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Anger, Hatred and Irrational Rage

The death of Margaret Thatcher and the suicide of Matthew Warren–the son of Pastor Rick Warren has brought to light the irrational rage that has been simmering in our society for some time. I experienced this when a colleague said in 2008 that any Catholic who knowingly voted for Obama should go to confession. His [...]

Blogger Out

Your blogger is on his first real vacation for two years and has been commanded by family and friends to stop blogging and chill. I will obey, and I’m not telling anyone where I am except that it is perfectly idyllic. See you next week.

Mark Shea’s Easter Must Read

Mark Shea demolishes the modernist critics and skeptics of the Resurrection in this classic piece of writing. Whether you love him or hate him, this is a Mark Shea MUST READ. Take time to read it and weep–with joy.

Worth Watching for Easter

Amazing film on the Shroud of Turin.

Ten Questions for Shroud Skeptics

1. If it’s a fake why hasn’t anyone–even with modern technology–been able to reproduce it? 2. How did the forger not only know about photography in the Middle Ages, but manage to produce what is, in effect, a photographic negative? 3. The image is not painted, but “singed” or burnt on to the fabric. How [...]

The Power of Simplicity and Authenticity

Why am I a Christian today? Why am I a Catholic today? It is because of the witness of authenticity. Put very simply–I am a Christian today because of the lived witness of my parents and I am a Catholic today because of the lived witness of two remarkable women–a mother and daughter. I am [...]

Something Strange is Happening

An ancient sermon–from the Office of Readings – for a video version go here. Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh [...]

The Lurching Church

When there is a new pope things change. When things change some people get nervous. Its natural. Its okay. One of the things that helps when there is transition stress is to remember that progress is pendular. Progress is like a pendulum–it swings back and forth. Two steps forward, one step back. This is the [...]

I Scream Therefore I Am

On the question of suffering: This an excerpt from my book Adventures in Orthodoxy When my nephew Michael was getting ready for college he told me he was expected to write a paper in his first week entitled, “How do I know I exist?” After discussing the matter for some time he concluded that the [...]

Why I Am Catholic Video

A reader took the words of my post the other day on “Why I Am Catholic” and produced this beautiful video. Enjoy!