May 4, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Peter Chanel, Catherine of Siena, Pope Pius V, Marculf, Athanasius, James the Lesser, and Florian, please pray for us.

April 27, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Katharine Drexel, Casimir, John Joseph of the Cross, Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes, Perpetua & Felicity, John of God, Frances of Rome, Dominic Savio, John Ogilvie, Leander of Seville, Maximilian, Louise de Marillac, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Patrick, Cyril of Jerusalem, Joseph (Husband of Mary), Salvator of Horta, Nicholas Owen, Turibius of Mogrovejo, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Catherine of Genoa, Lazarus, Catharine of Bologna, Ludovico of Casoria, Peter Regalado, Stephen of Mar Saba, Hugh of Grenoble, Francis of Paola, Benedict the African, Isidore of Seville, Vincent Ferrer, Crescentia Hoess, John Baptist de La Salle, Julie Billiart, Casilda, Magdalen of Canossa, Stanislaus, Teresa of Los Andes, Martin I, Bernadette Soubirous, Benedict Joseph Labre, Gianna Beretta Molla, Conrad of Parzham, Anselm, Adalbert of Prague, George, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Mark, Pedro de San José Betancur, Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort, Peter Chanel, Catherine of Siena, and Pius V, and Blessed Angela Salawa, John of Parma, Peter Gonzalez, Caesar de Bus, and James Oldo, and celebrating the Annunciation of the Lord, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXV: James Brown knows how to "Make It Funky"

     Tonite we feature what may be some of the funkiest funk available, by the godfather of soul/funk, James Brown, i.e., the nattily named "Make It Funky Part 1 Thru 4":

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXIV: Funkadelic's "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause"

     Tonite we feature the supremely funkily-named Funkadelic's "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause"--a fine piece of advice--from the 1972 scarily-titled album "America Eats Its Young":

     Funk it up!

March 2, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Angela Merici, Thomas Aquinas, Sarbelius & Barbea, Aldegunais, John Bosco, Brigid of Ireland, Joan de Lestonnac, Blaise, Joan of Valois, Agatha, Paul Miki, Moses, Jerome Emiliani, Apollonia, Scholastica, Paschal, Buonfiglio Monaldo, Catherine de Ricci, Valentine, Walfrid, Daniel, Alexis Falconieri, Simon, Wulfric, Severian, Margaret of Cortona, Polycarp, John Theristus, Tarasius, Isabel of France, Leander of Seville, Pope Hilarius, David, and Blessed Charles the Good and Alvarez of Corova, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXIII: Bl Sab's "Symptom of the Universe"

     Tonite we feature Black Sabbath (!) and their "Symptom of the Universe" off 1975's "Sabotage". Part of the reason it is "funky" is that in the second half of the song, things unexpectedly segue into a Doobie Borthers/Santana type thing:

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXII: empty!