I am at a daughter’s house surrounded by multiple daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. It is noisy, wild, uncontrolled, and multi-colored. Yes, multi-colored. I am a typical brown Latino, and I ended up marrying a blue-eyed taller-than-I-am white woman. As a result, our children come in a variety of colors. They, in their turn married with […]
Archives for 2018
About St. Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus
Every year at this time, we hear commentaries on St. Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus. Many of them are sheer speculation. We do not actually know much of anything about Jesus’s stepfather. He shows up when the Virgin Mary is betrothed. He thinks she has committed some type of sin and therefore decides to quietly […]
Good King Wenceslaus
St. Wenceslaus icon by Theophilia on DeviantArt Good King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp and even Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Gathering winter fuel Hither, page, and […]
Anime Mother and Child
I am an anime fan. I also like the child-like art used in many of the manga magazines. Thus, it was particularly enjoyable for me to find the manga-like icon of Mother Mary and Our Lord Jesus. The angels at the side look like traditional manga characters. The expressions are classical anime expressions. While I […]
Humor: a Cuban Sans Giving from YouTube
Enjoy the video. Note: some knowledge of Spanish is recommended. Lots of knowledge of Cuban culture is helpful.
Why do good men fight?
A Dialogue from Lord of the Rings Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It’s all wrong By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the […]
On Southern spirituality
I have lived in the Deep South since 2000. I also lived in the Deep South during most of my Army service. As a result, I have gained a deep appreciation for Southern spirituality. I have come to fully enjoy being wished to have a “blessed day” when I finish having an encounter in Alabama. […]
On being Catholic Eastern Orthodox
I can remember being taught in seminary that the word Catholic was never used in the New Testament. That is true. The word itself is first found in writing in a letter that St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote to the Smyrnans around the year 107 AD. It referred to ? h kaqoliki ekklesia (i katholiki ekklesia) or the […]
On being black while …
The video above is but the latest in a set of videos in which a black person has the police called on them for spurious reasons. In this case, this man is the head of an organization, was ferrying two kids in his car with the permission of the parents, and yet was followed by […]
Victims of abuse and acting out
As I have been reading the Kavanaugh story, I found myself thinking about one specific group of people. Those who were abused early in life have sequelae not only of memory, repressed memories, and suffering but also of acting out. More than that, the behavior that is learned as an abused child is all too […]
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