Hint: it wasn’t an attempt to co-opt solar festivals: Christmas, the argument goes, is really a spin-off from these pagan solar festivals. According to this theory, early Christians deliberately chose these dates to encourage the spread of Christmas and Christianity throughout the Roman world: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be… Continue reading How December 25 Became Christmas
Author: Peony Moss
‘It is amazing to be the son of a saint’
An interview with Pierluigi Molla, son of St Gianna Beretta Molla: As Catholics, we need to learn how to be coherent with our values and beliefs. My mother grew up in a family where she received the faith and values from her father and mother, and how to live life in a correct way. She… Continue reading ‘It is amazing to be the son of a saint’
Has Blogger/ Google been shutting down conservative sites?
“Thoughts from a Conservative Mom” was taken down by Blogger/ Google on 12/4 and has not yet been restored. And apparently other conservative (or even just non-left) blogs have had similar problems. I love GMail, but is it getting on time to switch?
Joseph: God’s gift to Jesus and Mary
Just lovely: Joseph in his very self, being a man, was a gift to Blessed Virgin. Against the rougher background of his manliness, the delicate, shimmering beauty of her holy femininity glowed with more luster. His was the hand that steadied her step over rocky ground. His the powerful arms that wrestled loads from their… Continue reading Joseph: God’s gift to Jesus and Mary
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING
Crown him the Lord of love, Behold His hands and side, those Wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified. No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight, but downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright. “The World in His Hands” courtesy Micki at http://thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com/
Hipsters: spoiling everything since the 18th century
Hark! A Vagrant: Hipsters ruin everything, part 1
The Truth about the Spanish Inquisition
Despite popular myth, the Church did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule. HT: La Shaidle
mmmmm…. fruitcake….
SRSLY. Maybe I’ll give this recipe a try. This is an awesome option too. And the Fraters — optissime. FTC disclaimer: No bennies to me. I just like fruitcake.