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February 2026

February 22, 2026

The Battle is on During Lent

Last week Kristin and I went to a Simon and Garfunkel Tribute band called Simon...

January 2026

January 06, 2026

Lessons From the Holy Name of Jesus and Epiphany

After Learning the Lessons From St. Steven And St. John | And Lessons From The...

January 01, 2026

Lessons From the Feast of Holy Innocents and the Holy Family

The first few days of Christmas we learned some Lessons From St. Steven And St....

December 2025

December 27, 2025

Lessons From St. Steven and St. John

Why You Should Pay Attention at Mass There are many good reasons why you should...

December 24, 2025

Some Christmas Thoughts For Christmas Day

Did You Know? The real substance of Christmas is rooted in the liturgical observances of...

December 15, 2025

Why I’m Not a Atheist, Protestant or Sedevacantist

I wanted to take this time of the year when most Christians celebrate the waiting...

November 2025

November 23, 2025

A Century of the Feast of Christ the King

A century ago on December 11, 1925 Pope Pius XI's released an encyclical called Quas...

October 2025

October 02, 2025

An Angel of God is to Light and Guard to Rule and Guide

For your edification here is a snippet from the Public Domain Sermons from the Latinsby...

September 2025

September 26, 2025

A Meditative Commentary on St. Teresa’s Bookmark

Last week I went on vacation. This past week Kristin, my wife and co-author of...

September 05, 2025

The National Catholic Register Has Gone Woke?

The online Catholic publication The National Catholic Register has now gone WOKE. The same folks...

August 2025

August 31, 2025

Good Catholic Blogging August 2025

A lot of writers like to share what writers annoy them and how they have...

July 2025

July 01, 2025

Worthwhile Thoughts of 25 Plus Non-Catholic Christians

Truth expressed harshly is not truth but a mere spattering of facts. Facts that don’t...

June 2025

June 15, 2025

A Boy Scout Promises to Honor God

June 12, 2025 is a combination of a day honoring fathers for Fathers day and...

April 2025

April 09, 2025

Cheap Grace and Other Thoughts of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement...

March 2025

March 14, 2025

What True Devotion Is

For your spiritual edification Here is a selection from St. Francis de Sales classic work...

March 10, 2025

Embracing Lent: Love, Mercy, and Welcoming the Least

Here we are in Lent! Listen to us for a moment.-Paul VI Listen to the...

March 05, 2025

You Will Stand Before God When You Die: A Lenten Meditation

On March 5, 1496, King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons,...

February 2025

February 24, 2025

What Catholics I’ve Written About Have Written Lately

In Catholics I Like To Write About I described the types of Catholics I feel...

January 2025

January 07, 2025

The Real Presence Should Be Simply Everything To Us

For your spiritual edification here is a selection from the public domain work Holy Mass...

November 2024

November 20, 2024

Mary’s Mediative Role in the Rosary

Praying to Mary in the Rosary How can we best access the intercessory power...

August 2024

August 26, 2024

The Challenges and Spiritual Lessons of Traveling

Kristin and I both recently returned from traveling to Ireland. Today I have to return...

August 21, 2024

Reflection on Little Flowers of St. Francis

Crazy! This was my first impression of St. Francis after reading about his life as...

March 2024

March 15, 2024

Cabrini Reactions

In my reflections on Cabrini Cabrini Was Awesome | A Catholic Movie Review Of Angel...

December 2023

December 23, 2023

The 12 Popes of Christmas Vatican 1

Let us be inspired this Christmas with the merry mystical words of the successors of...

November 2023

November 01, 2023

You Can be a SAINT!!!

We are all called to spend our lives striving to fall more and more deeply...

April 2023

April 27, 2023

Perfect Prayer For Worriers and Indecisive People

We all go through worries and experience anxiety to one degree or another. Some of...

June 2022

June 10, 2022

Read Where Peter Is

In the last WPI article I asked Do You Know Where Peter Is? In this...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

Writing Right Now # 8: These Twelve New Catholic Books

The year keeps going and the books keep getting written and published. My goal in...

April 29, 2022

The Very Extraordinary Graceful Solid Steel Magnificat

I have been racking my brain for a few days trying to come up with...

March 2022

March 21, 2022

Writing Right Now # 1: The Consecration and Transfiguration

There are so many and too many things to read and watch. The articles about...