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It’s a Mad Mad World
This is just plain nuts (H/T New Advent: Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it. “He’s deaf, and his name...
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Can the Clock Be Turned Back on the Sexual Revolution?
Kathleen Jean Lopex interviews Mary Eberstadt on her latest book Adam and Eve After the Pill . Excerpt: Lopez: Given the seminal event the introduction of the contraceptive pill was, and the...
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How to Fail as a Blogger
Don’t blog for over a month. I don’t need 10 ways to fail. Sigh. OK. I am going to try to be a faithful blogger. Frankly I thought of throwing in the keyboard, but the Holy Spirit keeps nudging me. I...
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Reasons to Vote for the Not Obama Candidate
I am simply Catholic. Not a Democrat. Not a Republican. This election has my brain in a twist. On one hand, I can’t vote for Obama. He has jumped the shark on abortion and freedom of religion. On the...
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Happy New Year Revolution
Yup. It is me; still breathing. Out of hiding at last. I hope that you and yours are having a very blessed Christmas season. This has been a challenging Christmas season in Casa Kehoe. My dear husband...
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The Theology of the Barn Yard
People find themselves drawn to the Catholic Church and the RCIA for many different reasons. Each person has a unique conversion story. A few years ago there was a man who came through our RCIA that...
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“Put No Trust in Princes”
Put no trust in princes, in children of Adam powerless to save. Who breathing his last, returns to the earth; that day all his planning comes to nothing.Psalm 146:3-4 There is a lot of post election...
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As Christmas Draws to an End
The good news is that today was a very productive work day for me. Unfortunately, that means that I didn’t get time to post. I had wanted to write on the reading from the Divine Office for today,...
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In Ireland on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
My favorite deacon and I are in Ireland visiting our daughter and her family. I have been hanging out with my beautiful grandchildren. That is why the silence from this blog has been deafening. I will...
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Breaking News: Pope Benedict Will Retire
My husband broke the news as he handed me coffee. From Vatican Radio: Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said he plans on resigning the papal office on February 28th. Below please find his announcement. Full...
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Keep Holy the Sabbath
The third commandment tell us: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days youshall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do...
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Oh My. The End Must be NIgh
Just when I have been thinking that Americans have become so polarized that agreement on anything is impossible, I see this headline (H/T New Advent) National Catholic Journals Unite: ‘Capital...
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Lost in the Desert of Lent
I think that I am lost in the desert. Hope that I find my way out by Easter. My desire to pray more, fast more, give more, and blog more has not translated into action. Yes I know that there is still...
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The Tragedy of Moral Relativism
“Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be “tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of...
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I’d Rather be in Italy
Sorry for not blogging. But. This is my busy, stress filled time of year. It is time to wind down the preparations for those who decide to come into the Church at Easter Vigil. 1st Communion is just...
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Belief-less Christianity
John Shuck, a Presbyterian minister, thinks that is perfectly reasonable to not believe in God and remain in ministry. (H/T Real Clear Religion) “How can you call yourself a Christian, let alone a...
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He Is Risen!
Happy Easter! Yes I know that I am a bit late. But it is Easter until Pentecost, and this is my hectic time of year. Easter Vigil at our parish was just beautiful this year. The best ever. I think that...
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The War on Churches on the “Wrong Side of History” Comes to Des Moines
From KCCI, our local CBS affiliate: St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) WEST DES MOINES, Iowa —A local man said he was denied a teaching job because he is gay.Tyler McCubbin said the Dowling...
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Standing Up to the Bullies
Our Bishop is standing form and supporting our local Catholic High School (see the postbelow) in rescinding a job offer to a man who is in a same sex relationship. The Bishop released a statement:...
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Gay Marriage Bullies: Irish Edition
Ireland has been post Christian for quite some time. It is a society that barely has a remnant of even cultural Catholicism left. Yet I still find this shocking. To see how straitjacketed the debate...
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