Archives for the ‘Commentary’ Category

The Holy Father’s Letter to the Bishops – Commentary

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Commentary

I began to write a blog article concerning the Holy Father’s letter to the Bishops of the world concerning the lifting of 1988 excommunications of those bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre but quickly found myself writing in Father Z style.  Here…



My Letter to the Editor

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Commentary

My Letter to the editor in response to the Abbeville Meridionals' Editorial. Let's see if it gets printed.

Dear Editor,

This letter is in response to the editorial run in Abbeville Meridional on January 21, 2009 concerning President George Bush. Realizing this…



The True Cost of SMS/MMS Messages

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

Always wondered why SMS Text Messages were so expensive?  Apparently its sheer greediness.  Check out this article

 http://gthing.net/the-true-price-of-sms-messages/



USCCB in bed with Sun Myung Moon?

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

Picture located at http://realsunmyungmoon.blogspot.com/Those of my readers who listen to podcasts and read blogs are most probably aware of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and their dealings in New Media – specifically the Catholic Communications Campaign.  Coincidentally the Second Collection at Mass…



Its Lent and Easter is coming soon…you need a Catholic Speaker don’t you?

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Commentary

If your parish is in need of a Catholic speaker on any topic, I'd like to refer you to CMGBooking.com, the internet's premier site for booking top notch Catholic Speakers, and I'm not just saying that because they represent me. …



The Nature of Worship

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

"Worship becomes a feast that the community gives itself, a festival of self-affirmation.  Instead of being worship of God, it becomes a circle closed in on itself: eating, drinking, and making merry.  The dance around the golden calf is an…



Man and his institutions

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Commentary

"When man and his institutions climb too high, they need to be cut back; what has become too big must be brought back to simplicity and poverty of the Lord himself.  It is only by undergoing such processes of dying…



Morality of Contraception

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Commentary

There has been recent buzz in the news as of late concerning the Bishops in Connecticut and their statement concerning the administering of emergency contraception, a portion of which I quote:

Nonetheless, to administer Plan B pills in Catholic hospitals to…



Pet Peeve

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Oct 10th, 2007 • Category: Commentary

Its amazing how small things can bother one but recently I keep seeing the same word misspelled.  When a man is ordained a Deacon he is ordained to the Diaconate, not Deaconate.  For some reason few can seem to get…



Ubi Caritas et Amor…

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Sep 17th, 2007 • Category: Commentary

The first line of the ancient latin hymn "Ubi Caritas" goes like this "Ubi Caritas et Amor, Deus Tibi est."  For those of you who don’t read latin, this line of most often translated as "Where charity and love is,…