BYCU Special Edition
Black Wednesday Far out. Here we are again: Black Wednesday. The hardest part about writing about Black Wednesday from a Catholic perspective is the, um, Catholic part. Let’s face …
Category: Holidays
Christmas Eve
A few Christmas Eve words of wisdom: “For while all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her course, thy almighty word leapt …
Friday
Brews You Can Use: Special Holiday Edition Christmas is nigh. I’ve never been much of a Christmas drinker. Thanksgiving? Sure, but Christmas? Nope. I certainly don’t have a religious …
Some Advent Thoughts
From the Notebooks Advocates from across the political field have claimed Christ for their side: Communists, Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, Monarchists. They all can find something in Christ’s life or …
Special BYCU Edition: Eight Years Running
Black Wednesday again. Far out. I’ve been celebrating Black Wednesday since 1985, when I first came back home from college for Thanksgiving Break. It is one of my favorite …
Merry Christmas
A Christmas Carol by G.K. Chesterton The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) …
Something for Christmas Morning
“He is born poor, and he teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods. He comes into the world without any ostentation, …
Christmas Eve with GKC
In the round of our rational and mournful year one festival remains out of all those ancient gaieties that once covered the whole earth. Christmas remains to remind us …
Monday
St. Francis and Christmas The picture is St. Francis of Assisi Preparing the Christmas Crib at Grecchio. I’ve long been a St. Francis fan (who isn’t?), but I never …
Friday
Drunken Waiting Advent starts in two days or, depending on your Semitic predilections, tomorrow evening. Advent is a season of peaceful waiting, meditation, penance . . . and drinking. …
Thanksgiving Day
“Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Samuel Johnson “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and …
Monday
Helladay Parade There’s a small city called “Battle Creek” about 50 minutes from my house. It’s the home of Kellogg and Post, making it the “Cereal Capital of the …