Are You Really Successful?
Anabelle Hazard
September 5, AD2013
4 Comments
A politician once asked me flat out for bribery money when I clerked for a law firm in the Philippines. I played dumb, quit my
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
Anthony S. Layne
September 5, AD2013
94 Comments
The Communion song this last Sunday at the 11:30 a.m. Mass was “The Servant Song”. One might say it’s one of those Gather Hymnal songs
The Ketchup Stain on my Soul
Michelle Fritz
September 4, AD2013
4 Comments
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my
What Helped You in a Time of Grief?
Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC
September 3, AD2013
10 Comments
Now that I\’m getting to a more-healed place in my grief journey, I can look back on this year (the anniversary of my husband’s death
One Sign in our Day
Bob Drury
September 2, AD2013
19 Comments
In my August 5th post, I claimed that the foundation of all human knowledge is one’s own personal experience. Further I noted that no one
Let\’s Hear It for St. Augustine: A Theologian for Our Times
Bob Kurland
September 1, AD2013
3 Comments
\”Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge, She will nourish and refresh them.\” Happy Those Who Feast on Wisdom, Hymn for the
Divorce is No Answer to an Unhappy Marriage
Robbe Lyn Sebesta
August 31, AD2013
14 Comments
Leo Tolstoy is frequently quoted from his classic novel Anna Karenina as saying how all happy families are the same, but unhappy families are all
Pregnancy and the Catholic Father
Matthew Brower
August 29, AD2013
6 Comments
Roughly six months ago, after many prayers, tears and anxious months of waiting, my wife, Miriam, and I learned with great joy that we are
Dear Daughter, Let Miley Cyrus Be a Lesson To You
Karol Henseler Orsborn
August 28, AD2013
28 Comments
Dear Daughter, Let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to you. Yes, this is what happens when you constantly hear that everything you do is awesome.
Human Touch
Foxfier
August 28, AD2013
10 Comments
When you have a child, one of the popular phrases is “skin to skin contact.” Basically, as much as possible you’re supposed to hold your
The Universe Was Created for the Sake of the Church
Jeffrey McLeod, PhD
August 27, AD2013
15 Comments
The Catechism of the Catholic Church drops this bombshell: Christians of the first centuries said, “The world was created for the sake of the Church.” God created
Weariness and Current Events
Paul Zummo
August 27, AD2013
13 Comments
Upon completing Joseph Bottum\’s now notorious essay in Commonweal, several dozen snarky thoughts crossed my mind, some of which I shared elsewhere. But honestly I
OrderWeedNess
Kevin Aldrich
August 26, AD2013
2 Comments
The city I live in thinks my family has a problem with the virtue of orderliness. An inspector has just sent me an “Environmental Violation
As For Me and My Household: Helping the Faith Thrive at Home
Michael Lane
August 25, AD2013
2 Comments
Last Saturday, August 17, the Mass readings contained one of my favorite Bible verses. Joshua 24:15, If it is displeasing to you to serve the
Joseph Bottum and His Bottom Line
H. L. Duncan
August 24, AD2013
19 Comments
I do have to admit that I am extremely jealous of Joseph Bottum. He was actually paid by the Luce Foundation to write a very
Confiteor — Good For The Soul
Patrick Pierce
August 24, AD2013
2 Comments
I confess. Somehow in this culture it seems like a weak little phrase. It lacks self-confidence. It suggests that you are not going to defend
Thank God It’s Friday
Gabriel Garnica
August 23, AD2013
3 Comments
TGIF . . . Who has not heard that expression of weekly survival signaling weekend revival? My research indicates that the expression coalesced from the popular celebrations of the completion of
The Death of Truth in Catholic Schools?
Karol Henseler Orsborn
August 22, AD2013
12 Comments
If you think that 3 x 4 = 12, you might want to think again. With the new Common Core Curriculum Math, 3 x 4 can
Mathematics, the Handmaiden of Theology: Augustine and Cantor on the Infinity of God
Bob Kurland
August 22, AD2013
6 Comments
This is a commentary on a fine article by Adam Drozdek (Associate Professor of Computer Science at Duquesne University), an article that has great insights
Priestly Holiness
Fr. James Melnick
August 22, AD2013
6 Comments
This week, we\’ve had some great role models for priests. St. John Eudes and Pope St. Pius X, both great men of holiness, men who
Should Francis Take on Birth Control? A Response
JoAnna Wahlund
August 21, AD2013
83 Comments
Robert McClory recently wrote an article for the National Catholic* Reporter, opining that Pope Francis should revisit the question of the morality of birth control.
Why It\’s Hard to Dialogue With Secularists and Leftists
Leila Miller
August 20, AD2013
105 Comments
My blog title, Little Catholic Bubble, is a bit tongue-in-cheek. I love my faithful Catholic friends, but I also enjoy engaging the left, mostly secular