On Monday I had a job interview, the final such one before the decision. It was for a job I dearly wanted, a company I have actual interest in, and in a location I wanted to move to. I was well-qualified, and the job promised excellent opportunity for growth. The interview seemed to go really … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: On Not Getting What We Want
Faith
The Syllabus of Errors: Illustrated
The World We Live In
It is, I find, fatally easy to forget what kind of world we live in, especially today. We've got all our gadgets, our (relatively) ordered society, and all the rest of it, so that it becomes only natural to fall into a kind of trance assuming that everything just kind of works and that's all … Continue reading The World We Live In
Sunday Thoughts: 1-5-20
Feast of the Epiphany Reading 1: Isaiah 60: 1-6 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon … Continue reading Sunday Thoughts: 1-5-20
New Year’s Verses
Chapter 2 of the Book of Sirach always strikes me as the perfect Bible passage for the New Year. Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make … Continue reading New Year’s Verses
An Urgent Call for Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nQy6u0PzR8 On November 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, let the Church Militant (that is us) be united in prayers for the Church in this time of crisis: -November 1st: The Feast of All Saints. Holy Day of Obligation. Attend Mass and say the Memorare after Communion. -November 2nd: The Feast of All Souls. Pray for the dead, … Continue reading An Urgent Call for Prayer
‘Skillet’ Frontman Preaches Truth
You know, Skillet is already one of my favorite bands, and I don't have many favorite bands (my taste in music generally boils down to "I like this song and that song, and I don't like that one." I don't usually get attached to bands). They've gone up even further in my esteem with frontman John … Continue reading ‘Skillet’ Frontman Preaches Truth
For St. Patrick’s Day
The great 'Lorica' or "Breastplate Prayer" of St. Patrick, the patron of the Land that Once was Ireland: Sancti Patricii Hymnus ad Temoriam. Ad Temoriam hodie potentiam praepollentem invoco Trinitatis, Credo in Trinitatem sub unitate numinis elementorum. Apud Temoriam hodie virtutem nativitatis Christi cum ea ejus baptismi, Virtutem crucifixionis cum ea ejus sepulturae, Virtutem resurrectionis … Continue reading For St. Patrick’s Day
Please Do Not Try to Find Holy Images in Random Things
I happened upon this article through ‘Big Pulpit,’ and I have to make a quick comment: I really, really wish Christians would stop posting things like this: Miraculous Image of Blessed Mother Holding Baby Appears in Pregnancy Sonogram – See the Photo! by ChurchPOP Editor - January 31, 2019 The story itself is actually well worth reading, about … Continue reading Please Do Not Try to Find Holy Images in Random Things
Serpent's Den 