So, did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year? So, from where did New Year’s resolutions come? Well, we inherited that tradition from the Romans. January is named after the god Janus. In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, endings and time. Most often he is depicted as having […]
Thanks Chief Justice Roberts, it needed to be said
Yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts of the United States Supreme Court issued his end-of-year report, in it he said some rather strong things to Congress. Fox News quotes his report: Citing the economic downturn as one of two “immediate obstacles” to improving the performance of the federal judiciary, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts […]
Penelope Cruz, Fox News, and the anything but fair and balanced approach
Very recently, Penélope Cruz, the Spanish actress who has acted in quite a few films and has currently finished being one of the stars on the yet to be released Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, announced that she and her husband are expecting a child, and that they plan on having it here […]
Saint Eulalia of Mérida and child martyrdom
Many Western saints are not known to Eastern Christians, just like many Eastern saints are not known to Western Christians. I am talking about the saints that both the East and the West have in common because they come from the time of an united Christendom. Yesterday I mentioned that for various historical reasons, some […]
The Holy Innocents killed by Herod (2010)
One of the oddities of the Church calendar is that there are certain feasts that are celebrated on one day in the East, but another day in the West. This is the case of the Feast of the Holy Innocents. The West celebrated that feast yesterday, but the East celebrates it today. Here is what […]
Pithless Thoughts, $40.00, and moist eyes
Normally I do not port someone else’s blog post to my blog. But, I am porting this one because it is such a good example of how the Desert Fathers used to give. It comes from the blog of Pithless Thoughts, and I hope that he will not mind my porting it here. So, please […]
Common ground with fiscal conservatives
Moderates have common ground with fiscal conservatives in a couple of areas. We do not tend to have common ground in various areas of social concern, because many of today’s political conservatives argue that the government should not be involved in areas of social concern. But, we do tend to have common ground in the […]
A borderline blasphemous but rather accurate view of what Our Lord said
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> March to Keep Fear Alive From the medieval fool, who was allowed to say aloud what others did not dare say to today’s comedians, there is a strong tradition in the […]
Peace and good will
He came to us, God with us.
On this day the Virgin cometh to a cave to give birth to God the Word ineffable, Who was before all the ages. Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing the gladsome tidings; with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him Who is willing to be gazed on as a young Child Who before […]
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