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March 2011

March 27, 2011

For Bernard of Clairvaux’s Bible Reading Program to Make Sense of the World

—Feast of St. John of Egypt Back in October of last year, I shared thoughts...

March 24, 2011

For the Daily Readings

-Feast of St. Macartan If it's Thursday, then I'll be lectoring at daily Mass at the...

March 23, 2011

For 10 Things To Do While Fr. Corapi is on Leave

Joe Six-Pack, USMC here, also known as “the Worst Consumer of Catholic Media on the...

March 15, 2011

For All the Saints: Louise de Marillac

Earlier this morning, I posted a book review in which the author states that one...

March 12, 2011

Because There Is Good News

You have heard it said, "it is always darkest before the dawn," and you have...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

For All the Sacramentals, The Way of the Cross

—Feast of St. Tarasius The Lenten season is just around the corner, and one of the...

February 16, 2011

A Chinese “Spiritual” (A Few Words For Wednesday)

Feast of St. Onesimus I've been reading John C.H. Wu's The Interior Carmel: The Threefold...

February 12, 2011

For the Psalms and Spring, Family and Sports

—Feast of St. Buonfiglio Monaldo It is getting ready to be a very busy time for...

February 03, 2011

For Thoughts On Meekness Like These

-Feast of St. Blase I mentioned the other day that I had saved up some...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

For Faith In Action: The March For Life (Part II)

Chapter 3: The Youth Mass for Life. When the idea to come to the March...

January 08, 2011

Because The Church Militant Transforms Us

—Originally posted back in July, perhaps you will give it a second look on this...

January 05, 2011

For All the Saints: Simeon Stylites the Elder

—Feast of St. John Neumann Someone who you may have never heard of in the...

January 04, 2011

Because These Catholic Chaplains Were Awarded the Medal of Honor

This photograph is for all of you who get really persnickety about the altar, vestments,...

December 2010

December 14, 2010

Thanks to St. John of the Cross, Master of Paradoxes

In the past, I have shared my affinity for both the writings of John C.H....

December 12, 2010

Because of Francisco De Osuna and a Minor Miracle

Third Sunday of Advent, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe During the Summer of 2007...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

To Pray for the Christians of Iraq

Post by Allison Salerno,I drive New Jersey highways to work each morning, one uninspiring state...

November 02, 2010

Because Kenelm Henry Digby Could Write Such A Poem

Are you interested in Christian chivalry? You could do worse than read the works of...

November 02, 2010

For Purgatory, Thank Heavens

—Feast of All Souls When I was straddling the fence on whether or not I...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Rerum Creator optime (A Few Words For Wednesday)

—Feast of St. Frumentius From todays Office of Readings, this hymn attributed to Pope St. Gregory...

October 13, 2010

Ave Maris Stella, A Poem and a Prayer

The poem below was written by a Scot by the name of John Leyden (1775...

October 01, 2010

For All the Saints: Thérèse of Lisieux

I have been wrestling with the angel named Vocation. In August, my wife and I...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

A Poem And A Prayer on Michaelmas

Today is the Feast of St. Michael and the Archangels, also known as Michaelmas. I...

September 22, 2010

“Sensitiveness” A Poem By Blessed John Henry Newman

Sensitiveness Time was, I shrank from what was right, From fear of what was wrong;...

September 21, 2010

Because Catholic Priests Know The Bible, Backwards and Forwards

—Feast of St. Matthew the ApostleIt all seems so silly now. Before I converted to...

September 20, 2010

Seal II (Music for Mondays)

A while back, I wrote a post about my Mustang's harmonic balancer. It turned out...

September 20, 2010

To Pray for the Flood Victims in Pakistan

Feast of Saints EustachiusIt's still raining in Pakistan. At the end of July, some of...

September 05, 2010

Listen My Son, St. Benedict for Fathers (A Book Review)

This is a first for me, as I've never been asked to write a book...

September 01, 2010

For Peace While Suffering (A Few Words for Wednesday)

From this mornings Office of Readings in the LOTH, there is the following Psalm of...

August 2010

August 28, 2010

With God’s Grace And A Little Help From My Friends

When I was a newly minted Marine, fresh out of boot camp and on my...

August 28, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 9)

As we finish this novena, I'd like to thank readers who prayed along with me....