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Ash Wednesday Cat

by Cari Donaldson February 13, 2013

 
Ken tried telling me last night that he was going to the evening Mass today because wearing his ashes to work  would be contrary to the Scripture reading for Ash Wednesday.
Nice try, buddy.  You avoided the morning Mass…

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Is the Free Economy Really Free?

by David Clayton February 12, 2013

Harry Veryser’s It Didn’t Have to Be This Way: Why Boom and Bust is Unnecessary and How the Austrian School of Economics Breaks the Cycle (Culture of Enterprise)
I recently posted  an article about Fr Robert Sirico’s book in which…

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Meatless weekdays all Lent Long

by Daria Sockey February 12, 2013

For the past few years, inspired by other families who do this, we have served meatless meals all though lent, Monday thru Friday. This has worked well for the whole family as a penance.
But especially for the cook. Me.…

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POPE TO RESIGN! NEXT GUY SURE TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, WOMEN’S ORDINATION, AND CONTRACEPTION, RIGHT?

by David February 11, 2013

Watching the coverage of the Pope’s upcoming resignation I can’t help but smile a little in thinking how this particular pontiff is going to be a teacher right up to the end. If this morning’s newscasts are any indication, the…

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PULP CATHOLICISM

by David February 6, 2013

Yeah, I know that technically speaking Thomas Caninas up there should be an Italian breed, but I just liked the way the tonsure looked on a Scottie, so there you go.…

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Are We Higher than the Angels and Archangels?

by David Clayton February 5, 2013

It may seem an impertinence to say so, but Pope Leo the Great seems to think so
Catholics are used to the idea that Our Lady is higher than the angels, but is it true for the rest of us?…

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CUTAWAYS: LEGEND

by David February 3, 2013

Oh sure, there’s plenty of things wrong with Ridley Scott’s epic fairy tale Legend, just ask every single person on the Internet and they’ll be happy to launch into a diatribe about shallow characters and inappropriate use of modern vernacular.…

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THINGS TO COME: WORLD WAR Z

by David February 1, 2013

On Superbowl Sunday, millions of people around the world will see this trailer, and I’m guessing there are a number of them who might be left with one question…

What is this movie about?
Oh sure, I know and you…

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The Beauty (and Apparent Ugliness!) of the Human Form

by David Clayton February 1, 2013

If every person is beautiful by virtue of being human, why do some people look ugly to me? (And presumably I look ugly to some people too!)
We know objectively that man is the most beautiful of God’s creatures. Every…

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Winning the Porn Wars

by Dan Spencer February 1, 2013

Countless articles have been written over the past few years about the pornography tsunami occurring in our nation.  I regularly speak all over the nation, on Catholic television and radio on the pressing need to address this culture killer.  So…

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