He could not forget it; she did not forget it. National Catholic Register, Chris Stefanick: You know, we should always watch our mouths because God is always listening. But have you ever let a curse fly out of your mouth … Continue reading
Category: Humor
The Humor of the Saints
Catholic Exchange, Fr. Aloysius Roche: Someone said, “Good humor is nine-tenths of Christianity.” Of course it is not, nor anything like it. This is a “smart saying” whose value lies not in the saying but in the smartness. But a sense … Continue reading
11 Padre Pio Jokes to Lighten Us Up
EpicPew, Alex Hey: St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina is one of the most popular saints of modern times. What most people do not realize is, aside from being super holy, he was also quite funny. In your further veneration of … Continue reading
‘Last Things’: Just a Great Article with Much Wisdom and Humor
NOR, David Mills: She was leaning her head on her dad’s shoulder, the girl with her parents two rows in front of me at Ash Wednesday Mass. When she stood up, she reminded me of myself in junior high, wearing jeans … Continue reading
Break Time: ‘Angelic Hilarity’ of the Saints
Catholic Exchange, Father Aloysius Roche: Someone said, “Good humor is nine-tenths of Christianity.” Of course it is not, nor anything like it. This is a “smart saying” whose value lies not in the saying but in the smartness. But a sense … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh’s Comic Muse in Scoop
Two years before he was to die in early April of 1966 on Easter Sunday after Mass, Evelyn Waugh wrote a new Preface to his pre-War 1938 novel, Scoop.1 In that brief 1964 Preface and retrospect, he recalls the atmosphere … Continue reading
The Modern Quest for Enchantment II
Last month we looked at the attempts of believers and non-believers alike to escape the terror and boredom of modern life via quest for enchantment launched through time — the annual observances, secular and religious, of the year. In this … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh’s Welcome to Modern Europe Some Seventy Years Ago
It was some years ago — in the early 1970s during Graduate School in North Carolina — that a learned and charmingly eccentric Classics Professor unexpectedly showed to me a memorable passage from the conclusion of a modern book: Evelyn … Continue reading
Did Jesus Laugh?
There is no record of it in the Gospels. But there certainly are episodes in the Gospels wherein we can picture Our Lord smiling: when He blessed and embraced the little children; when He dubbed James and John “sons of … Continue reading
The Professor and Mary Ann
For some strange reason the tune from Gilligan’s Island has invaded my inner sanctum and, as happens sometimes, the more I try to shake it off the more it returns to haunt. And I do not even like the song. … Continue reading
Chesterton’s Defense of a Lady and Her Pet
Even in G.K. Chesterton’s little essay “On Pigs as Pets,” a reader will soon deeply sense that the writer is a man of gratitude; and that both his chivalrous tone on behalf of an elderly lady and his unexpected encomium … Continue reading
My Morning Cup Of Joe — Part III
The previous two articles in this series highlighted my morning woes, my inability to rise and shine as quickly as I should, and my difficulty in adorning my apparel. There is a reason for this: I am simply getting older. … Continue reading
Kardinal Marx Leads His National Church More and More into Schism
Well, that was predictable: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx supports Kasper proposal at Synod. Never trust the “theologies of the genitive.” They all stink. Here we have the latest frontier: “The Theology of Luv.” With particular references to the Second Vatican Council, … Continue reading
I’m a ‘Public Figure’ on Facebook Now. Oh Boy.
(Update: I have now been restored to full brotherly status by Facebook, as can be seen here. I am grateful that the individual I communicated with at FB accepted my documentary proof.) Since I was “outed” on their social media megasite … Continue reading
Allowing Polyandry in China: A Development of Doctrine and of Mercy
At a recent unashamedly Catholic Traditionalist Conference in New Hampshire (a part of which was held concurrently with the 5-19 October 2014 Synod in Rome on Marriage and the Family), I began to write my own Retractationes (Retractations), in imitation … Continue reading
