Monthly Archives: September 2011

Pray For Anu Garg? You Betcha!

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Remember me and my pal Anu Garg? We went around the block a few times. Well unlike all the other times I’ve posted about him and his A.Word.A.Day website, this time my hat is off to him. Maybe caught wind … Continue reading →

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Gone Readin’ Helena by Evelyn Waugh

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Why haven’t I been posting much lately? You can blame Fr. Steve Grunow, who suggested the book you see above to me a few days ago. I’ve never read anything by Evelyn Waugh, and I’m not ashamed to say that … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal: Treat Priests Like Officers, Not Like Corporate CEO’s

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

“Soldier, shut up and soldier!” That’s one of my favorite lines from Robert Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers. You might remember that it was made into a campy, sci-fi cult movie back in the late 1990’s. I remember it as a … Continue reading →

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For All the Saints: John Chrysostom

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

Today is the feast of St. John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church. Of course, there was a little snippet on him over at Universalis and sundry other places, like here. But my curiosity gets the best of me, see,  and I want … Continue reading →

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Because This Makes Me Speechless

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One? Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by … Continue reading →

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Because the Church is Paradoxically Intolerant and Tolerant

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

This isn’t the first post I’ve written on paradoxes of the Catholic faith, nor will it be the last. Remember the one on the Church being paradoxically consistent (and vice versa)? Or how about the one on the “Master of … Continue reading →

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The Fig Harvest Begins!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

‎And Amos answered and said to Amasias:”I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.” Ok, so they’re cultivated in my case. Either way, here at Casa del … Continue reading →

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