Blithe Spirit Daily

The day's blitz by a fairly astute observer. Moses lays down the law, for his people. Became a message for all, Roman church included. Gospel writers, a new kind of Jew, told us about it, remind us.

Let's face it, God is everywhere. Question is, what are we going to do about it?

Mixtum-gatherum #2: Death's sting. JD Vance said WHAT? Faith, Hope, and What? Hooray for love. The Pope’s condition.

Church Reporter: “Sermons are too long, too personal, disorganized”

Notes of long ago Oak Parker: Bread Kitchen. Columns. Blackwood’s Magazine. Fetus targeted. Rush Limbaugh. Karl Popper. Somerset Maugham. Paul Vallas. Road to Serfdom.

Mass as dangerous to one's mass attendance. The flexible mike. Why are the poor blessed? What about the rich? Hard words from the preaching Jesus.

Mixtum-gatherum #1. Gaza strip: pecking away at a Trump initiative. Pope Francis on immigration: Why so against stopping illegals? Plus, he's another Joe Biden?

'60s made for tricky situations. Idealistic young church worker asked by visiting black-studies prof to buy guns for "the movement." Unabomber and cop-killer. Francis Bacon on marriage.

(POSTED: 8/16/10) The Rev. Jeffrey Keefe’s first encounter with a same-sex-attracted client had a “profound effect” on him, he told priests and other pastoral workers at Mundelein Seminary July, 2010

Priest in business of "helping same-sex-oriented people calm their urges and live chaste lives." Fr. Paul Check at Catholic Citizens of Illinois luncheon July 9, 2010.

14 June 2010: Parishioners asked, pastor supplied forum about clerical abuse. Bishops' man fills them in, answers questions. A multi-faceted report on the scandal and bishops' response . . .

"We pray," the reader says at holy mass. For the end of the world, vote-stealing, political corruption? For God's "loving embrace”? Russell Shaw's American Church. What would John the Baptist say?