In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Caroline says to Mr Bingley, I should like balls infinitely better, if they were carried on in a different manner; but there is something insufferably tedious in the usual process of such a meeting. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing were made the order [...]
My brother lives at the beach, and he was out walking the dog late one afternoon when he spotted an unusual fellow walking along the beach. He was wearing a kind of Franciscan habit, sandals and was carrying a walking stick and a big Bible. My brother engaged him in conversation. It seems the man was [...]
As a Bible Christian I memorized a verse from the New Testament: "God has not given us the Spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." The older I get and the longer I work with people the more I have come to understand how fear is at the root [...]
What does abortion have to do with witchcraft and black magic? Everything. Today human fetuses are roasted, dried, crushed and turned into pills which supposedly boost male virility. This story isn't really new. It was reported a few years ago for the first time and the rumor confirmed by DNA tests. This form of cannibalism is [...]
Those who like fairy tales should love the story of the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven. Like Dorothy, who is swept up by a cyclone to Oz, Jesus floats up and disappears up into what must be a Technicolor heaven. Fantasy tales are full of this sort of thing. Peter Pan flies away to Neverland; [...]
I tell the boys in school that they should be a priest because every boy wants to wear a cape and a cool hat and do amazing things, and what other profession is there today in which you can wear a cape (except being a French policeman) So capes and hats and feats of derring do [...]
Recently I have been increasingly drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion. At the Catholic leadership conference in Philadelphia I met Fr Michael Gaitley--who is the director of the Divine Mercy shrine in Massachusetts and listened to his powerful talk on the Divine Mercy. I have begun praying the Divine Mercy chaplet every day, and have experienced [...]
Now that the geeks at Patheos have give us such a snazzy new re-fit, I am going through and moving a good number of my archived articles from my website to my blog. I hope readers will explore the 'Archived Articles' tab to see what's there. I'll be updating it regularly with old articles and with [...]
I am constantly updating my 'Archived Articles' section of this blog. Over the years I've written hundreds of articles on lots of topics. I'll make most of them available here free of charge. Some longer articles will require a small payment for the digital download. Just go to the 'Archived Articles' tab in the header. Each [...]
I am not blogging or writing much today because I like to take Fridays as a 'down day' to read and study and prepare for the weekend. I couldn't put down one of the books I was sent for review. Patricia Treece's God Will Provide by Paraclete Press. Patricia is well known for her books on [...]