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April 2013

April 03, 2013

Ignatius Press removes review of Ralph Martin book from website because it criticizes von Balthasar

Want to read the review of Ralph Martin's book Will Many Be Saved? that David...

April 01, 2013

Jennifer Fulwiler gives a nod to My Peace I Give You with “Praying for People You Can’t Pray For”

What a beautiful surprise to find Jennifer Fulwiler (left), in her latest blog entry for...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

Francis: Our new Pope of Divine Mercy

If Blessed John Paul II was known as the "Pope of Divine Mercy," that title...

March 11, 2013

Why we pray the Stations of the Cross: They bring us to “that liminal moment where Christ Jesus suffers and dies for us”

From the Diocese of Helena comes this thoughtful reflection by Father Sean Raftis on why...

March 11, 2013

Looking for the latest news on my speaking dates and other My Peace-related stuff?

Hie thee to The Dawn Patrol, my blog for news on Life in Eden. Speaking...

March 11, 2013

GUEST POST: Cancer patient hopes to be Blessed John Duns Scotus’s miracle. You can help!

The following is a guest point from RUSSELL J. GRIGAITIS, O.F.S., an e-mail pal and...

March 10, 2013

Ineffable

I am looking forward to attending Mass today at a local parish that celebrates in...

March 09, 2013

James O’Keefe of the misleadingly named Project Veritas agrees to pay $100K settlement …

... to a man whose last name is Latin for "truth." G.K. Chesterton, whom O'Keefe claims...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

AUDIO: Outstanding homily on spiritual healing and forgiveness

Audio Sancto, which offers free podcasts of Catholic sermons, currently features a beautiful homily given...

February 22, 2013

St. Margaret of Cortona: All things are possible to Love

Today is the feast of the 13th-century holy woman St. Margaret of Cortona, whose journey...

February 20, 2013

Liberal-minded Columbia freshman attends pro-family conference, warned by pals that it’ll be an “anti-gay thing” …

... and instead finds "thoughtful and incisive" speakers. Via the Columbia Spectator: Earlier in the...

February 17, 2013

GUEST POST: “Why I Don’t Buy It,” by Kevin Tierney

The following piece by Kevin Tierney is reprinted with permission from his blog Common Sense...

February 16, 2013

Almer mattered: Washington Post profiles the late “Along Comes Mary” songwriter

Kudos to the Washington Post's Matt Schudel for writing a thoughtful obituary of the enigmatic "Along...

February 09, 2013

A free podcast of the talk I gave today at Notre Dame on healing sexual wounds with the help of the saints …

... awaits you on my personal blog, The Dawn Patrol.

February 05, 2013

“Except for these chains”: A story of grace behind prison walls

I write about spiritual healing for adults who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, so it...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Beauty ever ancient and ever new

Sarah de Nordwall, whom I had the great pleasure of meeting earlier this month, sends...

January 17, 2013

Message to Matt McGuiness and Catholic News Agency: Sexual victimization is no laughing matter

I was viscerally distressed reading "A Second Look at Porn" by Matt McGuiness, a new...

January 14, 2013

The psychodramas and the traumas gone, the songs are left unsung: Tandyn Almer, 1942-2013

Yesterday I was humbled to attend the funeral of a remarkable man I never met...

January 05, 2013

VIDEO: I discuss St. Thérèse of Lisieux on Ireland’s iCatholic

While preparing to speak about My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the...

January 01, 2013

A year’s worth of gratitude

As the New Year begins, I am pausing to give thanks to God, and I...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Our Lord “wants not only to be loved in a Child, but in your child”: Christmas wisdom from Caryll Houselander

I just finished Caryll Houselander's 1947 novel The Dry Wood (beautiful overall, though not without...

December 15, 2012

Caryll Houselander: “Sin tried to batter life out of the innocent son of God … just as it has done to the bodies of innocence ever since”

I am reading the 1947 novel The Dry Wood by English Catholic mystic (and so-called "original...

December 05, 2012

Author who survived Kate Middleton’s disease helps women get beyond morning sickness

Ashli McCall talks about hyperemesis gravidarum on CNN in 2007 The Washington Post's "On Faith"...

December 03, 2012

A saint who said “d’oh” (and a priest who imitates him)

On this day that the Church celebrates the life of Francis Xavier, I urge you...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

The saints “rose above their violations through a deep conviction of divine love in their hearts”

Melissa Kimiadi of A Journey Through NYC Religions writes beautifully of how the saints, having...

November 25, 2012

Poles apart: Santa Claus and the real St. Nick

In the latest issue of the Weekly Standard, I review a new biography of St. Nicholas and...

November 21, 2012

Practicing the presence of people

Yesterday I returned from a trip to Rome with my father, who had invited me...

November 15, 2012

On the blessedness of those who mourn

From an e-mail I wrote today to a reader who commented that my "Journey Home"...

November 13, 2012

WATCH NOW: My interview on EWTN’s “The Journey Home”

Here is the video of my interview on "The Journey Home" that premiered last night...

November 12, 2012

TONIGHT: Watch me on EWTN’s “Journey Home”

Tonight's the night that my interview for "The Journey Home" airs on EWTN, in...