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The Best in Catholic Blogging

Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood Abortion Business - Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

Investigating Federal Funding, Non-Reporting of Sex Trafficking - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

The Pastoral Response to Homosexuality - Melinda Selmys, First Things/On the Square

Fr. Ray Blake Under Fire - Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

The Gospel & the Origin of Christian Monasticism - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Tyburn Tree Bears Abundant Fruit - Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald

St. Wenceslas, Martyr - Mary Kochan, Catholic Lane

The Crown of St. Wenceslas - John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Time for USCCB to Stop Private Negotiations & Catechize in Public? - The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Serious Discrepancies in USCCB’s Derogations from the GIRM concerning EMHCs - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Salty Music - Bonnie Engstrom - VirtuousPla.net

The Coming Persecution - Kevin O’Brien, StAR

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.