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Here is my commentary on one of Fr Chris Alar's YouTube shorts. The link to this clip can be found here: https://youtube.com/shorts/pYAUJLnkZ0E?si=bZRikcED4c4cRIsd Inasmuch as I love Fr Chris Alar, there are just a couple of points I would need to disagree on here. Yes! I agree that we are in an epic battle against the…

"So what did he do?" asks Fr Chris Alar about Charlie Kirk. "He wasn't a law-maker, he wasn't a politician...."¹ Of course, he was none of those but he was a simple but vocal campus crusader, an itinerant lay preacher who just so happened to ruffle a few too many feathers and ruffle them indeed,…

Yep. It should have been over long ago, when the Wild West was done! And so, the fact that people in the U.S. never left their gun-savvy way of life back in the mists of history when the Wild West was done, was over with, was banished to the dust of a bygone era means…

Salvador Dali's "Christ of St John of the Cross" ¹ Today is the 14th of September and on this day we celebrate that which is called, in the Church's liturgical calendar, The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This day is not only a day that is revered by the Passionist monks but…

Even though there was some matter of contention I had with Stephen Auth in my previous blog post on the dangers of smug indifference, I must come to the table and say that I couldn't agree more with him on the subject of how there is a pervasive spirituality that runs thematically through a myriad…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-30/mixed-reaction-migrants-to-nationwide-march-for-australia/105711476?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web Commentary Now, I want to draw your attention to something very important but unfortunately not acknowledged much or thought about next to nearly enough. There was a time in St Faustina's life when she was confronted by a vision so terrifying that it caused her to wonder what it could all mean in-full. We…

https://youtu.be/dsBZtUWjI-U?si=kkkXAyO2Aed1L7js Here is my commentary on a somewhat lengthy video discussion started by Fr Leo Patalinghug, aired on YouTube, concerning the civil unrest currently plaguing Washington DC. You may click the link above to watch Fr Leo's video. The video is entitled: National Guard Deployed in Washington DC - Authority vs Compassion: How Should Catholics…

The Pillar reports Vatican OKs only private devotion for alleged Mount St. Onofrio apparitions: https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/vatican-oks-only-private-devotion Amidst the Clouds My commentary.... Very interestingly, the thematics here are rather on-par with those which put Medjugorje in the controversy spotlight for many years. And two major themes stand out here with respect to the Onofrio apparitions that also…

My Commentary on Eric Sammons' Podcast Only 13% of Catholics are Practicing.¹ https://www.youtube.com/live/WDu17QIFU6s?si=R_if_Itpts_NSaF8 It needs to be BOTH. You need to preach "be kind to one another" and "repent of not really being kind to one another amongst other sins" at the same time. There also needs to be a real committed seriousness to the…

Commentary https://www.ncregister.com/features/robert-george-book-seeking-truth-and-speaking-truth?utm_campaign=NCR&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--5O2P5JnhgQ6UKQ8G9VX4pLpkuM8k7hk1xY0JIXppanG5go_kWy0h85Ni_r3PDJZnYoA92Sb16TGDxrPBrquyOufAw0g&_hsmi=367868528&utm_content=367868528&utm_source=hs_email Yes, rather, it should read: Robert George’s New Book: An ‘Intellectual Feast’ for Our ‘Age of Indiscriminate Feeling’. For the problem is not so much feeling itself but rather indiscriminate feeling. As the Gospel itself testifies and rendering from that, our Lord's Most Sacred Heart, feelings themselves are a primordial gift of God,…