Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Enough! In my commentary, I always intend to work right up to the edge of politics, but never jump into the chaos down there. I have political opinions, of course, but that’s not my area of expertise. However morality is. And the political immorality, cruelty, crudity, vulgarity, lying, distortion of truth this year have gone […]
Read More »Hallowe’en… Despite what some misguided folks say, Hallowe’en has nothing to do with Satan and his cohort. I’m just using Hallowe’en as an excuse to talk about the Evil One. Hallowe’en itself is a harmless holiday…promoted by dentists? or so I’ve always suspected. Back in my day, Hallowe’en consisted only of kids in costumes going […]
Read More »What? a Friday Post arriving the following Tuesday? I’m sorry if I’ve thrown the cosmic calendar out of whack. All I can say is that recovering from surgery (which is going very well, thank you) seems to have thrown me out of whack. God and the angels willing, this week’s Post will arrive this Friday […]
Read More »In Cedarburg, Wisconsin, my hometown, there are signs pointing to “Cedarburg’s Historic District”. Here is our old mill which dates back to the 1840s, not quite two centuries ago, as do other parts of the downtown. “Historic”, eh? Below is a picture of what remains of the holy Patriarch Abraham’s historic home town, Ur of […]
Read More »I had no idea recovery from surgery would be so much busier than real life. I tried to get working on a fresh new Post for this week, but was continually getting interrupted – sometimes by needful exercise, often by kind people, sometimes by falling asleep. Therefore, here comes another rerun, a tad improved: originally […]
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