Eric Scheske

“[I]n the agony of Gethsemane the ultimate consequences of our sin had their hour. . . . God permitted his Son to taste the human agony of rejection and plunge towards the abyss. . . Gethsemane was the hour in which Jesus' human heart and mind experienced the ultimate odium of the sin

From Wikipedia's entry on the Paschal Triduum [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Triduum]: "The period that lasted from Thursday morning to before Easter Sunday began was once, in Anglo-Saxon times, referred to as 'the still days.'" There's something about "stillness&

> The first reading was read in English and the second in Spanish. Thousands listen @cnalive [https://twitter.com/cnalive] #PalmSunday [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PalmSunday?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/BALeXr4Umo [http://t.co/BALeXr4Umo] > — Yahaira Jacquez (@YJacquez_) March 29, 2015 [https://twitter.com/YJacquez_/status/582094293277503488] Yikes,

Miscellaneous Rambling Welcome to EWTN 24/7 Week. Lots of good stuff out there. Take advantage of it. * * * * * * * Speaking of good stuff, if you haven't checked out the Fr. John Riccardo podcasts [https://www.avemariaradio.net/programs/christ-is-the-answer/] , you need to. He's probably the best Catholic

“The hour overflows with supernatural power. In these last days it is as if Jesus were gathering strength on strength preparing for the ultimate.” Romano Guardini, The Lord

BYCU When I self-diagnosed myself with gluten intolerance, I swore off beer. I tried a few gluten-free beers, but only one of them tasted like a "real" beer. I'd been drinking beer for over thirty years, but I haven't gone back. It's

> Where men are the most sure and arrogant, there they are commonly the most mistaken. David Hume > — Philosophers Quotes (@Philosophers21) March 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Philosophers21/status/577994336895430656] > Did You Know #Michigan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Michigan?src=hash] Has One Of The World's

* A man delivered a pizza to Pope Francis. Francis actually liked it more than the pizza he gets from his usual place – “Pope-a-John's.”

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full