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Some fodder from Twitter…
A patron went to @Starbucks this morning and ordered Charlie Kirk’s favorite drink — Mint Majesty with honey.
When their cup came back, it was marked with the word “loser :)” across it.
No customer should ever be mocked or insulted because of what they order or what they… pic.twitter.com/RmZqXEMaMc
— Awake Illinois (@Awake_IL) September 16, 2025
Fifteen years ago #OTD, Pope Benedict XVI gave a landmark address on “the role of religion in political debate” at Westminster Hall, where St. Thomas More was condemned to death in 1535.
Full text: https://t.co/cmWohF8Smx
Video: https://t.co/dzmGJlhi4Z pic.twitter.com/mmHar8gsov
— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) September 17, 2025
Man Who Hasn’t Thought About The Roman Empire In Over A Week Worried He Might Be Trans https://t.co/2vf3sxJUN5 pic.twitter.com/nTvJa4hXG1
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 17, 2025
USCCB remains SILENT on Charlie Kirk in contrast to effusive response after George Floyd’s death.
Six days after and still silence.
READ MORE: https://t.co/9atSegtU1z pic.twitter.com/R019gobkJN
— Sign of the Cross (@CatholicSOTC) September 17, 2025
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good book i’m nearing the end of (and i don’t really want it to end): Greece against Rome by Philp Matyszak. all about the Republic’s first great eastward expansion. easy to see the hand of divine providence a few times
Starbuck’s was always strident in promoting its Marxist-Luciferian ideology and overcharge people for their products while they were at it. Why would people of faith and in touch with the natural law continue to patronize them?
We need to be prudent with what we post and share. As upsetting as the Charlie Kirk situation is, there are several unfortunate parallels that I’m seeing with the left’s cancel culture of the late late 2010s/early 2020s.
Back then it wasn’t uncommon for a post depicting some racial slur or otherwise inappropriate remark written on a wall/cup/receipt to end up being completely fake. Do we have anything to support that the Starbucks post is legitimate, and wasn’t just something the buyer didn’t write in sharpie afterwords?
We mustn’t pretend like it’s just folks on the left that will stoop to these levels of childish antics for the sake of attention. If the pendulum is swinging the other direction, that’s great, but what does it matter if society as a whole just continues in the same vices? Lying is wrong regardless of which side is doing it. I don’t see either side suggesting penance, self-denial, or forgiveness. How can we possibly hope that things will get better as long as we continue to avoid the cross?
I saw at the top of your blog a black and white photo, showing a woman kneeling as a priest walks by. Can you tell me, where was the photo taken? The pavement and the truck in the background remind me of Czechia, where I live. But I suppose it could be anywhere in Europe, circa World War II.
TiberSwimTeam: I briefly caught that image when I logged in but it disappeared before I could fully take it all in. However, I’d say it’s in the 1950s at latest – could be wrong.
In any event, the Priest is vested in soutane, cotta and stole and is probably carrying the Blessed Sacrament on a sick-call. I remember my mother (born 1919) saying that it wasn’t unusual to see this here in Ireland back in those days, especially in towns when cars were few enough and rampant suburbanisation hadn’t yet happened and people still lived in towns, near to their parish churches. Hence the large number of churches in town centres – now, alas, rarely anywhere near full… :-(
jaykay – Another thing about the photo, it looks like there’s a layman carrying a lamp or light ahead of the priest. It looks to me like it could be anytime 1930s-1950s at the latest, as you said. As I wrote before, it looks like a scene from Czechia — but who knows, presumably it’s somewhere in Europe.
Tiber: yes, and he’s also ringing a little bell.
The lantern reminded me of a similar scene, albeit in a 19th c. painting, in the National Gallery here in Ireland (although, as explained below it, it’s set in Europe):
http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/11675/a-sick-call