It's harvest time, and this is the first year in a very long time that means something to me. This year, I built my wife a garden. She always wanted to grow things. I used to spend a lot of time in my gardens as a young man, and always enjoyed it, so I was... Continue Reading →
The Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
This is a legacy post from the old website I didn't want to lose, published July 16th, 2012. Today is a very special day for me. It seems my entire life as a Catholic has revolved around our Lady under the title of Mt Carmel. I was born on the feast day of St John... Continue Reading →
Basic Christianity 02 – Why are we Here?
Every human person at some point asks the question, "Why are we here?" In this first video of our series, "Basic Christianity", we will begin to look more deeply at this question. The discussion of “First Cause” is found best stated by Thomas Aquinas in 1274 AD, in his “Summa Theologiea”, Question 2, Article 3... Continue Reading →
Basic Christianity 01 – Introduction
So my goal here is to make a series of videos I wish existed when I personally converted to Christianity. It's almost like I'm trying to convert myself all over again. I remember when I became Catholic, I raided my DRE's office and stole all her videos. Most of them were from the 70s, and... Continue Reading →
For the love of chant
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Gregory the Great. There aren't all that many Saints we label with "the Great", but this man's love for the poor and his powerful ability to stay true to the faith despite being elevated to the Papacy rightly earned him the title. He was immensely fond of the... Continue Reading →
When Times are Dark, Be Holy
I couldn't really fit what I wanted to say in a post, so I made a video. It's not a very good video, I've never really done that before. I would really like to know if this is something I should do more of, or if I should leave this to better creators. There are... Continue Reading →