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Praying for the Election of the Roman Pontiff
March 11, 2013 Nothing is more important right now for Catholics and for the world than electing a holy and capable man to the throne of Peter. He will either be a light in the darkness as many of his...
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Newsflash: Pope Francis is Catholic
March 14, 2013 Yesterday the conclave elected Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, who took the name “Francis” as the successor to St. Peter. The usual suspects within the Catholic Church began flipping out...
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Loving Pope Francis
March 15, 2013 Humility We can tell a lot about a person from his non-verbals – how he carries himself, his gestures, the tone of his voice and facial expressions. From the beginning one of the most...
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EWTN Daily News Program on Its Way
June 3, 2013 July 29 marks the beginning of daily newscasts from an office near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. by EWTN, one of the world’s largest religious broadcasting operations. Thank you Mother...
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Francis Cardinal George on Jesus
July 31, 2013 Jesus is merciful, but he is not stupid; he knows the difference between right and wrong. –Francis Cardinal George, OMI Archbishop of Chicago Today I ran across an article at CNA...
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Pope Calls for Day of Fast and Prayer
September 3, 2013 Pope Francis at his September 1st Angelus talk pleaded for all Christians everywhere to fast and pray for peace on Saturday, September 7, the vigil of the Nativity of Mary. To this...
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Magnetic Pull of the Holy Spirit
September 4, 2013 Today I read the conversion story of Father Jurgen Liias at the Coming Home Network. I urge all readers to visit there and be inspired by his journey. One paragraph struck me because...
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Audio Sancto Sermons Series
September 9, 2013 Copyright free image from morgueFile Today I added a new link to my Blogroll, Audio Sancto. This site has sermons by various Catholic priests in good standing with their bishops and...
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Life, Dignity, and Disability Conference
September 10, 2013 Today I received an email from Human Life International promoting a partnering with the Nebraska Bishops’ Pro-Life Office and the Archdiocese of Omaha Respect Life Apostolate to...
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Why Not Be a Saint?
February 5, 2014 Rooster with pearls by unknown Flemish goldsmith, c.1570s Sermon written (but, alas, never preached owing to a winter storm) for Mass at Christendom College on the Feast of St. Agnes,...
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Chaplet for the Conversion of Priests
June 18, 2014 Sermon of St. Martin, c. 1490, unknown Master, Hungarian, Tempera on wood, 101,5 x 89,5 cm, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest* Back in 1999 when I spent an hour in Adoration one day, I...
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Corpus Christi Sermon from Fontgombault Abbey
June 19, 2014 Corpus Christi Procession in Mrzezyno, Poland, June 3, 2010, courtesy of Wikimedia Today is the feast of Corpus Christi, observed in most of the world, but not in the USA which transfers...
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Inside the Cloister
June 27, 2014 Every now and then when we were children our Mother would exclaim in exasperation, “I should have gone into the convent!” It was always because our behavior had gotten her to the breaking...
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Fruit of the Holy Spirit: Benignity
October 9, 2014 St. Gregory the Great, Titian, via Wikimedia In a recent post, Fruit of the Holy Spirit: Continency, I opened the door to discovering a deeper meaning than self-control for continency....
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Cardinal Pell on the Synod of the Family
October 18, 2014 Faithful Catholics the world over have been deeply concerned about the machinations going on at the Synod these past weeks. I am no exception. While I firmly believe that Jesus meant...
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