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January 2024

January 06, 2024

Matins and a Bruised Reed

I can't sleep. That's not unusual. I have bouts of insomnia throughout the year,...

September 2022

September 06, 2022

A Musical Interlude

It's been hard to think about Jesus lately, but I was meditating on Him...

June 2022

June 11, 2022

A Toad and a Creepy Thing

I do my best thinking when I garden. Gardening is where I meditate and contemplate...

November 2018

November 21, 2018

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Someone told me to try praying the Lord's Prayer, and pausing to take a...

February 2018

February 14, 2018

Thoughts on Today’s Valentine’s-Ash Wednesday Mashup

It may have come to your attention that today is Ash Wednesday, and also Valentine's...

January 2018

January 09, 2018

No, Mindfulness Is Not Satanic

Written by Robert Miole Mark Shea recently posted about the latest ‘Satanic panic’ piece published...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Seven Sorrows and a Franciscan Crown

I want to thank everyone for joining Steel Magnificat in our advent series of...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

Advent is Approaching

As I write this, we are six hours away from the start of Philip's Fast...

November 09, 2017

A Prayer and a Work of Mercy for the Friendship Room

Saint Philip's fast starts less than a week from today! Latin Catholics don't start Advent...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Courage and the Crocodile Pit

Is anyone else nervous lately? I've been a little nervous lately. Alternately angry and nervous,...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

How Wonderful It Is To Set Aside All Earthly Cares

(Image: St Macarius the Great with Cherub, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.) So last Friday I...

August 08, 2016

Struggle to Perfect Your Loves, Do Not Struggle Against Them

(Image via Pixabay.) Once, I got a ride home from Mass on a cold...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Mary Magdalene, Seven Daily Demons, and Seven Antidotes

(Image: Icon of Mary Magdalene courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Last Friday (July 22) is the day...

July 12, 2016

Everyone is a Veronica

Scrambling around for something to post about today, I stumbled on an in-depth list of...

July 03, 2016

A Beautiful and Sobering Anecdote

I'm not familiar with Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, but I did stumble across them...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

A Random Prayer to St. Joseph

St. Joseph, look upon me and see in me, your son, Jesus Christ. Care for...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

In A Desert Way

Let's say you're in the desert. Most people wind up in the desert at one...

April 04, 2016

Those Who Sow in Tears

This is my first year to plant potatoes. “When do they go in the ground?”...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

The Mercy of God is a Diamond in the Dark

I am a city child, but once a year my family used to visit a...

March 25, 2016

Daybreak: the Terror of Easter Sunday

In the moments before the first light of dawn, darkness seems eternal. So it...

March 25, 2016

A Praise for Holy Saturday

Truly great are You, Lord Jesus Christ. Mighty are You- so mighty that you...