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September 2013

September 23, 2013

What If This Were the Last Thing You Ever Read?

Before going to sleep tonight, anyway. It’s from one of Padre Pio’s letters to his...

September 23, 2013

Padre Pio & Us

We celebrate the feast of St. Padre Pio on Sept. 23. He suffered greatly. His...

September 21, 2013

He Waits for Us All

Fr. Roger J. Landry recounts what happened 60 years ago today, and is happening today:...

September 21, 2013

Desire Mercy

I recently subscribed to a daily Ignatian reflection from the Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality,...

September 20, 2013

You Are Beloved

During one Saturday Mass this summer, a priest shared how surprised we might be that...

September 14, 2013

Why Would We Ever Long for the Cross?

St. Andrew of Crete explains (via the Liturgy of the Hours today): We are celebrating...

September 14, 2013

Feel Deeply the Salvation of the Mystery of the Cross

Be human already! Christ became man for you, died for you, feel this, know this....

September 13, 2013

Eucharistic Enthusiasm

A friend is leading a pilgrimage in France and preached at the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur...

September 13, 2013

You Have the Power

Friday was the feast of St. John Chrysostom. He advises: When your enemy falls into...

September 11, 2013

Out of the Smoke of Poison and Death, Grace and Hope

Magnificat today excerpts an interview with Tiffiny Gulla,a composer and choreographer who was 29 years...

September 10, 2013

Are We Alive in Faith?

To answer this question we have to take a look at our lives (and every...

September 06, 2013

What Are You Doing with that Wine?

Friday's gospel is about new wine and old wineskins. Fr. James Bradley (whose Twitter feed...

September 04, 2013

Are You Drowning?

One of the unmistakable themes of the papacy of Pope Francis thus far is mercy,...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Are We All Foolish Virgins Now?

Further nudging from the late sainted Fr. Josemaria: Let us take a good honest look...

August 30, 2013

‘This is the will of God, your holiness’

Randy Hain from the website The Integrated Catholic Life offers some practical insights in interviews...

August 29, 2013

Yo Yo Yo See Me Chillaxed with Da Pope? Yeah!

NBC reports that Pope Francis posed for a "selfie" yesterday with a group of kids,...

August 29, 2013

Just Another NYC Commute

Via a Dominican friar and Blackfriars Music: Now that's how you evangelize through media! Video...

August 28, 2013

St. Augustine on the Rules of Christian Engagement

As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, I am quite grateful for the monthly...

August 28, 2013

MLK Jr. Teaches Us There Is Nothing New Under the Sun

I was just re-reading this piece by the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus -- who...

August 26, 2013

Bring People to Christ, Don’t Throw Commandments at Them

A homily for Monday; spiritual guidance includes this nugget: Say yes when you mean yes,...

August 26, 2013

The Best Response to Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke on MTV Sunday

While I did write one myself (The VMAization of America), the best reflection comes from...

August 23, 2013

How About Some Love Overwhelming, Everlasting?

Earlier this week, I spent way more time than I needed to reading -- and...

August 23, 2013

Are We Fasting and Praying for Christians in Egypt?

From Sam Tadros yesterday in the Wall Street Journal: Why Virgin Mary Church endured until...

August 21, 2013

Got Heavenly Wisdom & Apostolic Courage?

Whenever I am in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in...

August 20, 2013

How Does the Last Become First?

Tuesday’s Gospel, from Matthew, is a big dose of detachment. We’re told it is easier...

August 19, 2013

What Does It Mean to Be on Fire with Faith?

Sunday’s Gospel reading was a palpably unnerving one. One subject to misunderstanding, even, I suspect,...

August 15, 2013

‘The martyrdom of his words led to the martyrdom of his life.’

A friend reminded me today that while we might lead with mercy, we never can...

August 15, 2013

Is This the Song of Our Lives?

What is it with the Catholics and Mary? I get the question a lot. Wear...

August 12, 2013

Write a (Quality) Symphony Already!

We have such a dangerous posture these days, where the mainstream reflex is to expect...

August 10, 2013

‘I suddenly started to love people.’

His heart had hardened. His life was dark. But he told God he hated who...