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August 2010

August 27, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 8)

St. Joan of Arc knew she would die a martyr's death long before those around...

August 26, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 7)

One remarkable aspect of exploring the life of St. Joan of Arc through this novena...

August 25, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 6)

St. Joan of Arc is both a saint and a warrior. As a military leader,...

August 24, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 5)

To some who are not Catholic, and heck to some who are, novenas seems like...

August 23, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 4)

Ever wonder how an illiterate peasant girl was able to successfully command the French army?...

August 22, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 3)

Joan of Arc's public ministry began and ended the year she was 17. She had...

August 21, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena (Day 2)

Centuries ago, the unlikely transformation of an illiterate peasant girl into a brave military leader...

August 20, 2010

For the Love of St. Joan of Arc: A Novena

Given my recent enthusiasm for St. Joan of Arc, Frank suggested I pray a novena...

August 16, 2010

Thanks to Pink Floyd (Music for Mondays)

I'm warning you early—this edition of MfM will eat up your entire lunch hour. And...

July 2010

July 17, 2010

For All the Saints: The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne

Guest post by William “Mac” McCarthy Blogging makes surprising connections. Back in the day when...

July 02, 2010

Because of Catholics Like Raymond Lull

For the longest time, I just knew that I was too smart to be a...

June 2010

June 19, 2010

To Be a Catholic Father

My friend Neil presented the following talk at our men's group this morning. As a...

June 13, 2010

For All the Saints: Anthony of Padua

British expressionist Stephen B. Whatley painted this tribute to St. Anthony of Padua on June 13,...

June 12, 2010

Because Marriage is Supernatural

My husband Greg and I just returned from a 24-hour getaway to Cold Spring, New...

June 09, 2010

From “The Pearl” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Today is the feast day of St. Ephrem the Syrian, Deacon and Doctor of the...

May 2010

May 31, 2010

Thanks to Neil Young (Music for Mondays)

Neil Young is in town! Neil Young is in town! That was what the sign...

May 31, 2010

To Remember the Fallen

This is a special Memorial Day edition of the YIM Catholic Community Prayer Intentions List....

May 27, 2010

Because Immanuel Is His Name

The other day I wrote a post about how small an amount of time I...

May 26, 2010

Song of the Mystic (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I know of Father Abram J. Ryan (1838-1886) because he was once the pastor of the...

May 25, 2010

Because 0.89% of My Time is Not Enough

Sometimes it's dangerous putting a calculator into my hands. I can come up with some...

May 23, 2010

Because the Holy Spirit is the Soul of the Church

Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit, the...

May 16, 2010

For the Art and Poetry of Wu Li, SJ (1632-1718)

Remember me and the pleasure I get from finding things out about our faith and...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Because the Vocation You Pray For May Be Your Own

A few days ago, I wrote a post where I said that as a father...

April 11, 2010

For Thoughts Like These on Divine Mercy Sunday

It is the first Sunday after Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday. For the...

March 2010

March 28, 2010

Because of Minor Miracles III (zzzzz)

At the beginning of January, I started a series of posts about this blog, how...

March 25, 2010

Because Nothing Matters, Until Everything Does

Allison recently wrote a good post about soccer and sports. I want to be clear:...

March 24, 2010

Thanks to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

"On the day upon which the Church celebrates the feast, I had a vision of...

March 22, 2010

For Chants Such as These (Music for Mondays)

It's Monday, and looking very gloomy in my neck of the woods. Pop music? Not...

March 19, 2010

For the Love of St. Joseph: A Novena (Day 9 and His Feast Day)

Two years ago today, I realized that I didn't want to take Thomas (More) as...

March 18, 2010

For the Love of St. Joseph: A Novena (Day 8)

If you don't believe that Church tradition develops under the influence of the Holy Spirit,...