Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling Heard on "Open Line Wednesday" with Mitch Pacwa: St. Jerome struggled with lust. Every time he was tempted, he studied Hebrew. He became perhaps the greatest Hebrew scholar over the course of 1,500 years. If a few bright men applied the same principles to their

Miscellaneous Rambling My two youngest start school today. Michigan public schools don't start until September 6th, but my diocese has apparently yielded to the largely fictional notion that more schooling equals better schooling, which is like concluding that, the more you eat, the stronger you get. Don'

> Because who better to represent "happily ever after"? pic.twitter.com/qF9rewga7z [https://t.co/qF9rewga7z] > — Joanna Wyld (@notesuponnotes) August 23, 2016 [https://twitter.com/notesuponnotes/status/768143944127488000]

> Without submission to concrete authorities, the self becomes its own magisterium–But this is a lonely and sad thing.https://t.co/8I8eI15eeQ > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) August 27, 2016 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/769565238379241472] > The Nones' reluctance to commit to organized religion may also stem

Hopelessly behind in life and office, so no time for blogging today. Just this quip to keep in mind as you try to live Escriva's injunction to make life more pleasant for others while drinking with them this weekend: “Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in

One of those passages worth pondering: "One of the troubles with love is that it gets buried in the debris of life." Dorothy Day

Miscellaneous Rambling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi. He was interviewed by Al Kresta on Monday. I learned a fair amount. Among other things, he believes jihad is here to stay. He also said some first-century Jews understood the godhead as a plurality

My favorite Evelyn Waugh quote. If memory serves, he was explaining how he could be both a devout Catholic and such an unpleasant individual: > “Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.” - Evelyn Waugh > My latest at Aleteia.#evelynwaugh [https://twitter.com/hashtag/evelynwaugh?src=hash]

Miscellaneous Rambling The vegetable gardening dopamine find of the year: potato harvesting. This is the first year that I've grown potatoes, and I've just started "digging my hills." Well, I am digging 'em: shovel out dirt, kneel down, look for potatoes. When you