Almost everyone has commented on the controversy surrounding our Pope Benedict's lecture. Not much more for me to add other than a good overview of Benedict and Islam posted a few months back by Chiesa"When Civilizations Meet: How Joseph Ratzinger Sees Islam."

The author of the essay, Samir Khalil Samir, an Egyptian Jesuit, is a professor of ( Read more... )

9-11 remembered. Oddly, more so personally than in years past since that day of infamy.

Fidélium ánimae per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace. Amen.

Divínum auxílium maneat semper nobiscum. Et cum frátribus nostris abséntibus. Amen.

orthodox_icons always has wonderful icons to share. This one of St. John the Baptist, a particularly venerated saint of mine, took my breath away. I wish I could read that language.

Being a groomsman for a long-time friend (20 yrs), I ventured out to the Pacific Northwest for a brief, yet fulfilling 2 days. Thank you St. Birgitta Parish for an intimate and non-bombastic Tridentine Liturgy. Thank you St. Sharbel Parish of the Maronite Catholic Rite for an exhilarating experience. Certainly, the many kind and accommodating ( Read more... )

Comet dust, trailing from your sole body ( Read more... )

For quite a while, I have wanted to share photos of my home of worship, the Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother @ St. Francis Via Christi Hospital, but I never had a ready camera for the occasion. Two catechumens, Carlos and Sarah, blessed our community with a website of accompanying information and photos, Read more... )

The Ariel Atom 2.
http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm (Original UK site)
http://www.arielatom.com/ariel/site.php (USA site)

Top Gear video

Blessed Charles de Foucauld, pray for us.

De Foucauld believed his life’s call was to love: "Let us concern ourselves with those who lack everything," he stated, "those to whom no one gives a thought. Let us be the friends of those who have no friends, their brother. The love of God, the love of men, that is my whole life, that will be my whole ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I indulged in beautiful liturgy, great food, dancing and fiddling Celtics, Owen Roe wine, and a host of speakers wonderfully singing the praises of the contemplative vocation and Clear Creek Monastery at a large banquet setting in the heart of downtown Tulsa, OK. Father Richard John Neuhaus of First Things was the keynote guest and ( Read more... )

A blog after my own theological heart. Ressourcement: Restoration in Catholic Theology, formerly known as Sources Chétiennes~Renewal in Catholic Thought. Basically, a fanblog of the Ressourcement theologians, de Lubac, Congar, von Balthasar, Danielou, Bouyer, Ratzinger, and other disciples of this Catholic theological school of thought ( Read more... )