Author: Brandon Kraft

  • madman explored

    Back in February, I posted a quote from G.K. Chesterton: “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.” I’ve been thinking more about this quote lately and the more I would have to agree. Logic, reasoning, deductive insight are all…

  • hot stuff

    After a little Easter delay, I have something worth typing out to post. Tonight, I was over at John’s to have dinner with him, Christy and Stephanie. He’s cooking some chicken for dinner when he moves a hot piece of glassware towards the sink. Then BAM- the glass, and all the hot oil inside, it…

  • for this is the day

    This is the day the Lord has made- let us rejoice and be glad. I’m waiting for Pope John Paul’s Urbi et Orbi message as I get ready for bed so I thought I would spend the wait writing a short message. Holy Saturday was a good day. I went over to Marion’s for lunch…

  • we sit and wait

    This is Holy Saturday. A baptist friend of mine asked me tonight what happened today since I’ve been giving him a little daily rundown of Holy Week and the Triduum. Simply, we sit. We pray. We wait. I was reading the liturgical texts for tonight’s Easter Vigil, when the Light of Christ shines forth once…

  • application on the way

    For those keeping score at home, (c.f. ACC 310F professor) I submitted the first part of my application to the Priestly Formation Program yesterday to the Diocese. I still have quite a bit left including those long “Why do you feel called to be thinking about sorta kinda wanting to maybe someday think about and…

  • when is non-knowledge lying?

    When is non-knowledge lying? What is non-knowledge? Non-knowledge is knowledge that exists but you are not aware of it. For example, person A asks you if you know John Doe. You know John Doe but only by face, not by name. When you tell the person “No, I don’t know John Doe”, does that constitute…