Nice to see friendly neighborhood Baltimore Orioles. With them and the Cardinals and Blue Jays around here, we could have a good Saturday morning baseball game.

No, no, no. Nooo! Not even -- no. Christ is King. How about a national Lord's Day! View quoted note →

If John the Baptist leapt in his mother's womb at the sound of Mary's voice, it's entirely appropriate to get jazzed when we consider the role of the Blessed Virgin in our lives.

Sometimes when I think of my former sins, I think, "Oh, aaargh, yuck -- what a goober! Evil b@st@rd!" But then I remind myself of God's great and tender mercy. His love is great to save a dork-and-a-half like me. We should focus on God's immense love without entirely forgetting where we came from -- and where we are even now, realistically, on our spiritual path. That's what humility is: keeping it real.

The song "Mary Did You Know?" does have some theological problems. Yet there is something good about it. This may not be well understood by certain Protestants, but it is a great example of mental prayer. "Mental prayer" is engaging the gospel story with our imagination. It includes seeing Mary and Jesus and others in our mind's eye, and interacting with them, asking them questions, reflecting on our own walk with Jesus and/or our Blessed Mother Mary, seeking their help or intercession. The heart that sings "Mary Did You Know?" or even Mercy Me's "I Can Only Imagine," is the heart that can pray the Rosary well, because the Rosary, too, is a combination of vocal and mental prayers. Whether Protestant or Catholic or Orthodox, take up the Rosary to encounter our Lord in your heart. 📿

I wonder how normie Catholics today would react if they witnessed the old Traditional Latin Mass said in ENGLISH, with all the old rubrics and gestures and music and traditions and high altars and statuaries in place -- the language being the only exception. Would they love it? Would they hate it?