I have a request. Please, without consulting anyone or any reference, briefly describe what it means to you to ‘be holy.’ Thanking you in advance, Chrysostomos Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSphereSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows LiveWorlds MoviesYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML:  If you like this then please subscribe to the [...]

Pandemic: adj. … 2. medicine Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population … American Heritage Dictionary Final Body Counts (Wikipedia): Black Plague: 200 million lives Holocaust: 6 million lives Pol Pot: 1.7 million lives Rwanda: 1 million lives Dec. 2004 Tsunami: 186,983 WTC 9/11: 2,794 lives Current Body [...]

Now I feel like a real Catholic dad. Last night I drove my five oldest children to the church for choir practice and dropped them off. Then I went shopping (motor oil, wiper blades, Hot Tamales, cake mix, etc.). After I was done I returned to the church, parked along the curb and waited for [...]

Reading Walker Percy’s ‘Lost in the Cosmos.’ I came across the following question: Why is it no other species but man gets bored? Under the circumstances in which a man gets bored, a dog goes to sleep. I fall asleep a lot. Especially when I am bored. Maybe I am a dog.

A manger is a trough in a stable or barn from which livestock are fed: a sort of breadbox for the livestock. In Luke 2:12 we read “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” The baby is our blessed Lord, and He, [...]

Sitting around the table late this morning at lunch we discussed (Veritas (7 y/o daughter) called it a lecture) the question, “In the parable of the Good Samaritan, which person represents Jesus?” You can read the parable in Luke 10:25-37. I see Jesus in the man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. Think about the [...]

While listening to a lecture by Dr. Peter Kreef entitled “How to Win the Culture War” (available here), I was struck by the following statement: … what’s at stake in this war: not just whether America will become a banana republic, or whether we’ll forget Shakespeare, or even whether some nuclear terrorist will incinerate half [...]

I just got done flying with one of my students and, contrary to recent reports, the sky is not falling. Gas prices, however, are rising. There is a hurricane approaching Galveston, Texas. Where I live, near Jacksonville, North Carolina – just under 1,100 miles from Galveston – folks are making a run on the gasoline [...]

My wife and I were received into the Roman Catholic Church after years of watching the clergy of the Episcopal Church adapt the teaching and practice of that church to cultural norms. My wife would frequently ask, “If they do not believe what the church teaches, why don’t they just leave?” Reflecting on this, perhaps [...]

My seven year old daughter was recently heard to say: “When I grow up I want to be either a nun or a boy scout master.”