Beatification of Bishop Sheen Open Thread
Go here to watch the Beatification Mass of Bishop Sheen today at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time. In the meantime: The…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Gerard Sagredo
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, they know not what they do. Saint Gerard Sagredo brought the Cross to Hungary. He said…
LeoWatch: Harmless Heresy?
When everyone is considered to be a Christian, no one is a Christian. Some Catholic thinkers, like Hilaire Belloc, regarded Islam as a Christian…
Chicken Entrails
Polling worked, after a fashion, back sixty years ago when almost all Americans had dial up listed numbers and were easy to reach. The…
Thought for the Day
I have much to be humble about, and I need to remember that more frequently.
Hoover and Sheen
The beatification Mass of Bishop Sheen will be tomorrow at the Saint Louis Cathedral and will be live streamed. Sheen’s encounter with the FBI…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Bernardina Maria Jablonska
God and God, only God, forever! I love prayer; quiet nights outdoors under the sky are my happiness. Blessed Bernardina Maria…
Jews and Canaries
Jew haters rarely have much fondness for most Christians.
September 23, 1952: Checkers Speech
The “Checkers Speech” given by Richard Nixon which allowed him to stay on the ticket as Vice-President on September 23, 1952. The speech…
Ladies, Better To Settle For A So-so Guy Or Live Alone ‘Til Death?
My apologies from the outset. I am fully aware that is an unabashedly “hook” title. Hobson’s Choices The hook title above presents an unreal…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Lioba
A woman’s strength lies in her faith. Saint Lioba
Scriptural Truth
Voltaire, in the eighteenth century, took the absence of the Hittite Empire from Greek and Roman classical sources as evidence of the unreliability of…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Maura Troyes
Thy kingdom come. The last words said by Saint Maura Troyes as she was saying a Pater Noster at the time of…
The Democrats Could Do Worse Than Dig Up His Corpse and Run Him a Fourth Time
Bryan got the Democrat nomination in 1896, a complete dark horse candidate, due to his Cross of Gold speech delivered on July…
September 20, 1870: Fall of Rome
History is the paint that God uses as the Greatest Artist He is.
Deal Maker in Chief
Trump was put on this Earth to make deals. That is the essence of the man. His enemies always forget this, and too often…
Open Thread
Bring up all the comments you had stored up while the blog was down. The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint José María de Yermo y Parres
God will provide Saint José María de Yermo y Parres
Back Again II
I think we have the gremlins flying back to Moscow now! The blog received a malicious attack and it took us a while to…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Maria de Cerevellon
At Barcelona in Spain, blessed Maria de Cervellione, Virgin of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom. She is commonly called Maria of Help…
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Carlo Erana Guruceta
It will be as God wishes. Said by Blessed Carlo Erana Guruceta during the weeks prior to his murder at the hands of Spanish…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Robert Bellarmine
The school of Christ is the school of love. In the last day, when the general examination takes place… Love will be the whole…
Back Again
Using a computer at the law mines and I am able to get through to the dash board. I will post what I can…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Edith of Wilton
The God I love looks to the heart and not to the dress. Saint Edith of Wilton
Guerilla Warfare: As American as Apple Pie
The most successful partisan in American history, Francis Marion, and his colleagues Thomas Sumter and Andrew Pickens, and a host of others, led…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Catherine of Genoa
And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing,…
Not The Forgotten War
June 25, 1950, the North Koreans, at the instigation of Stalin, invaded South Korea. The US, under UN auspices, and with the help of…
Burn of the Day
Soviet troops used to call it “Going Hollywood” when they rode in American trucks and ate Spam.
Sign of Peace?
The usual Open Thread rules apply: be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing.
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Maternus of Cologne
At Treves, the holy bishop Maternus, a disciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who brought to the faith of Christ the inhabitants of Tongres,…
Where Eagles Dare
Burton made the film Where Eagles Dare (1968) because his kids wanted to see him in an exciting action film. Burton consumed around…
Asked and Answered
As James Madison noted in Federalist 46, the freedom to keep and bear arms is a safeguard against tyranny: Notwithstanding the military…
God Raises Up His Champions
Whether we deserve them or not. We must always remember that the Church is both a human and a divine institution: One of our…
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint John Chrysostom
Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan. Saint John Chrysostom
LeoWatch: Cult of Francis
Anyone who expects anything out of this Pope except usual lockstep adherence to the hoof prints of Francis will likely be disappointed.
The Party of Government
Most elected Democrats have usually had only brief periods of private sector employment, if that, before becoming full time politicians.
Burn of the Day
In addition of course to the Scripture readings read at each Mass.
Passage of Time
In this Vale of Tears, Time usually has the last laugh.
September 12, 1683: I Came, I Saw, God Conquered
Hattip to Amanda Servello for the pic at the beginning of this post. Today we recall the charge of the winged Polish hussars…
Saint of the Day Quote: Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
Look to the star of the sea, call upon Mary … in danger, in distress, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. May…
