Bishop Loverde, my bishop, has declared today a day of prayer and fasting for the sanctity of life, using his power under Canon 1244, paragraph 2.* He’s specifically concerned that the Democrats in Congress seem hell-bent on passing sweeping healthcare reform which puts the federal government in the role of paying for women to have… Continue reading Today: A Day of Prayer and Fasting
Author: Joe Heschmeyer
Home Again, Home Again…
So I thought that I’d be able to update the blog this past week, while I was in Ireland, but it turned out, there was lots more driving, and lots less internet than I’d expected. Still, it was a fantastic trip. Anyways, it was a great trip overall, and I saw a ton of great… Continue reading Home Again, Home Again…
St. Casmir
This tells you everything you need to know about my family: yesterday morning, my dad called to wish me a happy birthday, and to tell me it was St. Casmir’s feast day, who died on March 4, 1484, at the tender age of 26. So, my dad said, enjoy being 25. Lovely. On a more… Continue reading St. Casmir
The Contender
Robert De Niro’s Al Capone, in the movie The Untouchables, says of his battles with the tough new Treasury Department team that’s investigating him, “One more thing, you have an all out prize fight, you wait until the fight is over, one guy is left standing. And that’s how you know who won.” He’s right.… Continue reading The Contender
Ireland Next Week!
So today is my birthday, and next week is Spring Break… probably the last Spring Break of my life. Meanwhile, my friend James “Roger” Losey just got his Masters in Physics, and looks like the paper he was working on with his professor might get published. (Warning: it’s incredibly boring, but wonderfully nerdy). Anyways, the… Continue reading Ireland Next Week!
Video for Abp. Chaput’s Talk
The first 8 minutes are basically just intro, and then it’s this speech, which I mentioned Tuesday. Be sure to check out the Q&A afterwards!
Did Vatican II Change the Church’s Understanding of Church?
This morning, I mentioned Dr. Jeff Mirus’ excellent series on Vatican II. His premise is the same as our current pope’s: that Vatican II renewed and reformed, but didn’t reverse, the Church. That is, it’s the same Church before and after. So when you get folks like Cardinal Mahoney saying doltish things like “The Tridentine… Continue reading Did Vatican II Change the Church’s Understanding of Church?
A Great Series on Vatican II
Dr. Jeff Mirus at Catholic Culture has an excellent series of short commentaries on Vatican II going. So far, it includes: A funny thing about Vatican II . . . The English Editions of the Documents of Vatican II Vatican II on the Liturgy: Introduction Vatican II on the Liturgy: Overview & General Norms Vatican… Continue reading A Great Series on Vatican II
Abp. Chaput on “Christianity in American Political Life “
Abp. Chaput went to Houston Baptist University and gave a speech which just blew me away. His target is the notion that religion is a private thing, inappropriate for the public square (whether that be the realm of politics, the workplace, or generally outside the home, etc.). Here’s the “end of the beginning” of the… Continue reading Abp. Chaput on “Christianity in American Political Life “
Bethlehem, House of Eucharist
So this is pretty cool. The old Hebrew name for Bethlehem, bêth lehem, means “House of Bread.” The Arabic form of the same name, bêt lahm, means “House of Meat.” So Jesus chose to be born in a city suggesting that He was both Bread and Meat. “… and the Bread that I will give… Continue reading Bethlehem, House of Eucharist