Tag Archives: Goodness

Did You See Bono’s Video On Laudito Si’?

Posted on October 26, 2015 by frankweathers

He narrates it well.

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King Abdullah II of Jordan Is A Good King. Listen To Him

Posted on April 15, 2015 by frankweathers

Note that I didn’t say that he is a perfect king, or that he is without sin, or that he walks on water, or that he can do no wrong. No. All of us fall short of the glory of … Continue reading →

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Because Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World

Posted on March 29, 2015 by frankweathers

There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not in wheat or lamb futures, nor in cloth, or precious metals. This was a bear market of the human soul, and it was experienced acutely … Continue reading →

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Warning: Don’t Travel To The Holy Land, For Thou Shalt Surely Die

Posted on December 8, 2014 by frankweathers

Before getting into the meat of this short dispatch that I am typing from Jerusalem, I ask you to say a short prayer to God for the souls of all those who have died for their faith, or due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Living, Prayer | Tagged Beauty, Clarity, Goodness, Graces, Pilgrimages, The Holy Land, Truth | Comments Off

Protesters In Baghdad: “I am Christian, Sunni, Shiite, Kurd, Mandean,Yazidi, and I am Iraqi”

Posted on July 23, 2014 by frankweathers

ISIS thugs may attempt to kill and intimidate their way to power, but that will fail as long as folks defy them like these great souls are doing. The following story comes to us via Dina al-Shibeeb of Al Arabiya News, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Learning, Living, Prayer | Tagged Beauty, Fortitude, Goodness, Graces, Iraq, ISIS, Middle East unrest, Syria, Terrorism, Truth | Comments Off

Pope Francis With The Quote of the Week

Posted on May 27, 2014 by frankweathers

“Dear brothers, dear friends, from this holy place I make a heartfelt plea to all people and to all communities who look to Abraham: may we respect and love one another as brothers and sisters! May we learn to understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Learning, Living, Prayer, Working | Tagged Beauty, Charity, Goodness, Not In the News But Should Have Been, Papal Visit to the Holy Land, Pope Francis, The New Evangelization, Truth, YIMCatholic | Comments Off

Mark Your Calendars For The 33rd Annual Chesterton Conference

Posted on February 19, 2014 by frankweathers

The 33rd Annual Chesterton Conference will be held at University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary) in Mundelein, Illinois, from July 31-August 2, 2014. Hmmm. That’s where Fr. Robert Barron and the Word on Fire gang hang their … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog News, Learning, Living | Tagged Funstuff, G.K. Chesterton, Goodness, Places To Go, Saints, The American Chesterton Society, Things To Do | 2 Comments

For Your Flannery O’Connor Quote Of The Year

Posted on February 14, 2014 by frankweathers

To find out about faith, you have to go to the people who have it and you have to go to the most intelligent ones if you are going to stand up intellectually to agnostics and the general run … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Learning, Living, Working | Tagged Beauty, Defending the Faith, Flannery O'Connor, Goodness, Letters, Truth | Leave a comment

For Dana Gioia’s Thoughts On The Vocation Of The Catholic Writer

Posted on December 7, 2013 by frankweathers

A lot of ink has been spilt these last few days since Evangelii Gaudium was published. Much of what has been said about it isn’t worth the pixels that have been wasted so far. The same old tired arguments from … Continue reading →