Category Archives: Catholic

Effusive Christian 1 Unprosecuted Rapist 0

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Tim Tebow’s team defeated Ben Roethlisberger’s team in the NFL Playoffs. The last time a rabid crowd witnessed such a contrast in character between competitors, Barabbas was released [not amnestied as first reported]. I was so happy that I felt … Continue reading →

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Jesus Came To Take Away Your Sins Not Your Brain

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

In my pre-concert information overload stage, I was surprised to read that back when U2 released the by now iconic song, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For in 1987, there was criticism from certain elements of the Christian … Continue reading →

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Mother Teresa, Grace And Existential Hamsters

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

By the end of this post, a part of you might be envying that hamster for the following reason.  It remains blissfully unaware of its inability to out-run the treadmill, let alone the fact that it may be generating electricity … Continue reading →

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God And Imagination

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

The greatest Christian writers of the last century — C.S. Lewis [Chronicles of Narnia], G.K. Chesterton [The Ethics of Elfland, a chapter in Orthodoxy], and J.R.R. Tolkien [Lord of the Rings] — loved fairy tales. The reason is that those … Continue reading →

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What Are We Not Aware Of Today?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

Quick test.  I will give you two sets of facts and events and you pick those which you think matter most today and beyond?  As background, assume we have been dropped into Poland in 1918?  Here are the first set … Continue reading →

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Jorge Ramos: Small Man With Even Smaller Ideas

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Univision network’s diminutive anchorman, Jorge Ramos, has pointed his cannon at John Paul II and the Catholic Church. Fortunately for us Catholics, his is a short cannon with limp arguments as I will detail. First a little background.

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The Empty Tomb in a Garden

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Have you ever reflected on the role gardens play in our Christian faith? Fr Valle has, an excerpt from his Easter homily: It is very interesting that Mary ends up in a garden looking for Jesus. After all, this whole … Continue reading →

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Great Silence

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

The following is from the Catholic Radio Dramas website: The Lord descends into hell* (*Limbo the place of waiting) Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict XVI: I Don’t Know

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

“I ask myself the same question.” We don’t have the answers, but we know that Jesus suffered as innocent children suffer.” That was Pope Benedict XVI’s response to a 7-year-old Japanese girl’s question about why children suffer. More from Pope … Continue reading →

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Marshall, Stillborns and Happiness

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

In Graham Greene’s perfectly titled novel, The Heart of The Matter, he addresses life and the emotion of happiness: It seemed to Scobie that life was immeasurably long. Couldn’t the test of man be carried out in fewer years? Couldn’t … Continue reading →

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