Every individual that is called has his own place, and all the sons of the Church are separated from one another by intervals of time. Nevertheless, just as the entire body of the faithful is born in the font of baptism, crucified with Christ in his passion, raised again in his resurrection, and placed at [...]
Archive for December, 2009
A year in picture
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2009 | Comments Off
The sickness where one falls down
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2009 | Comments Off
My very humble attempt to invite people to consider the Holy Father’s insights on the Christ Child in the UK Catholic Herald. More from today’s General Audience on the same theme.
The Babies Are Coming
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Two weeks ago, we met some new friends in person for (mostly) the first time. One of them was a baby. We’ve spoken of them occasionally since then, but not constantly, and not really of the baby. Then out of the blue today, Michael made up a chant and started singing it in the car: [...]
The Catholicism Project
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A new trailer from Fr. Robert Barron’s ongoing video project, set to be completed next fall. Here’s the webpage for the project. Fr. Barron was in Birmingham this week, appearing Wednesday night on Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s EWTN Live. I met up with Fr. Barron and associates Nancy and Ashley (from Maximus) yesterday afternoon for bit. [...]
Blessed be God
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Is anyone else noticing a slight, tiny resurgence in post-Mass prayers? Not the full-on Last Gospel/Leonine Prayers toolkit, necessarily, but…something? When I go to daily Mass, it’s at the Cathedral, because it’s at noontime – the most convenient time for me. The Divine Praises are always recited after Mass, and sometimes, depending on the priest, [...]
Can you give Alphonse a hand?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alphonse, life issues on December 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Volume 1! Volume 2! Kickstart volume 3!
“Christ was Just Another D.P.”
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This past Sunday, I gave a presentation on Flannery O’Connor to an adult education group in my parish. (This article, which I wrote a decade ago (!) is my framework when I do something like this.) (A few weeks ago, I began this intermittant series on Catholic writers that I’m doing by presenting on Walker [...]
Vaya al Indianapolis!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »
An exhibition to see: El Greco‘s vision of the veil of Veronica hangs near a golden crown with 447 emeralds. Just a few steps away, a recumbent sculpture of the crucified Jesus Christ rests before its return to a Spanish hermitage in time for Holy Week. “Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” [...]
Whatever homilist..
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
…got to my page via the search words “Gaudete Sunday” and “jokes”… ..please… …don’t….. Please?
What does Mary tell the City?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Another beautiful address from the Holy Father today. And when you read it – it was posted in full at AsiaNews – you will see Pope Benedict’s manner of communicating in full, powerful display. He takes this devotion – the practice of honoring Mary through reverencing the statue of the Immaculata up high on a [...]
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