Perpetual Adoration » Purity

Does The Name Really Matter?

Harry — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:52:00 +0000

When I graduated from a public high school 36 years ago (1975), no one in high school talked openly about homosexuality. There were some rumors about one of our teachers, but that was it. If there were any students who were homosexual, nobody knew about it because it was never discussed.

That was not the case in college. I attended a public university from 1975 to 1979. At that time, steps had already been taken at [...] Read More »

A Change In Behavior To The Dark Side

Harry — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:36:08 +0000

I’ve only been to one high school reunion since graduating in May of 1975. I never had the desire to attend one until I received a letter in 1995 inviting me to the 20 year reunion. After I received the invitation, I tracked down my best friend from high school. He was living in Chicago at the time, was married, and had two children. Like me, he had not gone to any of the previous [...] Read More »

A Prowler In The House

Harry — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:46:13 +0000

About 10 years ago I stopped by another attorney’s office to talk to him about a case we were working on together. After we were finished discussing the case, I asked him how his two sons were doing. He responded by telling me that he had recently caught his 18 year old son viewing pornography on the internet. I asked him how he handled the situation and he said he told his son it was [...] Read More »

Mad Dirty Impure Men

Harry — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:30:58 +0000

For the past couple of month, articles have been popping up all over the place talking about the upcoming fourth season of the “award winning” television show, Mad Men. The show has won numerous awards for its “historical authenticity” and “visual style,” including four Golden Globes and nine Emmys.

I didn’t know this until recently, but apparently the marketing departments for shows like Mad Men customarily send out, in advance, DVDs of the first 4 episodes [...] Read More »

Lady Gaga Is NOT A Real “Lady”

Harry — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:29:36 +0000

I have a rule that my teenage daughters are not allowed to download any songs from the Internet to play on their iPods until I’ve given my approval. Do you know what I call the wires that come out of an iPod and connect onto the small earphones that go into a teenager’s ears? Pipelines. Here’s what travels through those pipelines: (1) sewage that is pumped directly into our children’s brains (and imaginations) that will [...] Read More »

The Two Greatest Desires

Harry — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:46:13 +0000

We’ve covered The Idling Man and The Passion Bridge. The last critical lesson I believe every Catholic girl must be taught before she is allowed to go out on a date with a boy is: The Two Greatest Desires.

You may have heard of Fr. Clair Bourdereaux. He was a Franciscan priest who was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in downtown Peoria in 1976. He remained there for 19 years (until his death in January of [...] Read More »

The Passion Bridge

Harry — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:45:45 +0000

In last week’s article, The Unspoken Invitation, I told you there are 3 lessons I think every Catholic girl must be taught before she is allowed to go out on a date with a boy. I covered the first lesson last week: The Idling Man. This week I want to tell you about The Passion Bridge.

I met my wife, Georgette, during the summer of 1978 (between my junior and senior year in college). Even though [...] Read More »

The Unspoken Invitation

Harry — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:30:49 +0000

One Saturday evening in the early 1970’s (when I was in high school) I was watching the Miss Universe pageant on television with some of my brothers. At one point my mom walked into the room. On the TV screen was Miss Lebanon strutting around in a bikini. When my mom saw her she said (in a repulsive tone of voice), “She’s really ugly!” I immediately responded to my mom’s comment by saying, “No she’s [...] Read More »

It’s Tiger Hunting Season

Harry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:04 +0000

If you pay any attention to sports, Internet news sites, or television, you already know what’s going on with Tiger Woods. On Friday, November 27th at approximately 2:25 a.m., Tiger crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a neighbor’s tree.

When the police arrived, they found him lying on the ground with his wife, Elin, by his side. He was unconscious and had blood on his lips. His wife reportedly told the police that she had busted out [...] Read More »