Dies Irae
DIES IRAE Day of wrath, day that will dissolve the world into burning coals, as David bore witness with the Sibyl. How…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Theodora of Alexandria
Let us strive to enter by the narrow gate. Just as the trees, if they have not stood before the winter’s storms cannot bear…
Twenty-Five Years Since 9-11
Hard to believe it has been a quarter of a century. My sons were just going on ten and my daughter was six. My…
Remember 9-11
The world changed that day. Quite a few people today want to pretend it did not, but it did. That event will echo throughout…
Where Were You On 9-11-01?
Twenty-five years since 9-11. Astounding We are now as far away in time from that unforgettable day as Americans in 1966 were from…
Unforgettable United Flight 93
When they got up that Tuesday morning twenty-five years ago, the very last thing that the 33 passengers and the seven crew of United…
A Hero Turns a Hundred: Updated
My friend Art Leach turns a hundred on May 1. A retired banker, he is one of the last surviving carrier pilots of…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Frithestan
A.D. 910. This year Frithestan took to the bishopric of Winchester. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
September 10, 1776: Nathan Hale Volunteers to Spy on the British
How beautiful is death, when earn’d by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but…
A Quarter Century Open Thread
This Friday will be twenty-five years since the September 11 attack. I will be having my usual 9-11 posts up, but I thought it…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Peter Claver
We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips. Saint Peter Claver
Art You Possess
Tell in the comboxes any Art, originals or copies, that you own. I have always found that a favorite piece of Art brightens a…
Uncle Sam, Not Uncle Sucker
In negotiating trade deals Trump, trolling aside, has sought advantages for the US. This is par for the course in regard to trade deals…
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…
