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July 2022

July 23, 2022

Top 5 Qualities of a Heroic Father

Pursuing heroic Catholic fatherhood in today's hectic and often outright hostile world isn't easy. Check...

September 2019

September 12, 2019

St. Franciscus Ch’oe Gyeong-Hwan, Pray for Us!

In an age of villainous Catholics subverting, disregarding, or working against the faith - and...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Alone in the Desert

I can’t be the only lonely Catholic man.

August 26, 2019

Ever-Expanding Love

Love exists, right? We know it does. We see it in a mother’s tender embrace,...

August 25, 2019

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

In the ancient Levant, the queen of the nation was not usually the wife of...

August 24, 2019

Facing sex-abuse charges voluntarily adds more weight to Cdl. Pell’s claim of innocence

Facing sex-abuse charges voluntarily adds more weight to Cdl. Pell’s claim of innocence —...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

The Proclamation of the Kingdom

In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea saying, "Repent,...

March 02, 2019

The Finding of Jesus Christ in the Temple

In writing these Rosary Reflections, I often seek Jesus. But I do so in a...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

The Wedding at Cana

Jesus Christ, fully man and fully God, told his mother it wasn't time for him...

February 27, 2019

The Assumption of Mary

"Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course...

February 26, 2019

The Carrying of the Cross

Physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted, Our Lord was forced to carry his own instrument of...

February 24, 2019

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Huddled once more, the apostles hid in the Upper Room. The Lord had returned for...

February 22, 2019

The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns

Even though they spat on him; laughed at him; beat him; mocked him; drove a...

February 21, 2019

The Baptism of Jesus

Satan surely thought he was foolish. St. John, the Baptist obviously thought himself unworthy. But...

February 20, 2019

The Ascension of Jesus Christ

The Ascension of Jesus Christ is a joyous occasion, obviously. As Catholics, we should celebrate...

February 19, 2019

The Scourging at the Pillar

Then he released to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to...

February 18, 2019

Consubstantial? What?

Consubstantial comes from the Latin consubstantialis, which comes from the Greek homoousios, or “of one...

February 17, 2019

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Are you waiting for angels sitting on a tomb to get you started? Jump on...

February 16, 2019

The Annunciation of the Lord to Mary

How often are we like Jonah when we are called by God? "Go to Nineveh."...

February 15, 2019

Rosary Reflections

Hail, Holy Queen!Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay I have a hard time concentrating on things....

February 15, 2019

The Agony in the Garden

Jesus is God. Jesus is man. Full stop each time.