Harvey Millican's Blog: Musings of a Trad Dad

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Since it’s a little chilly where I am, I think I’ll bundle up and listen to a good podcast…

In case the embed doesn’t actually show up (the devil would love that), here’s the link.

SOTI Episode 003

I just about died laughing as I saw the following.

Heres the link to the print article of the same.

I llove the fanciful edu-terms like “invested in their legacy” and “disconnect from daily challenges” and “academics” (as if anything of real value is now or has been taught in any brick and mortar school in a long time.

And I’m sorry (not) but did you catch the line about kids who need to be sent away to “alternative school environments” for varying offenses? In many cases, those offenses would merit time in jail were it not for the age of the offender.

You want a real reset for your kids?

Check around your house. I’m pretty sure you have a kitchen, dining room table, living room, and maybe even a patio or your own

And if you’re still not convinced that you can teach your kids yourself, perhaps another video I came across from the same school district will help you realize that you really can’t not homeschool theses days.

Supernerd’s mother died.

Please pray for the eternal repose of her soul. Her son and his family are also in my prayers.

Ave Maria…

St. Louis Catholic sums it up precisely. Only evil can come of this.

Yesterday I shared with you the events of my day – that I had been in a courtroom while a friend of mine spoke to his son’s killer and forgave him and offered him a rosary. It was a draining day for me with a ten hour round trip drive. But it was so much more for my friend.

Friends, being there and witnessing that moment was one of the most gut-wrenching and also beautiful moments of my life. I want to share the actual video of the victim impact statement with you now. It’s 20 minutes long. Please watch the whole thing. But if you are short on time, skip to the 19:00 mark.

After we left the courthouse, we walked across the street to the cathedral church for San Antonio. I hate to divulge the private moments of another person in prayer but I have to tell you that my friend knelt before Our Lord in the tabernacle and hung his head and cried.

Pray for this dear man and his family and for the repose of his son. And pray for the felon.

And STAY CONFESSED.

By all means, please copy the link to the video and share with your friends.

This morning, I sat in a packed courtroom in support of a dear friend. This friend was making a statement to the court as a matter of public record. Two years ago his son, a young man in his early 20’s, was murdered in cold blood. Today, the killer was sentenced and my friend addressed him in court.

The convicted was placed in handcuffs. That was mildly satisfying to behold. He was walked to one side of the courtroom and surrounded by multiple armed sheriff’s officers. Then my friend was allowed to enter the well of the court and, surrounded by prosecutors, faced the man who took his son’s life.

The statement ran about 20 minutes long. It was delivered with an eloquence I could not imagine possessing in that situation. He spoke of his son and the terrible loss his family has suffered. He spoke of justice (the killer got 40 years but will likely be released in 20) and he spoke of grief.

But it was the end of his oration that literally made a hush fall over the courtroom.

He cited the Our Father and it’s “pesky last lines” about forgiveness. And then he said, “I forgive you,” to the man who shattered his family.

He took a rosary out of his pocket and offered to the killer, inviting him to pray this prayer every day of his sentence.

He told the killer that he sincerely hoped that this young man would be in paradise with his son one day.

Friends, it is one thing to know the Catholic faith.

It is quite another to live it.

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us!

Might I implore you, dear readers, to offer a rosary for a friend of mine? I can tell you more later but for now, please ask Our Lady, Mediatrix of all Graces and Mother of Good Counsel, to be with him in the next 24 hours.

Thank you kindly.