Here’s another prayer that makes me uncomfortable – and that’s a good thing. I’m starting to use it after receiving Holy Communion. Suscipe (St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus) Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory,…
Some relatively clean humor...
You’ve heard of the “Blue Marble”, that is, the majestic view of the earth from outer space. Well, here is the “Black Marble”, the view of earth from the dark side. From NASA: This new global view and animation of…
Here’s a great story of a man whose first date with the woman he eventually married was the ordination of his best friend. It’s inspiring, humorous and romantic all at the same time. The author, Brian Doyle, is the editor…
I was in my mother-in-law’s car port a few weeks ago, and I could not help hearing the radio program she had on at the time. It was so riveting that I stopped what I was doing and I sat…
From the Catholic News Service review of the movie, “Ender’s Game”: “…One plot feature concerning population control and a limit on the number of children families are permitted will trouble Catholic viewers….” No, they’ve got it wrong. Far too FEW…
I finally found a scriptural resource for daily meditation that has just the right mix of scholarship and devotion: The Navarre Bible. This text, published by Scepter Publishers, an outreach of the The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus…
Good News out of Bawstun! Our new Roku 1 box arrived in the mail yesterday, and we rushed to set it up last night. A Roku box, if you don’t already know, provides over a thousand TV and movie channels…