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The details of my first visit to the Tomb of the Unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery are permanently etched in my mind. My family and I were on a sight-seeing vacation to Washington, DC and I was a just entering my teen years. I was at that age – you know the one –…
I’m starting something new here at Saints 365! Each Saturday, I’ll share several blog posts, articles, videos, or podcasts that I have read, watched or listened to the previous week that have touched me. There is such a wealth of great material in the vast wide world of Catholic writing and I am hoping…
Pope Francis and the Holy Spirit – two of my very favorite things! Below are five of my favorite quotes about the Holy Spirit from our Holy Father. I wonder how different my life would be if I lived out these words in every moment of every day. I wonder how different our church and…
My family and I were blessed this past weekend to attend the Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate in our Diocese. A young man, whose journey to the priesthood we have been privileged to witness and be part of, was being ordained along with three other men. The Ordination Mass was just heavenly. There was so…
Max Lucado’s children’s book You Are Special (Max Lucado’s Wemmicks) is a favorite of mine and a beautiful story with many facets to it and much to be learned from it. It is a sad story of judgment; of pride and slavery; of sin and brokenness. It is also a beautiful story of witness and hope –…
At a Sunday afternoon Regina Caeli address, Pope Francis instructed the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square to:“Bother your pastors, disturb your pastors, all of us pastors, so that we will give you the milk of grace, of doctrine, and of guidance.” (watch the short 2 minute video of his address below)The Pope spoke these…
Last weekend, my family and I were blessed to attend the “Awakening the Domestic Church Conference” in Norfolk, VA . There we were privileged to hear Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, who has been the preacher to the Papal Household for the past 30 years, deliver three powerful teachings. I have read many of Fr. Cantalamessa’s books…
It’s a idea with a lot of merit, but I think we have to stipulate that the POWs be given their seats in Congress. Otherwise our Congresscritters might return to continue making war on us.
So this past weekend, I put up a little silly game about taking a single letter from a book, TV show or film title and seeing what you wind up with (“Lord of the Rigs: Lure fishing in Middle Earth”). Lots of people responded with some very funny stuff. But one reader, JJG, has gone…
Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream Of A Silicon Reich …and a little follow up by the same guy: Give Dictatorship A Chance? She writes: I think your past concerned postings about this lunatic group are vindicated even though most readers (myself included) dismiss them as educated lunatics. However, they do seem to have some influence on billionaires…