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Book Review: The Black Arrow
by Robert Louis Stevenson The novel opens with the murder of a man by a black arrow. A letter is later...
Book Review: Tranquility by Tuesday
by Laura Vanderkam I heard an interview with...
Happy Feast of the Annunciation!
May we all be inspired by Our Lady to let God's will be done. For a reminder of that inspiration to hang about in your house, click here.
Happy Birthday Flannery O’Connor!
May her shouts continue to reverberate throughout the land of the deaf. To have the Hillbilly Thomas hanging out in your home, click here.
Lenten Sacrifices for Those Who Like a Challenge
Lent is coming. It’s a time of prayer, almsgiving and—what it’s probably most known for—fasting. The week preceding Ash Wednesday, a question pops into the heads of...
Happy President Lincoln’s Birthday!
Our sixteenth president: Abraham Lincoln. He's standing in front of the flag as it was during his presidency, un-locking the shackles of slavery and sewing up the United States with thread the color of the blood of its citizens who died to keep it united. If you'd...
Runaway Ralph
by Beverly Cleary I just finished this as a read aloud with my son who hates read alouds. He was completely drawn into the story and even asked me to continue on when our stopping point came at a suspenseful part of the book. He was sad when it was over and wants to...
Trying to Turn and Become Like Children
Part 1: Forgiveness I stopped making dinner and followed the sounds of screaming into the living room where I came upon yet another knock-down drag-out fight between my two youngest who had, apparently, engaged prison rules. There was some question...
Happy Feast Day of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas, the angelic doctor.Born into a wealthy family, Saint Thomas decided to join the Dominicans. For some reason, this bothered his high-faluten family (I would think if any order would be on the bottom rung for elitists, it’d be the Franciscans....
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph.D. An excellent and well-cited recounting of how the Catholic Church was integral in preserving and adding to the achievements of Western Civilization. From Catholics helping save important writings and art during the barbarian raids after...
Happy Feast of Saint Agnes!
This is saint Agnes. At 12, she was outed as a Christian. So, because the Roman authorities were horrible to women who hoped to remain virtuous for Christ, they sentenced her to be stripped nake-y and put on display in a well-trafficed location. The down side for any...