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May 12, 2016

Finding My Way Back to Fatima, and Down the Road

"Tell everybody that God gives His graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them...

September 2013

September 14, 2013

The Exultation (sic) of the Holy Cross

A year ago today I went on pilgrimage, through the grace of God and the...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

After Us, the Deluge: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

A month ago, we were in Lourdes under a blazing sun, cooling ourselves with...

October 16, 2012

A Conversation of Pilgrims

Last week I had the great joy of talking with writer, speaker, and broadcaster---and my...

October 09, 2012

Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Everybody else in Paris was lined up to see Lady Gaga. But we were gaga...

October 05, 2012

The Village of St Bernadette: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

"There was everything hostile to my peace---an incalculable crowd, an oppressive heat, dust, noise, weariness;...

October 03, 2012

Climb Ev’ry Mountain: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

An hour in the Pyrenees, and you suddenly understand the deep ties between geography and...

October 02, 2012

Bilocation, Chocolate, and the Patron Saint of Pilgrims: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Pilgrim Pop Quiz: What's the oldest Christian pilgrimage shrine in Europe? Hint: It's associated with...

October 01, 2012

Picturing the Destination: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

On the walls of a museum, we come face-to-face with two views of life....

September 2012

September 22, 2012

The Road It Gives and the Road It Takes Away: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Not every encounter on the pilgrim path is with Christ and his saints. Not every...

September 21, 2012

Castles in Spain: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

To build castles in Spain is an 800-year-old idiom meaning to daydream, to indulge in...

September 20, 2012

Finding the Frog: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

In which we learn that pilgrimage cultivates a different way of seeing: We come to...

September 17, 2012

The Peace of the World: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

"Tell everybody that God gives His graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them...

September 16, 2012

Floating Martyrs, Desperate Housewives, and What Really Matters: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, we venerated a miracle wrought by desperation,...

September 15, 2012

Hollowed Be Our Aim: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Prepare to Yield. That's what the sign flashed when we entered the departure lanes at...