Merry Christmas!
Today is the 9th Day of Christmas, and the Memorial of two Doctors of the Church, St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen.
It is also the first day of the Christmas Season that is not a Solemnity, but don’t let that get you down: I’ve included a rousing version of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” below. After that, for those who are interested, is a selection of a few of my favorite posts from 2016 - who knows? You might find something interesting. Oh, and have a Happy New Year!
Today is the 9th Day of Christmas, and the Memorial of two Doctors of the Church, St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen.
It is also the first day of the Christmas Season that is not a Solemnity, but don’t let that get you down: I’ve included a rousing version of “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing” below. After that, for those who are interested, is a selection of a few of my favorite posts from 2016 - who knows? You might find something interesting. Oh, and have a Happy New Year!
Below are a "baker's dozen" of posts from last year, both from this blog and my original blog, Principium et Finis. Hope you like them, and stick with us in 2017!
8 Feb - Some people get very upset when an ad hawking tortilla chips implies that unborn babies might be, you know, human: “Life Sells Chips (or, Chips Sell Life)” PF
29 Feb - Whoever said the age of miracle is over hasn’t been paying attention to the news: “Seen Any Miracles Lately?” PF
21 March - So, who’s the real prodigal in the story, and who is the worse sinner? “Confession, Jonah, & the Prodigal’s Sons” PF
10 April - The Franciscan Nun who founded EWTN and long-time sports broadcaster Joe Garagiola both died in the same week; they may have more in common than you realize: “Mother Angelica & Brother Joe” ND
1 May - There be Dragons everywhere you look - just ask St. George, Michael Voris, and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: “Fighting Dragons, Inside and Out” ND
21 May - Sharing the Good News is not a microaggression, but Mercy isn’t always easy: “Evangelization, Prayer, & the Spiritual Works of Mercy” ND
27 June - A meditation on love, murder, and a home-town Civil War Mystery: “Charleston, the Stranger & Orlando: The Power of Forgiveness” ND
7 October - Ok, you thought that you’d seen it all, didn’t you? Well, guess what . . . “The Satan Club: One H@!! of an After School Club for Children” ND
16 October - How rational is it to think we can build a perfect world without The Way, The Truth, and The Life? “Slavery in Rationalia” ND
23 October - In which I argue that the Church really does have something to say about wearing underwear as outerwear and women’s MMA fighting: “Has Modesty Become A Dirty Word? Yoga Pants, Cage Fighting & Catholic Teaching” ND
8 November - You’ve gotta serve somebody, people, but there’s only one Master who can give you true freedom: “Prophet Samuel,The Candidates, & the Letter to Diognetus” ND
13 November - Just when you thought people couldn’t get any more crass . . . vasectomy showers! “A Tribute Vice Pays to Itself (Vasectomy Showers, etc.)” ND
3 December - How an episode of Star Trek illuminates the priest’s traditional orientation at Mass: “Darmok and Jalod Ad Orientem” ND
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