Adam in the underworld on the day we call Holy Saturday — a tale of...
. . . told by a Washington DC Dominican seminarian in Dominicana Magazine. Adam speaks: . . . Bathed in darkness and pierced by cold, I have been weeping . . . unceasingly weeping for me and my...
View ArticleGod’s in the tabernacle, all’s right with the world — If you want it to be
Taking seriously my Catholic belief in the Real Presence in the tabernacle, I took to imagining Jesus up there in person, as approachable as can be, a presence that calms one down as it dominates. If...
View ArticleIllinois SAFE-T Act diminishes public safety . . .
Letting bad guys and gals go to sin some more against the body politic. Illinois woman charged with attacking Chicago police officers released on no cash bail thanks to new state law– Fox News- Sept....
View ArticleTo believe or not to believe in the Real Presence? Important question for...
I see, or we saw, where 2/3 of Romans in the U.S. do not believe in the Real Presence, also where on 2nd thought the pollster, heretofore taken as horse’s mouth in such matters, got it wrong. Ah. Make...
View ArticleFormer Chief of the Police Oversight Agency Declares Police Shooting Legit
What else did we expect from the current city administration?
View ArticlePrince Harry here to stay!!
The New York Post reported, “Prince Harry officially renounces British residency, lists U.S. as his ‘new country’ on documents.” Says Surber: “Biden’s open borders policy strikes again.”
View ArticleSt. Mark’s Day, Alleluia.
He was a disciple, gospel-writer, evangelist, worked Cyprus in 47 with Paul and his cousin Barnabas. Did same later in Alexandria, where he “won the glory of martyrdom,” as Deacon John relates in his...
View ArticleHalfway through the last year of the 20th century the worshiper mused about...
. . . here presented once again in these millenial reflections JIM BOWMAN JUL 24, 2024 Is the two-mass Sunday schedule [down from three] related to diminishing numbers among priests? Is the change a...
View ArticleAt mass, crying rooms for chatters? The worshiper reported and commented...
MODEST SUGGESTION . . . . An idea whose time has come, or so said the worshiper. A special room for people who want to chat during mass. Yes, we’ve had crying rooms for people with babies, he conceded....
View ArticleThe Mud Hole, Aunt Enid and my dying grandmother, Harry Truman, FDR,...
From my Short History of Oak Park Volume 1, compiled 2004-2005, based largely on columns I wrote for the Oak Park and River Forest Wednesday Journal. In the ‘30s and ‘40s, there was a big wading pool...
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