The Bad Catholic

50 Million American women "Can't" be wrong...

2012-01-23T18:34:00.000-08:00

39 years, a few hundred mothers killed, at least 50 Million children killed...

Not sure what to think. I've tried to stand against it, only to get slapped down. Best thing at this point to do is pray...

A prayer for the unborn

O Heavenly Father, Creator and Giver of all life, Author of justice, Source of love and mercy: Although it is deserving of thine anger and punishment, look with mercy on our nation, which has offended thee by condoning the killing of millions of innocent children, thy precious sons and daughters, who, like all of us, were created in thine image and likeness, but whose only offense was their very existence. Amen.

A prayer for Right to Life

O heavenly Father, strengthen us against the mounting forces of anti-life; enlighten those who walk in this deadly way that they may see the enormity of their sin and return to the generous observance of the divine law. We pray, too, for mothers, that they may prize the great privilege of motherhood; and that they may bring up their children in the holy love and fear of God, thus saving their own immortal souls and furthering the honor and glory of their Maker. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Pray for us, St. Gerard, protector of the mother and her unborn child,
that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ!

~~ from “Prayers for Today,” published by Leaflet Missal Co.

Prayer for Life by Pope John Paul II

O Mary, bright dawn of the new world,
Mother of the living,
to you do we entrust the cause of life:
Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers
of babies to be born,
of the poor whose lives are made difficult,
of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,
of the elderly and the sick killed
by indifference or out of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in your Son
may proclaim the Gospel of life
with honesty and love to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace
to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new,
the joy of celebrating it with gratitude
throughout their lives
and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely,
in order to build,
together with all people of good will,
the civilization of truth and love,
to the praise and glory of God,
the Creator and lover of life.

~~ Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Letter “The Gospel of Life”
Given in Rome, on March 25,
the Solemnity of the Annunciation o

Stolen from John C. Wright's Journal.

God have mercy on our souls!

Happy Feast of the Epiphany

2012-01-08T16:55:00.000-08:00

(Even though the rest of the Church celebrated it last Friday!)

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-01T13:26:00.000-08:00

And Happy Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God!

(Good thing today was a Sunday else there would be even LESS people at Mass!!)

It always torques me about how crowded Mass is on Christmas and how EMPTY it is in January! One of these days, One of these days!!!

Merry Christmas...

2011-12-25T13:11:00.000-08:00

... and Peace on Earth to All men of good will!!

Bless the families that are separated. May they be brought together quickly.

Also, don't forget the Holy Souls in Purgatory! More are to be released today than ALL others!

"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."

Happy Advent...

2011-11-27T17:51:00.000-08:00

Don't Forget to read the Bible (Nativity narratives), go to confession, & do good deeds.
Also, Welcome to the Revised Roman Missal translation!! (3rd time's the charm!! ;^}D)
Oh, and "BOO" on St Anthony Messenger Press for putting out the missal cheat card that says NOTHING about the breast striking during the Confiteor AND bowing during the Nicene Creed! ;^{/

Happy Birthday...

2011-11-10T16:15:00.000-08:00

to the US Marine Corps!! And to all members past and present! (I know, once a Marine, always a Marine!) Especially my oldest sons, Bill & Robb!

Cut 1,000 souls a break!!

2011-11-02T04:23:00.001-07:00

Nov. 2, All Souls Day: Jesus told St. Gertrude that 1,000 souls will be releasedfrom Purgatory every time the following prayer is said devoutly: "Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."

Another good day

2011-10-20T19:16:00.000-07:00

Gaddafi,Quaddafi kicked off today. Not sure who exactly did it. PeBO is takin credit. Not sure why we had to "Lead from behind". Not sure who's going to take over there.

And why are we in Uganda now??

The Minority Myth

2011-10-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

The American Thinker, always a great read, has an awesome article, The Minority Myth which describes why we are in the predicament we're in!!

Ten Years After...

2011-09-11T17:58:00.000-07:00

... I was pulled from the shop floor of OK City ALC because we were told the incredulous news that planes had slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and I still wonder if we ever learned a damn thing.

I remember the frustration of not being able to do anything and being forced to be in an Oklahome City Hotel waiting for a way home. I remember cowardice of the people I work for not letting us do our jobs and thereby giving the Islamonazis what they wanted. I remember people claiming to be for this country and doing everything to shaft our leaders and ourselves.

Of course one is remiss if they neglect to mention the 3,000 unborn children killed just be cause they are in the wrong place at the wrong time!

NEVER FORGET!!!

Confession is...

2011-08-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

... good for the soul!
... the sacrament NOBODY wants, But EVERYBODY NEEDS!

God Bless the...

2011-07-04T16:11:00.000-07:00

USA!

I can dream. Can't I?!!?

AW NUTS!!!

2011-06-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

Today is the Feast of the Ascension. The US bishops decided to "unburden" us peons by moving the celebration to the next Sunday (of course, they still charge $$$$$$$$$$$ for "Catholic" education & support DemonRats who trash the values of the Church whenever possible while using the Church to get votes & kick Prolifers whenever they can...)

I always hate this day because it's an important feast & we are forgetting a part of our Catholic culture. Can't wait till they move Christmas to the nearest Sunday... Opps! Don't want to give them any ideas!!

A good day

2011-05-02T19:55:00.000-07:00

Any day is a good day when you find out the death of Osama bin Ladin. I remember when his crew slammed 2 jets into the World Trade Center, one jet into the Pentagon, and were trying to do another one when it crashed into that field in Penn.

We found out last night that the US finally located him in the mansion in Pakistan. He was asked to surrender, but this bad assed terrorist grabbed a wife to use as a shield. (BIG tough guy!)

Now, he succumbed to lead poisoning. Life is tough!

God Bless all the service men who defend us from this scum bucket & God have mercy on his rotten soul.

It's very strange this year...

2011-04-22T05:57:00.000-07:00

Good Friday falls on Lenin's birthday, AKA "Earth Day". It feels to me like it means something, but I don't know what. Nor do I want speculate. Ive posted previously on what it means to me.

All I can add on this Good Friday is, "For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world!"

A Belated St. Patrick's & St. Joseph's day to all...

2011-03-20T19:47:00.000-07:00

Just spent TOO much time having a good time. But it's been a fun and crazy few days. I'm becoming an internet celebrity via the The Gymanstics WOD:

. Kind of cool.
Unfortunately, with the full moon, people go crazy, but that's life! Went to mass this evening at St. Joes (Ironically, the Irish church in town.). The music was so insipid. They had one song about the rapture. (I thought that was something the so-called Pentecostals invented in the 1800's!) So I thought it would be better to share the following via Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate: "The Deer's Cry" Enjoy!

Another Ash Wednesday...

2011-03-09T16:23:00.000-08:00

Didn't get to Mass. Didn't get any ashes. (Thanks Archdiocese of Cincinnati & churches around here who've managed to have ashes given at times I can't get to!) Wasn't able to workout @ CrossFit Wright-Patt. Then my Common Access Card Certificates got wiped in a software upgrade push.

Like the Major said, "It's been a bad day!"

"Dust thou art! And unto dust you shall return”

I find this cool (even though it's about me!)

2011-02-25T16:12:00.000-08:00

In early November, I got a DVT, basically two blood clots. They felt like the worst Charley Horse I had ever had. I didn't know I had it but eventually it felt better. I even set some PR's on CrossFit WODs.
That was until my wife saw that my left calf was visibly larger than my right. She had me go to the doctor, who diagnosed the DVT. I had to go spend a night in the hospital & go on blood thinners. Also, my workouts were limited to upper body stuff. I was surprised about how little I could do.
One of the things I worked on was my headstands. I could NEVER go them when I was a teenager. Thanks to Carl Paoli at the Gymnastics WOD, I was able to do it for the first time in my life this year.

Now on 17 Feb, my work Division had a bowling "Wingman day" outing. We HAVE to have these to promote the "Wingman Culture" to prevent us from committing suicide & such. Since I hadn't bowled in about 3 years, I didn't do well.

We had a Division call & the Acting Division Chief put up a slide on the results of the bowling outing which showed that I was the low scorer (for one game even though several other division management "declined" to participate).

After some goading by some people in the Division, I decided to put together a retort, because I'm just sick of being made fun of.

So I asked one of the contractors to take a picture of me in a headstand just as a part of a way to make a statement:

I told the person who took the picture that I wanted to do something "Unusual". She looked at me like I was nuts. But, when I showed her, she thought it was cool and asked if she could use it as part of a "Funny" things at work!

All right, I'm not a great bowler. But there are other things I can do that people my age can't! And that's okay with me!

"Uncle" Ronny, we miss you...

2011-02-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

Happy 100th Birthday, wherever you are!!

This is sad and digusting!!

2011-02-03T16:46:00.000-08:00

And these slime buckets chide conservatives for "not being civil"?!?!

(Hat tip to AlfonZo Rachel!)

Don't know what more I can say...

2011-01-21T09:09:00.001-08:00

Conversations with Walker Percy

2011-01-16T14:04:00.000-08:00

“Settle for Nothing Less.” (Walker Percy)
Sunday, January 16, 2011 A.D. | Author Christopher Blosser
Q: What kind of Catholic are you?
A: Bad.
Q: No, I mean are you liberal or conservative?
A: I no longer know what those words mean.
Q: Are you a dogmatic Catholic or an open-minded Catholic?
A: I don’t know what that means, either. Do you mean I believe the dogma that the Catholic Church proposes for belief?
Q: Yes.
A: Yes.
Q: How is such a belief possible in this day and age?
A: What else is there?
Q: What do you mean, what else is there? There is humanism, atheism, agnosticism, Marxism, behavioralism, materialism, Buddhism, Muhammadanism, Sufism, astrology, occultism, theosophy.
A: That’s what I mean.
Q: To say nothing of Judaism or Protestantism.
A: Well, I would include them along with the Catholic Church in the whole peculiar Jewish-Christian thing.
Q: I don’t understand. Would you exclude, for example, scientific humanism as a rational and honorable alternative?
A: Yes.
Q: Why?
A: It’s not good enough.
Q: Why not?
A: This life is too much trouble, far too strange, to arrive at the end of it and then to be asked what you make of it and have to answer, “Scientific humanism.” That won’t do. A poor show. Life is a mystery, love is a delight. Therefore I take it as axiomatic that one should settle for nothing less than the infinite mystery and the infinite delight, i.e., God. In fact, I demand it. I refuse to settle for anything less.

Stolen from The American Catholic!

Pray for all of the Victims of the Arizona shooting...

2011-01-08T18:26:00.000-08:00

...and their families. Some nut case did this horrendous crime.

In America, where I come from, we don't kill our leaders!

Happy Feast of the Epiphany

2011-01-06T19:46:00.000-08:00

20+CMB+11

(Don't want to say anything about how the bishops in the US moved the feast...)

Belated Merry Christmas

2010-12-26T09:27:00.000-08:00

A blessed though belated Christmas to everyone.

The twenty-fifth day of December,
in the five-thousand, one-hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world, from the time when God in the beginning created the heaven and the earth;
the two-thousand nine-hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;
the two-thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;
the one- thousand five-hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt;
the one-thousand and thirty-second year from David being anointed King;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one-hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven-hundred and fifty-second year from the founding of Rome;
the forty-second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
in the sixth age of the world,
when the whole world was at peace,
Jesus Christ,
the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judah of the Virgin Mary,
AND WAS MADE MAN.
I hope all your wishes came or will come true. Got an unexpected surprise:

Kinda cool!

A "rich" person...

2010-12-18T12:32:00.000-08:00

is someone who you THINK has or makes more money than you do! Which is way one can get away with cursing the rich even though one might have a lot more money than the rich they are cursing.

"But She's STILL our Mother..."

2010-12-10T13:33:00.000-08:00

On leaving the Catholic Chruch:

(Hat tip to The American Catholic!)

This guy gets it!!

2010-12-10T04:36:00.000-08:00

(Hat tip to The Catholic Caveman!)
Wish we did!!

Happy Hanukkah!

2010-12-02T18:56:00.000-08:00

To one and all!!

Happy Veterans' Day

2010-11-11T08:26:00.000-08:00

God bless all the veterans; my Dad, uncles, (four) sons, and friends! We enjoy all we have due to your sacrifices!

No pressure!

2010-10-02T11:40:00.000-07:00

No Pressure

Hat tip to The American Catholic!

IMHO this is why the Brits deserve some of the K-rap they get AND why the American Revolution WAS the RIGHT thing to do!! (And I can understand how they could elect "The Master" as PM in Dr. Who!)

(BTW, how that East Anglia thing going for you!!)

Got to see a cool thing...

2010-09-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

A family friend's son offered his first Mass as a priest to today. It was so cool to see this young man, whom we first met as an eighth grader, is now another Christ. An awesome experience!

I should have written something about 911..

2010-09-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

But the best I can do is share what the Catholic Caveman posted!!

http://catholic-caveman.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-long-overdue-september-11th-tribute.html#links

True words...

2010-07-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
--Mark Twain

(Hat tip to The Ironic Catholic!)

The next time someone talks about our ...

2010-06-07T19:08:00.000-07:00

.."Addiction to oil", I have to remind them that it is like our "Addiction" to oxygen or our "addiction" to food & water...

I find it kind of funny that...

2010-05-14T13:47:00.000-07:00

The Ohio State government is spending a whole slew of money on a train system that goes a whole 70 something miles per hour instead of cars or aircraft. The costs will be outrageous & the whole system will be in the red the day in opens, if it ever does.

This is priceless...

2010-05-05T16:45:00.000-07:00

Hat, er Helment tip to The Catholic Caveman!

Another April 22, & you know what that means...

2010-04-22T15:10:00.000-07:00

Happy Birth Day, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin!

May God have mercy on your soul!

The The American Thinker had two awesome articles, one by Robin of Berkley , who always has something marvelous to say and one by Brian Sussman describing while addressing Tea Party rallies here on the left coast, he asked the assembled patriots what appears to be an odd question: "Would all those from the former Soviet Union please raise your hands?"

A notable number of hands are always raised -- the San Francisco Bay Area is home to a diverse population.

He then asked another curious question: "What does April 22 signify to you?"

Without exception, someone will shout with great displeasure, "Lenin's birth date!"

The crowd clearly sees that I'm on to something. I next ask the former Soviets, "And as a young child in school, who were you told is your grandfather?"

At this point several painfully respond, "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin!"

"And in the United States, do you know what we celebrate on April 22?" I ask. "Earth Day. Grandfather Lenin has been conjoined with Mother Earth -- and it's no coincidence."

As for me, I prefer the following:

Adoramus te, Christe,...

2010-04-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

et benedicimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, because by Thy Cross Thou has redeemed the world.

St. Joseph Pray for us!!

2010-03-19T20:03:00.000-07:00

St Joseph,

Holy chaste spouse of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, pray and intercede for us & protect us from the so called "healthcare" abomination! Save souls amen.

ST. PADDY WASN’T A PROTESTANT

2010-03-17T20:02:00.000-07:00

(Since today is my birthday, I just couldn't resist swiping this from Jimmy Akin)

By James Akin

Patrick was born in 385 into a high-ranking Roman Christian family in western Britain; he died in Ireland in 461, though some accounts put his death later. His grandfather was a priest, and his father, a deacon, was a prosperous nobleman and a local Roman official. The family’s native language was Latin.

Patrick writes that as youths he and his companions "turned away from God, did not keep his commandments, and did not obey our priests, who used to remind us of our salvation" (Conf. 1). His youth ended abruptly when, at age sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and sold into slavery, being assigned to work as a shepherd. This revolutionized his life. His faith and zeal for God were ignited, and he spent much time praying and fasting.

After six years, he escaped, led by private revelations along a safe route back to Britain. In another revelation he was commissioned to serve as a missionary to Ireland. To prepare, he traveled to France and spent two decades as a monk—studying, praying, and practicing penance.

He was ordained to the priesthood and in 432 was sent to Ireland to serve Palladius, who had been consecrated bishop by Pope Celestine. When Palladius died on a trip to Britain, Patrick was chosen as his successor and was consecrated bishop by Germanus, the papal representative overseeing the Irish mission.

Patrick experienced enormous success in converting the Irish, and three assistant bishops from France were sent to help him, among them Sechnall (a.k.a. Secundinus). Within his generation the Irish had been transformed by God’s grace into a Christian (and Catholic) people.

In 441 Patrick went to Rome to seek approval of his ministry in Ireland, and the newly-elected Pope Leo the Great confirmed Patrick’s full adherence to the Catholic faith. This is significant since today some assert that Patrick was not even Catholic! The challenge is made mainly by Irish Americans who were brought up Protestant or who have abandoned the Church for Protestantism and wish to co-opt Patrick and represent him as a non-Catholic figure.

This is an impossible task, as Patrick was a Latin-speaking Roman noble, grandson of a Catholic priest; he was a man who had repeated private revelations, practiced penance (a very Catholic thing), spent two decades as a monk, was ordained a priest, was sent to serve on the papal mission to Ireland, was ordained bishop by a papal representative, and had his fidelity to Catholic teaching specially confirmed by Pope Leo the Great (of whom the fathers of the Council of Chalcedon cried "Peter has spoken through Leo!"). Patrick described himself as a Catholic, and a list of canons he drew up for the Church in Ireland commanded that any dispute not resolved on a local level was to be forwarded to Rome for decision.

The two writings of his that survive, his Confession and the Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus, both attest to his Catholic faith.

The Letter—which Patrick wrote in a blazing fury after some of his newly baptized converts had been slaughtered during a raid by a British ruler—records his belief in the episcopacy, the ministerial priesthood, confirmation, the value of monks and nuns, purgatory, priestly absolution, and "doing hard penance" (the last two, he said, the murdering soldiers needed). His later Confession has a mild tone (not being a response to a massacre) and mentions many of the same Catholic distinctives, as well as fasting, loss of salvation, and Patrick’s private revelations.

Another important source for Patrick’s Catholicity is a Latin hymn written in praise of him by his assistant bishop, Sechnall, who records many of Patrick’s beliefs, among them the sacrifice of the Mass, merits, the fact the Church is built on Peter, and baptismal regeneration.

Any claims from the disgruntled that Patrick was not Catholic are just blarney.

Of narrowbacks and posers...

2010-03-13T11:17:00.000-08:00

Got an email yesterday from Fr. Thomas Euteneur of Human Life International on Hannity and Repentance. Fr. Euteneur recalls that three years ago Sean Hannity, professional "conservative" and "Catholic" talk radio host wondered whether or not he had sinned by eating meat on a Friday during Lent.

Fr. Euteneur wrote Hannity that he should be more concerned with his support of Artificial Birth Control that breaking a Lenten abstinence. This lead to a grilling of Fr. Euteneur by Hannity on Hannity and Colmes. It's shameful that he ends up bringing up the priest sex scandal in a pathetic attempt to deflect Fr. Euteneur's points. He even claims to have studied at a seminary and learning Latin. This means nothing if you are promoting heresies. He still hasn't learned his lesson as I have heard him take a cheap shot at former Senator Rick Santorum about his wife having another child.

Father is right,Sean lacks understanding and is grandstanding and sitting on the fence. Artificial birth control is abortion, no if ands or buts about it.

For someone who was constantly on Barak Obama's case about sitting through 20 years of Reverend Wright's vitriolic sermons & claiming not to have heard all of the anti white rhetoric, Hannity seems to be just as clueless as Obama.

He has NO respect for God's anointed, which is what Fr. Euteneur is. No matter how bad a priest is, one has no right to attack them in public. Look what happened to the man who killed Saul.

The most disappointing part of that Hannity interview was the way in which Fr. Jonathan Morris, Fox News priest advisor, defended Mr. Hannity in his dissent against a Catholic priest who was actually defending the orthodox teaching of the Church. The priestly sell-out on contraception and church discipline is a painful corollary to Hannity's lay dissent. The shameful silence of the clergy on the issue of Catholic morality in the era when it has been most needed is an insufferable failure of those responsible for being its guardians. We will be for generations digging ourselves out of this clerical mess.

Hannity is a Roman Protestant narrowback poser. I use the term narrowback as it was used against the children of Irish immigrants by their elders. It means someone unable to shoulder the traditions of his people. I really question whether he believes the conservatism that he espouses. Fr. Euteneur offered to meet with Hannity to discuss this further. As of yet, that hasn't happened.

God help us all!

2010-03-12T19:18:00.000-08:00

Just want to acknowledge my lovely and gracious wife on her birthday today. Always told her that living well is the best revenge. She makes 50 the new 30! Love ya Peggy!

Pray for the folks in Hawaii

2010-02-27T12:10:00.000-08:00

My brother John (top) and my son Jim (in uniform) are there. Please keep them & all the folks in the path of the tsunami in your prayers!

UPDATE! It Looks like the Navy is lifting the tsunami warnings! Thank God!

What a day...

2010-02-18T18:22:00.000-08:00

A group of harpies were trashing the Church within earshot of me. Ya got to love smug arrogance. THEN you got that moron who had a beef with the IRS & included the Catholic Church in his suicide note. Of course, it was a side swipe in my humble opinion. GOD how I LOVE morons.

Ashes to Ashes...

2010-02-17T18:24:00.000-08:00

another Ash Wednesday comes and is leaving. This is always a hard time of year. Getting out of the comfort zone is always tough. This year we've had eighteen inches of snow to deal with. Maybe I should give up being snarky to all those Global Warming Luddites...NAH!

This takes me back to 1979...

2010-02-11T18:52:00.000-08:00

When I was getting into New Wave & some old school Rock n' Roll:

Hat tip to RL on The American Catholic .

This is awesome-

2010-02-04T19:28:00.000-08:00

I just couldn't help but swipe it from Big Hollywood.com.

There are some things that should...

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be damned by God.

Abortion is one of them.

We've allowed this abomination to go on for way to long! We haven't done enough to stop it and allowed others to cow-tow us into being too quiet about it.

Please pray for...

2010-01-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

The folks in Haiti with all they dealing with and have lost in the earthquake, and our pastor, Fr. Lee, who we just found out has cancer in his leg.

The Catholic Caveman Finds another great one!

2010-01-11T04:05:00.000-08:00

Ray Stevens strikes again!

Helmet tip to The Catholic Caveman !

This is an awesome take on "Overpopulation" hysteria

2010-01-09T12:55:00.000-08:00

John C. Wright!

Mr. Wright makes an awesome case to be a contrarian - especially when it comes to being open to children.

"For all practical purposes, under regimes and laws where human genius is free to discover new solutions to shortages, and when the market is free to raise and lower prices to signal where real shortages obtain, and where a futures market is able to operate to render scarce goods more expensive thereby preserving those needed for future use from current use, then the mere physical limits on land, on oil, on metals, or on any other good you care to name, serve no limit to human population growth.

"In other words, when man is free, then Natural resources are infinite."

(Hat tip to The Curt Jester!)

Happy Real Epiphany

2010-01-06T18:43:00.000-08:00

20
C + M + B
10

Wishing all a blessed Epiphany.

(Hat tip to The Darwin Catholic!)

Merry Christmas tydings to all!!

2009-12-25T13:35:00.000-08:00

It is my wish that everyone has a blessed Christmas and focuses on the reason for the season.

I got an early Christmas present at the American Thinker, American Thinker , in it, Selwyn Duke, challenges the notion that Jesus was made up from the Indo-Iranian god Mithras and the Roman god Sol. And people often seem to confuse these two deities and their festivals, mixing and matching them in a game of musical myths. But it doesn't really matter because both Mithras' and Sol's mythical births, we're told, occurred on the same day: December 25th. The substitute priest at our parish even brought this up during his sermon (Lord, please heal our pastor, Fr. Lee!)
Also, the Christmasphobes make a fairly common mistake: They take "pagan" as synonymous with "evil." If you're trying to make Christianity look bad, equating it with paganism while implying the paganism is evil just makes paganism look bad.
This is a good article well worth the time reading.

Also, The Catholic Caveman had an awesome post about the fact that "God isn't sending His blessings to everyone. Only to "men of goodwill". And as common sense tells us, "men of goodwill" are those who have found favor with God. NOT everyone." it's worth checking out!

Again, Merry Christmas to all...

SPECIAL Christmas HAT, er, HELMET TIP to the The Catholic Caveman !

I held off on this for too long...

2009-12-15T15:02:00.000-08:00

...but this guy has it spot on:

It was an early Christmas present to see the Global Warmers get caught in their lies. Too bad they can't face the truth, so we can move on. Of course, saving the planet was NEVER their goal - it was always about CONTROL!

(Hat tip to Big Hollywood.com!)

"And People Wonder...

2009-12-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

"And people wonder why I drink beer..." I said to the Lieutenants.

"Bill, why do you drink beer?", asked Megen, the youngest.

"Because I don't have ANY whiskey!!", I replied.

"Bill, why would you drink whiskey?", Megen continued.

"Because people are crazy!"

(Hat tip to The Catholic Cartoon Blog!)

I've got a new Grandson...

2009-11-24T11:14:00.000-08:00

I've got a new grandson, Isaac. He was born this morn, the 24th, at 9:45. He checked in at 8 lbs, 15 oz. and was 21 and 3/4 in. long...

Grandparents are ecstatic, Mom & Dad are very tired. (Who wouldn't be after 27 hours of labor!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES

2009-11-10T05:59:00.000-08:00

The Marine Corps is 234 years old today. Semper Fi

(Hat tip to Southern Appeal!)

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Requiéscant in pace. Amen.

2009-11-05T14:58:00.001-08:00

Please pray for the folks at Ft. Hood!

For all the souls of the Faithful departed...

2009-11-02T15:41:00.000-08:00

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Requiéscant in pace. Amen.

May we NEVER FORGET!!

2009-10-23T17:32:00.000-07:00

My eldest served in the 1/8th from 2001 to 2005. Semper Fi!

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Requiéscant in pace. Amen.

We can pretend we're in Colorado....

2009-10-18T08:28:00.001-07:00

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This is soooo wrong....

2009-10-02T13:15:00.000-07:00

...but soooo funny!

Here's something that made me verklempt...

2009-09-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

Hat tip to the American Catholic.

Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it....

2009-09-11T15:31:00.000-07:00

http://fawstin.blogspot.com/

What we learn from history is...
that we learn nothing from history!

I was stuck in Oklahoma City when this happened. I also remember the COWARDICE shown by many in the weeks afterward.

Réquiem ætérnam dona ei (eis) Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat ei (eis). Requiéscat (Requiéscant) in pace. Amen.

Those who caused this dishonored their Prophet. May they rue their actions and support for the next trillion millinia.

Robert Jones said...

Bosch: For all Americans, every day is Groundhog Day.

For our servicemembers in uniform, they wake up, and every day is September 12, 2001.

For most everyone else, they wake up, and every day is September 10, 2001.

See what a difference two days make?

Hard Sayings

2009-08-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

This Sunday is one of those that have readings that bristle most people.

First Joshua makes a very bold statement, "...And if you be unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." All of the Israelites answer by saying "yeah bro, we're going to do that too.."

The Paul tells the Ephesians, "... Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body..."

I can JUST hear all the women in church bristle at "...Wives, be subject to your husbands...let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands..." They don't hear "...Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her..." I think the call is clear that husbands have to do everything (including giving up one's life) for thier wives. Unfortunately, that means nothing in this world.

Then as Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also wish to go away?"

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

This guy gets it spot on!

2009-08-23T12:49:00.000-07:00

I pray for the warewithall to have a tenth of the composure of this guy! He's our version of Daniel Hannan.

Hat tip to BigHollywood/breitbart.com.

Semper Fi!

Today's run

2009-08-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

WFFC front to Accellerator Runway Route
Find more Runs in Dayton, Ohio

Another NEW Sailor...

2009-08-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

Following on the footsteps of his brother, my number six has completed Navy Bootcamp at Great Lakes.
He said the secret to his success was to keep ones mouth SHUT & do what you are told.

Bravo Zulu

Sailor, well done!

One if the U,S, Navy's newest....

2009-08-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

Sailors!

After completing his basic training (and dealing with the aftermath of the stuff his Marine Corps brothers' put on letters to him!), he's on his way to his "A" school.

Good job Sailor! Anchors Away!

Ever feel like sticking it...

2009-07-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

... to "the man"? (Or in this case the airline that shafted you?)

Now I'm worried about all my United frequent flier mileage I've racked up over the years!

(Still think they're better than "In"Continental!)

Hat tip to the "Regular Guy" & "Southern Appeal"

Nothing wrong with,,,

2009-07-17T16:47:00.000-07:00

more baby pictures...

Mom & Baby

Baby & his "Auntie"

NOT that they're biased either!

Not that I'm Biased...

2009-07-17T16:31:00.000-07:00

...but this is a very cute baby...

It's A Boy!

2009-07-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

My 1st Grandson, Ayden William checked in this morning at 9 lbs 7 oz & 21 in long at 9:50 AM. He & his Mom are doing well. Grandparents are ecstatic. More to follow...

To honor those who serve...

2009-06-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

This is to honor my two of my sons who are in Navy boot camp. They will be joining their two older brother who are US Marines.

Hat tip to the Catholic Caveman!

A thought I had at Mass this morning...

2009-06-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

I get accused of being "holier than thou" even though my faults are numerous & public. All I can say is that I have to to at least make the attempt to folow the Lord. They wouldn't REALLY want me to act as if there were no God. I'm WAY WAY TOO MUCH like St. Louie De Montforte.

Happy Flag Day!

2009-06-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

I'm not a real baseball fan nor am I a Cubs fan. But this guy IS a class act.

One of my eldest son's buddies who was wounded in the Nov 2004 assualt on Falujah, according to his mom, would go out of his way to unwrap flags wrapped around their pole or replace worn ones.

My buddy, "Doc" Vickers, playing Chet Atkins

2009-05-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

What's wrong with the Catholic Church:

2009-05-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

This is a goodie...

2009-05-02T19:13:00.000-07:00

After the Air Force One New York Bruhaha this would be fun...

2009-04-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

It's April 22. You know what that means:

2009-04-22T17:02:00.000-07:00

Happy Birth Day, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin!

May God have mercy on your soul!

This guy says it FAR better than I...

2009-04-19T12:01:00.000-07:00

If only this was done throughout the US:

2009-04-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

Awesome Quote

2009-04-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

"No one ever has a right to the Eucharist, and the vanity or hurt feelings of an individual Catholic ...does not take priority over the faith of the believing community," - Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver

The Bad Catholic

50 Million American women "Can't" be wrong...

A prayer for the unborn

A prayer for Right to Life

~~ from “Prayers for Today,” published by Leaflet Missal Co.

Prayer for Life by Pope John Paul II

~~ Pope John Paul IIEncyclical Letter “The Gospel of Life”Given in Rome, on March 25,the Solemnity of the Annunciation o

Stolen from John C. Wright's Journal.

God have mercy on our souls!

Happy Feast of the Epiphany

Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas...

Happy Advent...

Happy Birthday...

Cut 1,000 souls a break!!

Another good day

The Minority Myth

Ten Years After...

Confession is...

God Bless the...

AW NUTS!!!

A good day

It's very strange this year...

A Belated St. Patrick's & St. Joseph's day to all...

Another Ash Wednesday...

I find this cool (even though it's about me!)

"Uncle" Ronny, we miss you...

This is sad and digusting!!

Don't know what more I can say...

Conversations with Walker Percy

Pray for all of the Victims of the Arizona shooting...

Happy Feast of the Epiphany

Belated Merry Christmas

A "rich" person...

"But She's STILL our Mother..."

This guy gets it!!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Veterans' Day

No pressure!

Got to see a cool thing...

I should have written something about 911..

True words...

The next time someone talks about our ...

I find it kind of funny that...

This is priceless...

Another April 22, & you know what that means...

Adoramus te, Christe,...

St. Joseph Pray for us!!

ST. PADDY WASN’T A PROTESTANT

Of narrowbacks and posers...

Pray for the folks in Hawaii

What a day...

Ashes to Ashes...

This takes me back to 1979...

This is awesome-

There are some things that should...

Please pray for...

The Catholic Caveman Finds another great one!

This is an awesome take on "Overpopulation" hysteria

Happy Real Epiphany

Merry Christmas tydings to all!!

I held off on this for too long...

"And People Wonder...

I've got a new Grandson...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Requiéscant in pace. Amen.

For all the souls of the Faithful departed...

May we NEVER FORGET!!

We can pretend we're in Colorado....

This is soooo wrong....

Here's something that made me verklempt...

Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it....

Hard Sayings

This guy gets it spot on!

Today's run

Another NEW Sailor...

One if the U,S, Navy's newest....

Ever feel like sticking it...

Nothing wrong with,,,

Not that I'm Biased...

~~ Pope John Paul II
Encyclical Letter “The Gospel of Life”
Given in Rome, on March 25,
the Solemnity of the Annunciation o