We are so grateful to the Heights School for partnering with us in forming our sons. I never tire of hearing the wisdom of the headmaster.
“Young men respond readily to the adventure of growing in virtues—even little virtues like keeping order, punctuality, studiousness, and truthfulness—if it is presented to them not just as a series of…
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What a nutty day in Augusta. But he did it!
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5 ONE-BREATH PRAYERS FOR OVERWHELMED MOMENTS
1. Be still, my anxious heart. (Psalm 46:10)
2. Not my strength, but Yours. (Philippians 4:13)
3. Christ before me, Christ within me. (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
4. In this chaos, You remain. (Hebrews 13:8)
5. I offer this frustration as incense. (Psalm 141:2)
Sometimes the deepest prayers aren't long, just honest.
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“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural cure for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.'“
—Simone Weil
Blessed Holy Week to all—
Daughter 1: bye, love you
Me: love you!
Daughter 2: bye, love you
Me: love you!
Elderly drop off line lady closing the door: bye
Me: bye, love you
Lady: 😮🥰 love you too!
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Angel in the Waters (amzn.to/3RUhG0c) is a modern* classic, and the best for talking about a new sibling growing. Parents are gonna cry though.
*anything post-dating my childhood is modern.
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I’m happy to be a new subscriber to Mental Health Movement by Dr. Jake. Having journeyed through dementia with both of my parents (Mom: Parkinson’s related, Daddy: Lewy Body), I saw the challenges they faced every day. Anything I can do to minimize my own risk is a priority for me. I’m grateful to Dr. Jake for creating posts like this that spell out some simple ways to improve my habits.
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Happy #TaxDay to all who celebrate. Not to brag, but I paid my taxes over a year ago. Good luck!
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Luigimania has its spokesperson.
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I’m interested in what and might have to say about this trajectory. Anyone from the Progress Community want to opine?
The Cross is the way of Paradise, but only when it’s borne willingly.
—St. Paul of the Cross
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Spencer Klavan absolutely nails it. The only way we can grow in morality is by experience. Experience gives wisdom. Wisdom allows us to see more clearly what God wants of us
With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?
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>Wants to read Maximus the Confessor
>To understand Maximus, must read Dionysius the Areopagite
>To understand Dionysius, must read Neoplatonism
>To understand Neoplatonism, must read Plato
That's a couple days sorted, then
They knew that Rumeysa Ozturk had done nothing wrong. They sent masked men to grab and detain her anyway.
They knew Abrego Garcia had a protection order from deportation. They sent him to a foreign jail anyway.
They know the Supreme Court has told them that Abrego Garcia must be returned. They don’t care.
There is no debate any more. This president is a direct threat to the Constitution of the United States.
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Trump just signed the first crypto bill by any president in the world. Amid all the noise, this is likely to mean multiple things.
Most importantly, it would dictate how regulation around decentralised finance ecosystem evolves in the world's largest economy.
This afternoon I prayed the Angelus in our family room. Looking under my TV I am reminded of what this week truly means.
This picture shows our table with our La Pieta next to my wife’s and my Confirmation Saints, (St. Thomas More and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton).
What devotion do you cling to in your home?
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Do you back RFK Jr. in his effort to BAN all pharmaceutical companys commercials on national TV?
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BREAKING: Should White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continue wearing the cross during press conferences?
YES or NO?
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to hear the conversation that must have been going on when Joe Biden showed up with the Jill on his arm, smiling and waving and ostentatiously elbow-bumping. It would be like coming to a family gathering where your favorite uncle shows up after a very messy divorce, and where he got all of the community property; he has a story to tell, and everyone is ready to drop everything to hear all the dirty details! And Joe Biden is an Irish storyteller …
"As the saying goes, we can hate Trump, but we cannot hate his supporters, because they are us."
They are also his victims. Thay will need our support to recover from his manipulations. It will take a while for them to ba able to accept it, though.
No. They are not us. They are 42% of us, consisting primarily of the most willfully ignorant elements of the population, or, to put it another way, 60% of white Americans (80% in the South) and almost nobody else. We can hate them, dislike them, ignore them, talk to them, invite them to dinner, do with them whatever we’re comfortable with. Doesn’t matter. They will not change. The only thing that matters, the only thing we must do, is to outvote them. And that monumental task will require all the able citizens among us to work our tails off for, probably, the rest of our lives.
And direct our energy to where it will be more effective: the 40% independent voters in the middle. Moneyed far right groups are aggressively going after them. So must we.
People who don’t name a political party in their voter registration are predominantly people who usually vote for Republicans and are mostly unconvertible. Our most effective opportunities are in making sure Americans with non-European ancestors get registered to vote, get to the polls, and cast votes. Depending on the demographic, 70% to 90% of Americans with non-European ancestors vote for Democrats.
Party stats are about 30% Republicans + 40% Independents + 30% Democrats. Stacey Abrams’ secret to success was going after traditionally perceived unreachable or unlikely voters.
Stacy Abrams accomplished the miracle in Georgia by getting an unprecedented voter turnout among the 44% of the Georgia electorate who have non-European ancestors. She did not waste her time trying to convince white voters, Independent or not, to vote for Democrats. White voters in Georgia with even a remote inclination to vote Democratic did so with no encouragement from Stacy Abrams. Many of those voters helped her with her project. The same miracle can be accomplished through energetic, well…
Those may be our private judgments with regard to that hard core of unteachables within the Trump voter base. You may recall Hillary Clinton's reference to Trump supporters as 'deplorables', and how that appellation played out in the states that Clinton lost. You cannot merely dismiss these people; and therefore, you need to at least try to see the world as they do, because how they see the world will pretty much dictate how they respond to it. Our job is to reframe the conversation in ways tha…
There is no common ground. They prefer a white autocracy to a democracy without a systemic bias favoring the white population. Every hour or dollar spent trying to convince white voters to vote for Democrats would get ten times as many Democratic votes if it were applied to the task of getting Americans with non-European ancestors registered to vote and to the polls to cast their votes. We have enough votes to outvote them but just barely. Hardly a vote to spare and no time or money to spare in…
I disagree, vehemently. There is common ground if you're willing to look for it. We didn't always have these divisions, until we allowed social media companies to monopolize the conversation. Your post assumes facts not in evidence, that white people uniformly are in a state of insurrection and rebellion against what our nation stands for. That unfounded echo chamber amplifies noise over dialogue. There is nothing that cannot be negotiated to serve the common good. We have always adhered…
Well said.
I hate that I have to agree with you, but I do.
The Consular Newsletter (March 10-16, 2025) has been released. As part of broader shifts, the United States has implemented visa revocations, while Algeria is reported to have suspended consular relations in Southern France as a retaliatory move.
