Garth Brooks is singing about “Mom”. (*Kleenex alert*)
One for the mothers of children… Lyrics here.
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The F.U.N. Quotient… amazing astronomy, or that’s a God thing…
When I was kid I had a telescope and would go out in the backyard and look at the craters of the moon. It was the Space Age and many from my generation dreamed about working for NASA: I was one of those children whose 1969 summer was punctuated by Neil Armstrong’s historic moon walk….
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Review: “The Grace of Yes” by Lisa Hendey is about Answering God’s Action in Our Lives
Lisa Hendey has a lot to say about the Good Stuff — the sunny side of life — about God, graces, and generous living. Yet it does not come from Thinking Positive or a Pollyanna’s World View. No, this goodness flows from a life of gratitude lived in touch with her core Catholic belief in blessings…
Read MoreThis makes me think… about heaven in this month of holy souls…
There by Mary Coleridge There, in that other world, what waits for me? What shall I find after that other birth? No stormy, tossing, foaming, smiling sea, But a new earth. No sun to mark the changing of the days, No slow, soft falling of the alternate night, No moon, no star, no light upon…
Read MoreThe F.U.N. Quotient… viva la differénce
Just in time for the holiday shopping season…
Read MoreThat ain’t no way to treat a lady — Maddie and Tae’s “Girl In A Country Song”
Music lyrics degrading to both women and men have long been present in the music industry at large. I’m happy to see a few inside-the-industry professionals call their fellow songwriters out on the subject… and using humor to get their point across. Maddie and Tae’s breakout country music hit and video “Girl in a Country…
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Venerating the Saints: Relics and Real Life (a photo essay)
As the month of all saints and all souls continues, I thought I’d share some cool photos of relics from some of my travels in recent months. Relics, honored in the Catholic Church, are the bodies of the saints or objects connected with them or with Our Lord. God has often shown His approval of…
Read MoreMen of virtue — or thoughts on ‘what is a gentleman?’
gentleman |ˈjentlmən| noun ( pl. gentlemen ) 1 a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man: he behaved like a perfect gentleman. -New Oxford American Dictionary- The other day on the phone my son told me he sent flowers to his girlfriend who having an extremely busy week in the run-up to an international event her firm is hosting. Good move. The next day…
Read MoreOf Note: a Vatican-based colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Woman
From Nov 17-19, the Vatican is hosting an international interreligious colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Women. Some details are over at the Italian-based website Humanum. From the website: The Complementarity of Man and Woman: An International Colloquium is a gathering of leaders and scholars from many religions across the globe, to examine and propose…
Read MoreThis makes me think… the indispensable relationship of Jesus to the Church
“The Church is apostolic because she is founded on the preaching and prayer of the apostles, on the authority that was entrusted to them by Christ himself. St Paul writes to the Christians at Ephesus: “You are no longer strangers or sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household…
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