"Why did you become Catholic?" If you google "Why I am Catholic" you will come up with a LOT of hits. It would seem to indicate that this is a…
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) 23 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. 2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God of…
While I do think there are degrees of persecution, and as of yet no one in this country is being threatened by systematic enslavement and beheading such as Christians in…
A word in due season. So much here to take to heart, to put into practice daily!! Romans 12 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) The New Life in Christ [su_dropcap]12[/su_dropcap]…
This has been quite a turbulent week for political and religious commentators, in the lead-up to publication of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si. The great wind blowing from both sides…
Doubtless you, like me, find it difficult not to be saddened by the state of western civilization, by wars, by abuse and opression of the weak, the poor, the powerless,…
I grew up listening to my dad's favorite musicians, the Melody Four. In his beautiful tenor voice, he sang along with every song, on every record. One that I loved…
37. The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89). Poems. 1918. WILD air, world-mothering air, Nestling me everywhere, That each eyelash or hair Girdles; goes home betwixt The…
I can't even tell you how happy we were to be a part of the Winkler wedding on Saturday!!! We met Jeff about 13 or 14 years ago, when we…