Today's best from Catholic bloggers

Is nothing sacred? Apparently not. Reflecting on another absurdity in the news...
Msgr. Charles Pope
We live in a culture where, increasingly, any sense of the sacred is being lost. The thought that something could be sacred, special, holy, or somehow “off-limits” is bewildering to many. Indeed many secularists consider those who do see some things as sacred, to be stuffy and somehow arrogant.


Italian astronaut glimpsed God's beauty while in space
By David Kerr
The Italian astronaut who spoke to Pope Benedict XVI from space says that being in orbit inspires deep contemplation and raises the mind and heart to God. “It’s the beauty,” Roberto Vittori told CNA, “the beauty of the earth seen from space, the beauty of nature, the beauty of the blue planet,” which show “there must be something beyond science and technology.”

How the Christ hides Himself in order to reveal Himself...

Taylor Marshall

Christ our Lord is the hidden Savior. He is the opposite of a celebrity. He kept His ministry hidden. Even His public teaching is shrouded in parables. One might suppose that after His resurrection He would have gone to the Temple in Jerusalem and preached His inaugural sermon as the resurrected King of Glory. He did not.

The must-watch video of the day...

Deacon Greg Kandra
This popped up over the weekend and is making the rounds of the interwebs. Take a couple minutes and watch — and then send it around. It comes from Americans United for Life.