Author: Brandon Kraft
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The Great—Olivia! Be Gentle With Your Sister—Silence
The Easter Triduum celebrations of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil of Holy Saturday are some of the most beautiful liturgies in the modern Roman Rite. After 40 long days of Lent preparing ourselves, the big dance is here. Not only Christ’s rising that we celebrate at Easter, but we relive the culmination…
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Review: Living Life In The Zone
For the long-time readers, you know that I have reviewed books from Thomas Nelson as part of their bloggers’ reviewer program. I haven’t written a review in a long time, and soon you’ll know why… I’ve been trying to read Living Life In The Zone by Kyle Rote and Joe Pettigrew for over a year…
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The Cord Has Been Cut
Finally, I made the phone call. As expected, AT&T does not allow you to cancel a portion of their services online, so to actually end the U-Verse TV account, had to call during business hours. I have been dragging my feet. This TV show (on re-runs that we could watch via Netflix at an incredibly…
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The Weird Fish Fry
Whenever you do something on a regular basis, there’s always one time that everything is just “off”. It’s not that it is bad, but just different enough for you to think back on it later that day and take particular note of it. Tonight, the four of us went to St. Ignatius for the…
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Holy Father’s Intentions for April
General Intention: That the Church may offer new generations, through the believable proclamation of the Gospel, ever-new reasons of life and hope. Missionary Intention: That missionaries, with the proclamation of the Gospel and their witness of life, may bring Christ to all those who do not yet know Him.
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Saturday Project: “Kill The Bastards”
I’m generally pretty environmentally-friendly. All of God’s creatures work together to make our little world harmonious. If there’s a pest that I don’t want in my home/yard, push them away. They’re good to someone somewhere, right? I say this to preface my latest “Saturday Project” that I’m entitling “Kill The Bastards”. Yesterday, O and I went outside for…