Month December 2008
You think you have it tough? Stressed out? Well you have nothing on little Jesus who was born this past December 25th. This kid doesn’t have a chance. A woman in Peru named Virgen Maria (which means “Virgin Mary” in… Continue Reading →
Small Word Change, Big Heresy—Common everyday heresies. As An Atheist, I Believe Africa Needs God—Atheist says Christians do it better. Patron Saint of Jerks—Whose reputation should need the rescuing? NCR Eat and Drinks Judgment?—Please pray for the editors of NCR…. Continue Reading →
I attended Mass today on Long Island in a nice church with a good choir and good preaching. Pretty good liturgy for these days, actually. But at the end of Mass the priest gave us the final blessing saying “May… Continue Reading →
Here is your Sunday must read. From the Times Online. Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it’s Malawi, and The Times Christmas Appeal includes a small British… Continue Reading →
The AP is running an article about how the Church is trying to “re-cast” Galileo as a man of faith for the upcoming 400th anniversary of his telescope. As the AP puts it: The Vatican is recasting the most famous… Continue Reading →
NCR Eat and Drinks Judgment?—Please pray for the editors of NCR. Time: Triumph of Culture Over Religion—America’s Christmas owes more to Dickens and Rockwell than Jesus. Environmentalist Grinches—Gorinches don’t like Christmas lights. Surprise! Bing On The Brain – Part II—Merry… Continue Reading →
Phew! Christmas is over. Now it is back to business at the National Catholic Reporter. Done with all that cute cuddly baby Jesus stuff, they are back to the real business of bashing the Catholic Church, These are the introductory… Continue Reading →
Time Magazine has declared the death of religion more times than they’ve said “Bush lied, Children died.” And that’s a lot. But I think here they do have a point here although I think they overstate it by a mile…. Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas! Hans Memling. Triptych: The Nativity, The Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation in the Temple. c.1470s. Oil on panel.Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. See you tomorrow.
Environmentalist Grinches—Gorinches don’t like Christmas lights. Surprise! Bing On The Brain – Part II—Merry Christmas from Father O’Malley Double Header From Fr. Barron: #1 On Christmas—Great stuff. #2 Fr. Barron’s YouTube Heresies, part 2—Great heretical stuff. Write Your Own Captions!—Some… Continue Reading →