by: Michael Barber There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be saved. Michael Barber takes the reader...
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Book Review: The Common Man
by GK Chesterton This book is a collection of about 44 essays on subjects ranging from the common man to necromancy to...
Perhaps Sliced Bread Isn’t the Best Thing
“It’s the best thing since sliced...
Happy Feasts of Saint Jude and Saint Simon!
Saint Jude was one of the 12 apostles and became a very powerful intercessor so anxious was he to prove he wasn’t THAT Judas. The flame represents his presence at Pentecost (which THAT Judas wasn’t present for). The Medallion represents a legend in which Jesus...
From The Habit of Being
"...everything funny I have written is more terrible than it is funny..."
I Am an Extrovert When I Am Running
I always run from social situations and so I found it odd that I am so social while running. As I waved and yelled out “Good Morning” to the neighbor lady across the street whom I run past while...
From Charles Dickens
"No pleasures like the pleasures of the poor."
Saint Isaac and the Indians
by Milton Lomask This book was about one of the North American martyrs Saint Isaac Jogues. He was a Jesuit that journeyed from France to Quebec in hopes of bringing Christ to the natives of North America. The Hurons agreed to let him live amongst them, so he traveled...
From The Catholic Church and Conversion
...they feel a tug towards it.
Emma
by Jane Austen While trying to decide what to read next, I came across the trivia tidbit that the movie Clueless was based on Jane Austen's Emma. I'm not at all embarrassed to admit that – coming of age in the 90's – I loved the movie Clueless. I am also not at all...
From Charles Dickens
... makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary.
From the Wartime Prayer Book
... for all men.