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  • I’ve setup the social notes on my site to crosspost to Threads for awhile, but I literally haven’t logged in to it in a year or more. I’m gonna call it and kill the account. Follow me at kraft.blog or mastodon or bsky.

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  • Providence Governs Us

    The greatest good is God: Boethius learned and now teaches us not to succumb to fatalism, which extinguishes hope. He teaches us that fate does [not] govern our lives — Providence does and Providence has a face. You can speak to Providence because Providence is God. Pope Benedict XVI spoke yesterday about the two ancient…

  • Where’s My Phone?!?

    Something I stumbled across today, Where’s My Cell Phone?, a website that will simply call your phone so you can find it through ringing. A very simple idea and it claims not to remember your number. I haven’t used the site myself, but it seems like something useful.

  • blog moved….

    Hey everyone, I just realized that I never actually announced on this blog that I’m wrapping up new development on “Random Musings” and moving to a new home at “Praying Young”. The new site is accessible, like this one was, at brandonkraft.com but the RSS/Atom feed is different. Random Musings will be kept online in…

  • Uncle Billy’s Beer and BBQ

    Last night, I dined at Uncle Billy’s BBQ & Brewery in Austin on Barton Springs Drive along the Restaurant Row for beers and an evening snack (ate a large lunch, so just needed a little to tie me over). The BBQ wasn’t too bad—being from Texas, I have a high standard for anything related to…

  • Catholics Coming Home

    I found a great website for those interested in returning to the Catholic Church. Catholics Coming Home is a great resource for anyone who had left the Church and is considering coming back. It encourages people to connect to a local parish and become reintegrated into the faith community. Pass it along to someone you…

  • 150 Years and growing

    Let us pray: Gracious God, we know that you are present today as you were at our founding. We thank you for the pastoral vision of Servant of God, Fr. Isaac Thomas Hecker and the missionary zeal of his companions. We ask that you bless our Paulist family. Inspire us to use our gifts to…