Tom Scotus

 One of our readers recently claimed that Saint Gabriel’s Newsroom lacks focus.

I’m old enough to remember the 1960s cultural revolution. Actually, it only really got going by the mid-sixties and petered out by about 1973.

Our Lady is the most important person in the Bible, after our Lord. Yet, she says very little. When she experiences the awesome mystery of the first Christmas, she says nothing that is recorded in the gospel narratives. “She treasured all these things in her heart and pondered them” (Luke 2:19).

A man walks along a beach and finds a sand castle. “How wonderful nature is!” he thinks. “Look at how the wind and the tide has shaped this pile of sand to look just like a castle!”

For the first time in history, it seems, we are being told that what we believe really isn’t that important.

I recently did a survey of swear words in various languages. They included many of the same words used in English…

It was no surprise to me that the U.S. Supreme Court recently gave same-sex “marriage” a big boost. I knew it was coming. I’ve noticed a pattern when it comes to culture-changing Supreme Court decisions.

Why do some men, with big muscles, often wear muscle shirts? You know, the kind without any sleeves? Or, why do some people, whose arms are completely decorated with tattoos, so often wear short sleeve shirts?

As a child, I loved superhero TV shows and comic books. They made everything seem so simple. Arch villain on the loose? Police can’t stop him? What to do? Easy, call Batman on the bat phone!

After having written several editorials and letters-to-the-editor on a certain subject, I’m simply not going to write about it anymore.