Year 2009
This week was the Gospel about the first being last and the last being first. I always smile when I hear it because it reminds me of a story my cousin told me. Each morning my cousin’s young daughter would… Continue Reading →
Dialogue. It’s a popular word right now. I think it’s partly popular because as long as dialogue continues, nobody has to actually take a stand or make a decision. We can avoid all those messy labels of right and wrong… Continue Reading →
I mentioned a week ago about an exciting, an I dare say important, new book being published in November by CMR contributor Denis R. McNamara. For those of you who don’t know, Denis (DMac) is Assistant Director and Faculty Member… Continue Reading →
A Creative Minority ProductionThe must miss comedy of the year!
Tonight I was thinking about gifts we are given. Gifts we don’t deserve. Gifts we didn’t ask for. And gifts we don’t even realize what they are until much later. I was driving a girl I knew back to college… Continue Reading →
When I first saw this linked from Spirit Daily and clicked the link it sounded like the kind of pro-life video you often see on YouTube. Then I watched it. It’s worth a view to see how hard hardhearted we… Continue Reading →
I’m happy to say that a young priest, friend and student of mine, a graduate of the Liturgical Institute, has helped teachers and students in his high school give their “gym Mass” an eschatological orientation. When a committee decided that… Continue Reading →
Pass Health-care or I will blow myself up! Oh wait a minute… Exit question: Is this what Nancy Pelosi meant about threats of violence?
The mainstream media typically does the honors of naming our large national scandals and even our celebrity couplings like “Bennifer.” But as the mainstream media has sat this most recent scandal out, CMR is asking for your help on pinning… Continue Reading →
This is my advice to anyone with a keyboard. If you’re going to be stupid be your own kind of stupid. Be first. Jump in. Make people step back and say, “Wow. That was really stupid.” At least you’ll be… Continue Reading →