14 Comments Among the odd things I’ve seen in the Catholic world, one of the oddest is the capacity of some Catholic Harry Potter fans to go zero-to-60 on the manic meter instantaneously at the mere suggestion that there might be something spiritually deleterious about HP. Someone who’s done more than suggest this is Canadian Catholic […]
Month: July 2011
Norwegian Terrorist, Anders Breivik, ridiculed Pope Benedict XVI’s “silly Christian” treatment of Islamic threat
1 Comment New details are emerging about the socio-politico-religious ideology that motivated mass-murderer Anders Breivik to slaughter upwards of 80 people, most of them teenagers, in last week’s attacks in Oslo and on nearby Utøya Island. Among them are the fact that he had denounced Pope Benedict for his peaceful approach to Islam’s restive and growing presence […]
Poor, poor Jimmy Eggkin
1 Comment Alas, poor Jimmy! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr’d in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Tags: Article source: http://patrickmadrid.com/poor-poor-jimmy-eggkin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poor-poor-jimmy-eggkin
Sometimes, getting your own way isn’t a good thing
Leave a Comment I can think of more than a few times in my own life when I pushed to get my own way in some situation or other. Sometimes, if it’s for a good and necessary cause, doing so can be legitimate. But sometimes, as you’ll see in this bizarre video, forcing things to […]
World Youth Day Madrid 2011 officially disavows any connection with Michael Voris
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How to bring your friends into (or back into) the Catholic Church
2 Comments I had an opportunity this spring to go into the studio with my dear friend Martha Fernández-Sardina (the director of evangelization for the Archdiocese of San Antonio) to discuss a series of apologetics subjects. In this first of four half-hour discussions Martha and I discuss some of the key aspects of what’s necessary […]
Death by heat: here’s how it happens
1 Comment As you know, those of us in the Mid-West and on the East Coast have been enduring some sweltering, record-setting high temperatures the last few days. Not surprisingly, the phenomenon of brutally hot weather has been on my mind today because I’m seeing headlines about how all this heat has been killing people. […]
Dude on a flaming scooter
10 Comments What’s your read on this? For example, what’s going through the scooter guy’s mind as he burns rubber and peels out of the parking lot, leaving everyone in his dust? What do you think his spectators are thinking and saying as they watch him? Personally, I’d say that the expression on the guy […]
Among the many things on my to-do list
Leave a Comment … is trying to find a way to get this lunch wagon to stop by my place of work very, very often. Daily, if possible. Oh wait. I work at home. No matter. I want that. Tags: Article source: http://patrickmadrid.com/among-the-many-things-on-my-to-do-list/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=among-the-many-things-on-my-to-do-list
What’s your opinion of the Hairy Potter phenomenon?
15 Comments People everywhere are either fired up in favor of Hairy Potter or strongly against him — not much middle ground on this issue, it would seem. Some say the whole Hairy Potter phenomenon is a crock. Others glaze over at the mere mention of the subject. Many like throwing it out there just […]