St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

XVI. Knees

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Not as in “The Knights who say NI!!!“, but the body part. Catholics like knees. More importantly, Catholics like being on their knees. It’s a sign of respect, humility, and in some rare cases, the opposite of humility, “God, I thank you that I am not like that politician…”.
Men have at times [...]

XV. Being Behind Protestants

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Since the publication of the Gutenberg Bible using movable type several hundred years ago, Catholics have always seemed on the back end of trends.
Can you name anything that Catholics can claim as their own since, say, the 1600’s? Let’s take a look at the list:

Bible covers. If you are Protestant you can find a cover [...]

XI. Relics

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Give Us A Hand– Catholics Love Relics!
“In Budapest, the procession of the faithful was led by the Holy Right Hand of St. Stephen” was the lead in an article on the basilica there. And no, the Holy Right Hand is not an organization calling itself that. The “Holy Right” is the mummified right hand [...]

VII. Holy Water

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

At the top of the list of stuff that Catholics like is holy water. Holy water is great stuff and unlike bottled water is absolutely free! Now I am not talking about the worst Bad Company album ever titled Holy Water, but water that has been blessed and can be found in any Catholic [...]