May 2012
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a nice pick me up before a parish advisory council...
April 2012
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Some Catholic Thoughts On Hell →
I was asked by my Presbyterian pastor friend to do an Eastertide write-up on Hell. As usual, Catholics are always happy to muse on the dangers of damnation! Read up!
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Good Friday Homily
It is over. It is done. It is finished.
These were the words dancing through the minds of the Pharisees, The members of the Sanhedrin, Pilate, Herod, and all the ones who spat upon and mocked him.
To them, it was finished. Finally, this revolutionary had been put to death. To the Jews he was a blasphemer, to the Romans, no doubt, a disturber of the peace. Was it not better that this one man...
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Homily for Holy Thursday 2012
Often, when we look at the event Jesus washing of the feet of his apostles in the Gospel we have just heard, we tend to think of it as an act of the utmost charity of God. “As I have done, so you must do.” To wash the feet of another is to take upon oneself the stewardship of grime and blood. To make clean the wounds that life inflicts upon the foot. Indeed, the washing of feet is an expression of...
January 2012
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Look Out For My Wife. She's Big and Over 2,000...
While on vacation, getting my tires rotated, or waiting in the ‘10 items or less’ supermarket line, I inevitably get into a discussion with somebody about why I wanted to become a priest. I’m very happy to give either the long or short form of my vocation story, but I have come to realize that this is usually a setup for the following cliché (in these or similar words):
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A New Year, A New Try.
On the occasion of jubilee years, debts would be forgiven, wars would end, and new things would begin.
While 2012 isn’t a jubilee year, I’m hoping that a new attempt at placing my thoughts on digital paper will prove useful for me and maybe for a few of you who have asked for homilies, and other data that has spilled from my brain.
I usually don’t think that the stuff I come...
October 2011
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September 2011
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November 2010
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May 2010
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The Coffeehouse Wars →
This was a gift given to a friend at the end of high school in 1999. In Baton Rouge, a local coffee house named “CC’s” (whose coffee is very tasty) goes up against the Seattle coffeenaut…
April 2010
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Humiliated Moose →
Here’s a postcard I sent to a Canadian friend.
March 2010
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iPnone Painting: Joe Catholic →
This is my first work on the Brushes app available for iPhone! Brushes is available here: [link]
July 2009
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June 2009
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Higher Quality Joe Catholic →
here’s a much higher quality file of Joe, Giovanni, Elise, and Conrad.
May 2009
2 posts
Joe points at the camera. →
WatchKAAAAHN! Er…Kahn.
April 2009
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Acceptable Fonticide. →
when even the creator can sympathize, something’s bound to be up!
March 2009
5 posts
Joe Yawns →
Joe Catholic Misc →
Joe Speaking →
Passing Through the TSA gauntlet. A helpful... →
St. Nowhere's...an article on liturgy and... →
February 2009
5 posts
“I like clarity, and there’s a reason why,” began the archbishop. “I...”
– Archbishop Charles Chaput speaking at St. Basil’s Church in Toronto.
full article here: Denver archbishop warns against ‘spirit of adulation’ surrounding Obama
Zombies! →
As a public service, pranksters make with the hacking and warn of the impending nazi zombie revolution.
Saved from a ticket by an iPhone →
looking up the gecko proves advantageous for a midwestern man in a snowstorm.
January 2009
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EWTN to Air Pro-Life Commercial Nixed By NBC... →
When NBC said no to the latest pro-life commercial from www.catholicvote.com, which was to air during the Superbowl, EWTN has offered to put the commerical on during their Sunday lineup. Way to go, Eternal Word!
“If Christians allow themselves to be continually converted to the Lord, the day...”
– Pope Benedict XVI on the Conversion of St. Paul (and us). From Zenit.org
Preaching on Abortion, Fr. Frank Pavone offers... →
“What I’ve actually found is caution. I’ve read back over earlier...”
– Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson in an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered when asked if he “found inspiration in previous inaugural prayers?”
This is a man who leads the Episcopal Church, a Christian ecclesial community, at least in name, and this is the one who has been...
December 2008
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Treebeard in Rome →
catholicexchange.com’s Mark Shea @ NCRegister and a resfrescante look at the merit of taking the long view. Wise.
WatchPaying it forward, capitalist style. A very nice gesture to be sure, if only the “Christmas Spirit” animated our lives other times during the year.
A primer on how Canada works. →
wow. And I thought the US political process was intense. Here’s a pretty good description of our silent, industrious neighbor to the North.
Page Three of Joe Catholic →
my little side project inches along as the 3rd page of the comic goes live. Enjoy!
November 2008
4 posts
WatchI knew it!
