If Pope Benedict is our “German Shepherd” then Archbishop Raymond Burke from St. Louis is our pit bull. At the March for Life Rose Dinner in DC last weekend he warned those in attendence that the legalization of abortion has lead to the devaluation of human life in our country and unless there is a ‘re-awakening’ to the culture of … Read More
Holy Father Sends Condolences to Tornado Victims in Joplin
What an awful, deadly tornado season it’s been! On top of everything that has happened down South and in the MidWest recently, last night tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas, killing at least 13. And more storms are on the way! Here in Missouri, the official death toll in Joplin is now up to 122, but I heard from … Read More
Pain: God’s Megaphone to Rouse a Deaf World
A hattip and many, many thanks to Mark Pickup for finding this great clip from Shadowlands, in which Anthony Hopkins plays C.S. Lewis answering that age-old question: does God allow suffering? and, more importantly, WHY???: I hope you caught this part: “It is precisely because God loves us that he gives us the gift of suffering.” In his post Pickup … Read More
Becoming the Father
I hope you’ll bear with me here for a moment. It’s been an entire week now and I still have last Sunday’s (9/12) Gospel reading on my mind, but I’m only just now getting around to commenting on it. Several years ago I read Fr. Henri Nouwen’s book The Return of the Prodigal Son, reflecting on Rembrant’s famous rendition of … Read More
Colbert on ESC Research
I love this! H/T the Happy Catholic – Watch this video of Stephen Colbert interviewing bioethicist Lee Silver and discussing stem cell research. The man (Lee) says some pretty stupid things during the whole interview, but the stupidest is when he tells Colbert that the cells on his arm are human life in the same way that embryos are. To … Read More
Pictures!
I have been meaning to put some pictures on here forever. Here are some pics of me and interesting people I have been able to meet over the years. Obviously number one would be our late Holy Father JP II: Fr. Benedict Groeschel – I LOVE him! The Pit Bull of the Gateway, Archbishop Raymond Burke – one of my … Read More