random thoughts for a Thursday

1. The McCarrick Mystique Oh please. This tribute to Cardinal McCarrick is so sweet that it should have a warning notice that it's dangerous for diabetics to read.
   
   
2. What's up with all the sudden media interest in the Catholic church?The Philadelphia Enquirer is running a front page series on bitter Catholics and the Washington Post sent someone on safari to Old Saint Mary's in DC to watch the Tridentine Mass.
   
   
3. I was reading the Pope's biography, Milestones 1927-1977. In it he mentions that there were 40 or 50 guys in his ordination class in 1951. This year American Catholics were told to rejoice because a whopping 17 men were ordained in Nebraska and all of 12 were ordained in the DC diocese. How far we have fallen.
   
4. There will be Eucharistic Adoration at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, DC on June 19th. Young Fr. Caulfield will give the homily and offer confession. If you're in the city stop by.
   
5. Matt Abbot has a lovely article about a fine Catholic family who run an extraordinary internet business.
   
6. One of these days I'm going read a book on Paul VI. He sure seems to have done a lot of weeping fits. Devout Life has an odd little tale abut one them.