. Ostensibly…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Jeremiah of Valachia
Yes, Jesus, come! Thank you! Last words of Blessed Jeremiah of Valachia.
October 30, 1938: War of the Worlds
How little it took to panic the country 87 years ago! The War of the Worlds broadcast on Halloween Eve 1938 by Orson Welles…
Requiescat in Pace: Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Picard in Star Trek The Next Generation, has passed away at age 86. He had a varied…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Maria Restituta
I have lived for Christ; I want to die for Christ. Last words of Blessed Maria Restituta before being guillotined by the Nazis on…
The Shock of Recognition
News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: MEMPHIS, TN – Local man Quinton Parker went to a friend’s house Friday…
Lula, Recall Maduro
The slang term “maduroed” is a political reference to being suddenly captured, ousted, or removed from power by U.S. military or federal authorities, inspired…
Thought for the Day
The Church is always right. It is only the men temporarily misruling her who are ever wrong. Example: the Church follows the command of…
