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March 2010

March 09, 2010

Abortion, the Sisters of Life & Hope – UPDATES

My friend Tony Rossi has had the opportunity to interview one of the foundresses of...

February 2010

February 11, 2010

February 11; Our Lady of Lourdes

Count on our friend Fr. James Martin for the goods: If you're in a listening,...

January 2010

January 21, 2010

Once more, with feeling

H/T) But if I must die, I will try to do it right like these...

January 04, 2010

Power of the Perfect Prayer

Another thought about Marcella Dubuque, who was last Christmas preparing for imminent death, and whose...

January 03, 2010

Lord, Don't Trust Lizzie! UPDATED

When writing about nuns on sleds, I happened to mention that my randomly-pulled patron saint...

December 2009

December 08, 2009

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Last year, I gave an 8 minute podcast talking about this solemnity. It's one of...

November 2009

November 19, 2009

Pier Giorgio Frassati; Vampire Slayer?

In pop culture, Vampires are currently (again) all the rage, and Fr. Z makes the...

November 18, 2009

Mother Cabrini

Her feast day was last Friday, November 13, but somehow I missed writing about the...

November 03, 2009

Congratulations Father Jim!

On All Saints Day I linked you to a post for, well, All Saints Day,...

October 2009

October 31, 2009

"Who Needs the Saints?"

Reposted from January '09 Who needs the saints, what's the point? A nicely done video...

October 30, 2009

Litany of Saints

I had an email a few days ago, from someone who sent me a youtube...

October 21, 2009

St. Catherine & Me!

For a Benedictine, I do seem to write an awful lot about Dominicans and particularly...

October 01, 2009

St. Therese & Our Own Genius

Ste. Thérèse de L'Enfant Jesus et de la Sainte Face From the Responsory for today's...

September 2009

September 04, 2009

Clearing out the tab

I've got some deadlines to meet and a project I'd like to get started, so...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

"A pure gift…not a trophy."

A truly terrific video I especially love the words of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, "This is...

August 04, 2009

St. John Vianney

Great Icon shamelessly cribbed from here At the Vigil for Easter Sunday, when Buster was...

July 2009

July 22, 2009

July 22 St. Mary Magdalene

St. Mary Magdalene, Pray for Us At our most recent Big Family Party I got...

July 16, 2009

Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Icon of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Available Here Today is the Feast Day of...

May 2009

May 19, 2009

"Professional Pray-er"

I know many people who love the Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series of novels, including...

May 12, 2009

Wisdom from the Saints

The Father takes pleasure in looking upon the heart of the most holy Virgin Mary,...

May 06, 2009

Bookchat; Saints, Alive! -UPDATED

Have had a flurry of emails lately (really, an actual flurry) asking for recommended books...

April 2009

April 30, 2009

Should I pray before an abortion clinic?

Had an email exchange with a reader who calls herself Owl in the Ruins, and...

April 23, 2009

Jesus on the Seashore

I really like this lovely meditation from St. Gregory the Great (died 604) and wanted...

April 06, 2009

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati – UPDATED

“Prayer is the noble supplication which we lift up to the throne of the Most...

April 03, 2009

Exile: The Past is Prologue

Pope John Paul II and Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin Mei Today at mass, our priest...

April 02, 2009

"Abortion is a blessing!"

You know, it's so sick, I really didn't want to write about it. I linked...

March 2009

March 28, 2009

"New Eve" encounters her snakes?

Hillary Clinton sort of looking at Our Lady of Guadalupe Okay, I admit I'm being...

March 25, 2009

Saintly Relics, Babylon & Nimrod

As a Benedictine Oblate, it was with great joy that I read this article on...

March 19, 2009

St. Joseph; The Hidden Life

Podcast of Second Vespers of the Feastday here. The other day I sang the praises...

February 2009

February 11, 2009

Feb 11 & St. Bernadette Soubirous

The Incorruptible Body of St. Bernadette Soubirous Fr. James Martin, author of My Life With...