Ryan Kraeger is a cradle Catholic homeschool graduate, currently serving as an Army Special Forces Medical Sergeant, stationed on the West Coast. He enjoys reading, thinking, and conversation, the making and eating of gourmet pizza, shooting and martial arts, and the occasional dark beer. His website is The Man Who Would Be Knight.
Home has never been a place for me. I have been so many places in my life. I have a special nostalgia for the farming country of Upstate NY, especially in the Summer, and the Fall. And the Spring. And the Winter. That’s because I grew up there, and I guess in a certain sense [...]
In light of the bombing in Boston today, a lot of people are feeling shock, anger, outrage. The news media is circling the scene of the crime like vultures, feeding on the ratings that such a sensational event will inevitably generate. Many Americans are experiencing feelings of fear, vulnerability, and helplessness. The few who actually [...]
This is going to be another blog about Benedict XVI’s resignation, but it isn’t really about him. In the last few weeks people have been talking pretty much non-stop about his choice to resign and the College of Cardinals and possible successors. There are even odds by international betting houses on who will be the [...]
The fight is joined that took so long to prepare The Serpent will be routed from his usurped lair. The King invades the land with banners unfurled In the final breaching of a stubborn world Vainly set against her righteous Lord. See, He rides to battle with two-edged sword. The moment ripe, He launches the [...]
This is part II. Part one is at The Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, the Blind. Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. [...]
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And [...]
“The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, whie Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him. And the angel of the Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this man not a brand snatched [...]
Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” My brother and I spent the the Labor Day four-day weekend with my Bible study group at a beach [...]
This is a post I wrote for my youngest brother who leaves for basic training next week. I would appreciate it if everyone could say a prayer for him sometime this week. Dear Matthew, You are going to Basic Training next week. You already read the book. In fact, you read the book before it [...]
I had no idea when I wrote my last post that it would generate so much controversy. I certainly had no idea it would offend so many people. I assure you I meant no offense against anyone. The whole post started out as a private joke in a conversation with my cousin, and since the concept struck [...]
In the last few months since I subscribed to Auntie Seraphic,* I have repeatedly seen the acronyms “NCB” and “NCG” plastered all over the single young adult Catholic blogosphere. I was mystified at first until slowly, by examining the context and by repetition, I learned that they stand for “Nice Catholic Boy” and “Nice Catholic [...]
In March of 2007, less than a month after I had turned twenty-two years old, I was deployed to Afghanistan with my engineer unit. I would remain in Afghanistan, with the exception of twenty day’s vacation in January of 2008, for the next fifteen months. At that point in my life my faith was quietly [...]
Recently, in reaction to the breaking news about Planned Parenthood performing gender specific abortions, a bill was introduced into Congress seeking to make gender specific abortion illegal. The bill did not pass the House of Representatives, sparking something of a furor, not only from pro-life groups, but also from women’s rights groups. I, [...]
For this symposium on mercy and killing most of the writers have been weighing in on the issues of euthanasia and abortion, and with good reason. These are the strongest manifestations of our culture of death. They are the most obvious symptoms of a disease that threatens our society, and even our entire race. In [...]
“Man’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation for the saint–” Today was a jump day. I had to jump out of a Chinook. This is one of the occupational hazards of my day job, that periodically they [...]
Happy Easter Everyone! Just wanted to share my cousin’s online magazine. First issue was released today! Check them out! (That’s three exclamation point’s in four sentences, by the way. Expect a corresponding level of awesomeness.)
One of the catchphrases thrown around by Catholic higher education is the phrase, “Catholic liberal arts education.” Most of these Catholic Liberal Arts institutions do a good job explaining exactly what they mean by it, but to the target audience the phrase has the same effect as any other catch phrase in advertising. It causes [...]
If ya’ll aren’t already Valentined out, here is a story a little on the lighter side of the whole love and romance theme. Granted, for most of you Valentine’s day is over, but here on the west coast there are still a few hours left of hearts (although you won’t find any of those in [...]
Yesterday I went to Mass before going to work. It was only a weekday Mass, even if it was the feast of the Presentation, so the church was mostly empty. One of the things about this parish that I don’t particularly care for is that at the sign of peace, everyone leaves their pew and [...]
His Right Dishonourable Loathsomeness, Master Thugfang, is a demon of great infamy among academic circles. He is a frequent columnist for “Tempter’s Times”, an assistant editor for “Wickedness Weekly” and current chair of Tempter’s Training College’s Department of Defense Against the White Arts, after the sudden disappearance of the most recent head under mysterious circumstances. [...]
I think I should probably get out more. Apparently there is a video that went viral (is it just me, or does that phrase just sound bad?) on the internet of a young man standing in a parking lot rapping about why he hates religion but loves Jesus. I heard about it through the responses [...]
When I lived in Fort Bragg I would sometimes drive to a Church forty minutes away so that I could attend a Tridentine rite Latin Mass. It was so worth the drive, although the drive itself was a forty minute time for prayer, and therefore quite worthwhile in its own right. I was mildly amused [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
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