“Abba Anthony said, ‘A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, “You are mad, you are not like us.”‘” The 38 Counsels of St. Anthony the Great The advent of post-modernism various decades ago set us on the path to […]

“A hunter in the desert saw Abba Anthony enjoying himself with the brethren and he was shocked. Wanting to show him that it was necessary sometimes to meet the needs of the brethren, the old man said to him, ‘Put an arrow in your bow and shoot it.’ So he did. The old man then […]

The image above is so true in so many ways. When we are young we often have rather mistaken ideas of love. When we are very young, in this country, our ideas of love are drawn from our parents and from the stories we hear. Yes, that is indeed the Prince Charming stage of our […]

Objections: It seems that wine (is stronger than the others) because it affects man the most. Again, (it seems) that the king (is stronger than the others) because he sends man to what is most difficult, namely, to that which exposed himself to mortal danger. Again, (it seems) that woman (is stronger), because she commands […]

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 […]

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 […]