Month: December 2007
This year’s Times Square ball: __________ My most-recent at Catholic Exchange: Blessed Are the Flexible. __________ My apologies, but the holidays are keeping me from full-blown blogging. I’m back …
“Never be downcast. For only one thing is fearful, and that is sin.” St. John Chrysostom
The newest exercise “craze” (that’s a little strong, but so be it): open-water swimming. My wife will vouch for it. When we vacation up north, she loves to swim …
Now that researchers have concluded that divorce is bad for the environment, Theodore Dalrymple humorously asks: One of the interesting questions that this little piece of research poses is …
My son Alex bought me a Benedict Groeschel book for Christmas: Spiritual Passages: The Psychology of Spiritual Development. I’ve only read the first twenty pages, but so far it …
When I was a kid, I was always depressed Christmas night and the day after, with my spirits gradually lightening as the new year approached. I don’t get depressed …
“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, …
When I see stories like this, I think even the New York Times can be redeemed. A wonderful tribute to Benedict Groeschel, a man whose podcasts have become one …
“Another manifestation of humility is the avoidance of negative judgments about other people. The knowledge of our own weaknesses will prevent us from entertaining a bad thought about anyone, …
If anyone tried to email me and didn’t receive a response, please try again. Yahoo Mail put at least one apparently legitimate message in my spam/bulk folder. I had …
Ah, Christmas weekend. A great thing, and the Tuesday Christmas is the best. I’ve informally polled my friends around town, and more than half of them aren’t working Monday …
I can’t get this story off my mind: Mike Huckabee to speak at strongly anti-Catholic preacher’s church. I’m not fascinated that Huckabee is going there (though it concerns me—bigotry …