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September 2015

September 04, 2015

No, the Rosary is not “vain repetition”; here’s why

From my "Ora Pro Nobis" column at The Catholic Answer How often do we think...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Antidote to Pride and Vanity: Cesspool Problems

So, I have an announcement I want to make -- it's an exciting announcement, and...

August 14, 2015

As I Lay Like Broccoli: A Personal Prayer Request

Regular readers know I rarely ask for prayers for myself, but I find that I...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

Ashley Bridges Still Lives, but in Hospice

You recall this post from six months ago, concerning Ashley Bridges -- the young mother...

June 01, 2015

Pray Litany of Sacred Heart of Jesus With Me Thru June!

Photo courtesy of shutterstock.com June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It's one...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

Triduum Arrives Just in Time for a World in Need

The world needs prayer. Last year, heading into the Triduum, I had a spiritual experience...

February 2015

February 02, 2015

Candlemas Illuminated: Feast of the Presentation

And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; and Simeon...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

The Prayer for Ashley

Just did a few minutes on Relevant Radio as Hot Air's Ed Morrissey sits in...

January 21, 2015

The Kirby Vacuum Salesman Who Became a Star

You know, just about the time you need to feel good about something, just about...

January 17, 2015

Shall We Storm Heaven, Seek a Miracle for this Young Mom, Ashley Bridges?

'I'm not going to kill a healthy baby because I'm sick' 24 year-old Ashley Bridges,...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

A Chance to Make One More Charitable Donation before 2014 Ends!

On January 1st, Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception, OP will be pronouncing solemn...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Expelled Iraqi Christians, Give Witness to ISIS Fascism – UPDATE! KURDS!

The choice is leave or take a bullet to the head; you have ten hours...

July 22, 2014

The ISIS Effect: “Flattened; Everything is Gone” – UPDATED

"Elizabeth, if I think too much about it I just break down. So many shrines...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Adoration and Intercession: One Way to Pray

So after the great showing in Cambridge, MA, where "Catholics Answered Black Mass with Prayers...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Cultivating a Habit of Ejaculation

I just spent more time than I had planned typing the word "ejaculations", along with...

March 05, 2014

Pacem in Terris: Anchoress Comboxes Closed for Lent

What I am already discovering in this first day of Lent is that I am...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Holder Hospitalized: “Lord, the one you Love is Sick…”

Attorney General Eric Holder has been hospitalized with symptoms of what could be a heart...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

When We Truly Love, We Model God to Each Other – UPDATED

A while back, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Mother Dolores Hart, OSB about...

October 09, 2013

Science Proves It: Creation Actually Sings Praise!

There is a moment in the dawn -- and it comes again in the gloaming,...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Craving Silence to Hear: Atchison Blue

If I am late coming to a review of Judith Valente's new book -- which...

September 26, 2013

The Key to Pope Francis

The Holy Father continues to speak with a sharp sense of urgency: “Yes, you have...

September 25, 2013

Prayer and Fasting for Christians in Near and Middle East

This morning, I read this and felt a huge interior push to take up a...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

God in the Balance; Loving Dark and Light

Regardless of our religion -- whether we are Catholics or Evangelicals or Jewish, Muslim, Hindu,...

January 2013

January 11, 2013

Pillar of Cloud, Water of Life: All of a Healing Piece & Peace

For a little while longer, we are still in Christmas, but every day the mysteries...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

What the hell is WRONG with these people? – UPDATE

If you ever doubted that there is a battle going on all around us --...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

My Prayer at Adoration

When I go to Adoration, it is such a privilege and such a humility. I...

September 11, 2012

In Which a Bishop is called “cheeky” – UPDATED

(Photo by Clare Kendall) ...but I mean no disrespect at all. In my book, he...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

The Aurora Shooter: Image of Loss – UPDATED

We all know his name, but I prefer not to use it in a public...

July 12, 2012

Fearless Pat Gohn: “Do You Want to Pray About It?”

About a year ago, Pat Gohn and I were chatting via skype about work-related issues,...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Learn the Divine Office in Lent

Well, Day 1 of Lent was pretty rich. Got to lector at Mass for one...