Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
Many news organizations carried the story of the release of Bar Kuperstein two years after he had been kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. Kuperstein was a young security guard at the Nova Festival, the music festival targeted by Hamas for its fat genocidal possibilities, with sides of rape, torture, and kidnapping. After taking some … Read more
It wasn’t 1985 anymore, and he wasn’t in Bedford Falls. It was 2016: Barack Obama sat in the White House as the most pro-abortion president in history, and same-sex marriage had become legal in every state. In just three years as pontiff, Pope Francis had unsettled the hearts of millions of faithful Catholics with a … Read more
When I tell people I go to Christendom College, the reaction is almost always the same: a raised eyebrow, a polite smile, and then, “Wait, that super strict Catholic school?” Yep. That’s the one. To be honest, I kind of thought the same thing before I enrolled. I wasn’t raised Catholic. I’m a convert who … Read more
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Last night, after writing a piece in which I quoted the late Father Paul Mankowski, I realized that the day was the 5th anniversary of his sudden death from a brain aneurysm. Veteran CatholicCulture readers knew Father Mankowski primarily as “Diogenes,” the pseudonymous writer who contributed hundreds of witty comments to this site. Other faithful … Read more
God is doing something incredible with Gen Z, and secular media is noticing. The same outlets that once confidently proclaimed, “Religion is dying! Young people are leaving churches in droves! Christians to be a minority by 2050!” now seem to be changing their tune. Lately, the headlines from mainstream media read more like, “Catholicism sees … Read more
In all five different communities we lived, we never attended the Catholic church nearest our house. Instead, we chose to drive past two or three substandard Catholic churches just so we could finally arrive at our new parish – the one with a reverent congregation and a pious pastor whose only negative was that it … Read more
When St. Paul encountered Christ on the road to Damascus, his life was changed. A Catholic summer camp ministry based in Ohio — but expanding around the country — hopes to give young adults the opportunity to have a similar, life-altering encounter with Christ, but with the help of paintball, zip-lining, and Eucharistic adoration. Now … Read more
Eric and Grace Morrison have never pressured their seven children to pursue the priesthood or religious life. Their son Danny, who is a transitional deacon in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., jokingly describes his vocation story as “boring.” There was “no big turnaround moment of conversion, but just this slow call of the Lord throughout … Read more
The incense is rising again. Not just in Gothic cathedrals or Latin Mass enclaves—but in the hearts of young Americans who, against every cultural current, are swimming upstream toward Catholicism. It’s a phenomenon that baffles secular elites and liberal Protestants alike. How, in this age of deconstruction and digital nihilism, could the Church of hierarchy, … Read more
Handel – Messiah – by London Philharmonic (Complete Concerto/Full) Handel’s Messiah | Easter He is risen! He is risen, indeed!
Men are not inspired by diversity, equity, and inclusion. Whatever else they may be, these are not masculine qualities. Young men are simply not signing up to become priests — certainly not in the numbers that they used to. According to the Vatican’s Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, the past 12 years have seen a continuing decline … Read more
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From Christianity’s beginnings, the Church has been attacked by those introducing false teachings, or heresies. The Bible warned us this would happen. Paul told his young protégé, Timothy, “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, … Read more
There is nothing in Catholic teachings to support “Generational Sin/Healing.” In fact, there is plenty to support that this belief is nothing more than a “wishful magic formula” that inter-mingles Catholic Church Liturgy such as the Holy Mass and the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist to give credibility to its movement. In its process, “Generational … Read more
Today’s “new spirituality,” often found within the Church, is an ugly caricature of the millennial truths of union with God set forth by the Church, her saints, and her Doctors. One of Hollywood’s more sybaritic starlets solemnly announced the other day that she was embarking on a 30-day “spiritual cleanse” in India. Since neither ecumenism … Read more
I find absolutely no grounds for optimism, and I have every reason for hope. Fr. Paul Mankowski (quoting Wilfrid Sheed) Related PostsFrom Columbine to Christ: “Not only did God lead me out of Columbine, he was leading me to himself.” The Loss of the Sacred The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Sowell This treacherous century … Read more
Be gone Satan! Lord, I am perishing, save me. Related PostsSt. Francis de Sales Paganism and Pentecostalism Arrogance and Bullying Gossip: Why it’s SINFUL w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, OP The Catholic Origins of Thanksgiving
Holy Spirit of truth, let me see others as You see them. Related PostsDemocrats have religious liberty in their sights Catholics and Independence Day Women Deserve Better Than What Michelle Williams Has Had to Live Forgiveness Christians Fight To Survive: ISIS in Iraq | EWTN News Special
The month of June is often recognized these days as “pride month,” dedicated to the celebration of the chief of the seven deadly sins. But for well over a century, the Catholic Church has dedicated June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Despite finding its roots in the medieval pieties of nearly a millennium ago, … Read more
BVM, St. Joseph, St. Monica and St. Jude Thaddeus, help arrange Divine Appointments to have all of our grandchildren baptized and to bring our children and grandchildren, siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and all their significant others back to the Church and to prayer. Related PostsLeaders Aren’t Born, They’re Made | Into the Breach Sinners … Read more
I pray to God for good to come to those who have hurt and wronged me and I forgive them…. Related PostsRefusal Resentment My Favorite Image of the Blessed Virgin Death in the modern age – and how to prepare as a Catholic A ‘hostile takeover’ of Catholicism?
Jesus, I trust in You! Related PostsDivine Mercy and the Sacred Heart: Two Complementary Devotions Explained World Profanation Day Why It Hurts to Grow Old Abandoned I Left Catholicism Because of Church Scandals…
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A Prayer for Peace of Mind Lord, fortify me with the grace of Your Holy Spirit and give Your peace to my soul that I may be free from all needless anxiety and worry. Help me to desire always that which is pleasing and acceptable to You so that Your will may be my will. … Read more