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I originally wrote this two months ago and submitted it to OnePeterFive for the theme in the title. They did not run it from what I can tell. The Month of the Sacred Heart This month is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart of our Lord is the unifying principle of not only […]

Pictured is the typical salt which you buy. Below is the salt which you ought to buy. Below that is the explanation why: “Hello Nathaniel, I can assure you that the SoSalt Brand that packs my salt in Sicilia is NOT blest by a Rabbi nor does it conform to Kosher requirements. I do not […]

Saint Sebastian – Born 255, received his crown 287 His name means the blessedness of the heavenly city, because, as Saint Augustine says, he acquired the kingdom by his poverty, joy by his sorrow, rest by his labor, glory by his trouble, and life by his death. It also might mean the help of Christ, […]

The following was originally posted to a group of Catholic pork butchers who I consider somewhat discouraging. Remember, oh most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection, implored Thy help, or sought Thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto Thee, oh Virgin […]

Throwing Away the Godfather This morning I was distracted and oppressed in my prayers by certain wandering thoughts which had enough of good truth mixed in that I could not quite depart from them, as Mr. Hilaire Belloc says of heresies. Then, in the second decade, the midst thereof, I went to my bookshelf and […]

This is the first chapter in my rewrite of Marcus Woodward, my first published novel, which I destroyed for sins. March 1st, 2342 Marcus Woodward awoke gently, like a man pretending to sleep, his eyes closed but his reason fully activated, and then his eyes coming open to find darkness that was impersonal to the […]

I have built a shed on a slope because I am acquiring swine for which to produce and sell pork to my local parish, and these swine require much food and water. But as for food, it is difficult to haul in measured, large amounts every day, and water in unmeasured amounts is even more […]

The Island of Two Trees Overall, it has an innocent and modern feel, with references such as “spandex” that are unlikely to negatively affect children, unless you have raised them in homemade habits, as I know some have. But by innocent, I mean that the author draws the children from a modern life towards a […]

2) Description 2) Sense It would be good to speak of sense, and this is an expansion of the topic of description. Previously, I spoke of description so far as to usage, that it ought to expound or further or reflect the plot, and I held up Chesterton. It operates then as a particular mode, […]

Saint Damian of Molokai – Born January 3rd 1840, Died April 15th 1889 Born in Belgium named Joseph de Veuster He was a friar in a religious order, the Society of the Sacred Hearts, considered ignorant, came from a peasant family and preceded in the order by his older brother. Europe at this time had […]