Wednesday, 8 August 2012

God bless good sisters and nuns

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Sister of the Holy Cross of St. Mary of the Lake and Notre Dame All the weird and odd reports of nuns and sisters this week in the press...

Happy Feast of St. Dominic to All

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The Meeting of St Dominic and St. Francis, Fra Angelico, 1430. Today, I pray for A, S, R, Z, E, T, V, C and all the Dominicans I know.

Bad news on the French front....

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Where I get some of my European business news is here:  http://www.france24.com/en/business Sadly, the American and British media are not ...

Pray for our brothers and sisters in Syria

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Syria: Armed Muslims attack Christian monastery, stealing "everything they could steal" (ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, August 6 - Gun...

Diacetyl and Alzheimer's? Is Butter Better?

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Except for healthy recipes in Lent, it is rare for me to have food posts. There was one yesterday. No, I am not hungry.... But, I had a frie...

Too cute and true not to miss

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In Thanksgiving for the English Robin: A Little Note on a Little Bird

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Many years ago, the English Robin was considered a "winter bird", as it went somewhere else in the heat. Now, these little...

Official "Cute" Day

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Maybe, because there is so much bad news, I decided today, Wednesday, is official "cute" day on this blog this week. ...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Modest TLM Wedding Dresses

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I missed a great wedding of two lovely young traditional Catholics, who were married on Saturday in Illinois. I have permission to put th...

On Caviar and Fasting.

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A food post. Did you know some of your caviar could come from Iowa? But, fish are dying at a terrific rate because of the heat and drought. ...

From St. Augustine

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Whenever we suffer some affliction, we should regard it both as punishment and as a correction. Our holy Scriptures themselves do not pr...

From LifeSiteNews and Also The Vortex on Catholic Invite

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Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Print All Articles Fr. Pavone opposes Obama appearance at NY Catholic Charities dinner BY  KATHLE...

On Beauty and Harmony in Christ.

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I am still nursing a very sore foot and not going places. Please you all pray for me, and thanks. It is a broken toe and three bruised ones,...

Any happy animal stories? Here is a sad one....

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What would Fr. Z. say to this...? Well, the little squirrel died of stress. I can understand that. But, a good effort none the less.. S...

Questions, Answers and God

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When my son was little, I used to ask him if he has any good questions to ask me concerning our curriculum for the day. Children who lear...

Remedies for Pride

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In a post in the recent past, I mentioned that the remedy for the sin of pride was to remember who we really are in the sight of God. G...
Monday, 6 August 2012

Need a little help from my readers...

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As some of you know, I am working on a thesis. There are some books which I am having a difficult time tracking down. If any of my readers h...

If we do not go forward, we go backwards...

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Curiosity can tweet . Is that cool or what? Here is the first photo back from Mars from Curiosity. http://www.nasa.gov/ Proud to be ...

Christ in His Glory

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Happy Feast of the Transfiguration. This is one of the Epiphanies of Our Lord.

Coming Soon: The Remedy in 40 Virtues....

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One more note on the last post. Did you notice Garrigou-Lagrange's stress on 40 virtues? To be continued... But, I want to mention more...