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March 2010

March 17, 2010

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

This series of posts on St. Joseph has drawn few formal comments to YIM Catholic....

March 16, 2010

For Timely Passages Like These from the LOTH for Today

Its been a while since I did a post on the LOTH, our acronym for...

March 16, 2010

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

My novena to St. Joseph is nearing the end. His Feast Day crowns the week,...

March 15, 2010

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

I can’t imagine living without the saints—real men and women who have proved the Christian...

March 14, 2010

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

Precisely today, with the Church and even my Pope under attack for scandal in Germany,...

March 13, 2010

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

For the past two and a half years, I have been working on a history...

March 12, 2010

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

As a reader commented yesterday, when I began a novena in anticipation of his feast...

March 11, 2010

For the Love of St. Joseph: A Novena

As I have written before, I took Joseph as my confirmation name and have a...

March 09, 2010

Because of The Stations of the Cross

One of the dreams my wife and I have is to go on a tour...

March 05, 2010

Because He Didn’t Promise Us A Rose Garden

Come Easter Vigil, I will have been a Catholic for two full years. It seems...

February 2010

February 22, 2010

Thanks to Thomas à Kempis for These Thoughts on Confession

Seemingly, there aren’t enough words to describe the graces we obtain from the Sacrament of...

February 07, 2010

Because Blake Could Paint Such A Portrait With Words

I'm sure you recognize the Divine Mercy image. Seen in a vision by Sister Faustina...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

Because of J. D. Salinger, Unlikely as It Seems

J.D. Salinger died yesterday at the age of 91 and, full disclosure, I’ve never read...

January 12, 2010

Because We Are A Bible-Believing Church

Back on New Year’s Day, as we were making our way through the crowds on...

January 10, 2010

Because of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

I wrote earlier of my thanks for practical instruction on living the Christian life from...

January 08, 2010

Because of Blaise Pascal’s Letter upon the Death of his Father

Webster has been serving at funerals lately, one in early December and one just a...

January 03, 2010

Because of Practical Instruction Like This

Posted by FrankYesterday, Webster posted this note about the close friendship of Saints Basil and...

December 2009

December 27, 2009

Because of the Feast Day of the Holy Family

For the past ten days, I have been on vacation visiting friends and family in...

December 24, 2009

Because Going To Mass On Vacation Is Easy II

If you think that I have already had my fair share of going to Mass...

December 20, 2009

Because Going To Mass On Vacation Is Easy

One of the neatest things about being Catholic is that I can go to Mass...

December 19, 2009

Because Women Aren’t from Venus and Men Aren’t from Mars

Posted by Frank We have been talking about men of the laity and their roles...

December 18, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Posted by Frank The Office of Readings from today continues describing the wonders of the...

December 17, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Posted by FrankYesterday (12/16/2009) the Short Reading was as follows:The maiden is with child and...

December 16, 2009

Thanks to Thomas à Kempis I

Posted by WebsterJesus asks us to become like little children; he doesn’t ask us to...

December 09, 2009

Because Confession Can Change the World

Posted by Webster To set this world spinning the right way round, I think we Catholics...

December 04, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Replace the phrase descendants of Israel in Isaiah 45 with the sheep of my flock...

December 03, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Replace Zion with the Church in Psalm 48 from today's morning prayer in the...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Because This May Be My Last Mass

Gulp . . . My eyes water, and I get a lump in my throat...

November 25, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President

It is difficult to imagine the 44th president of the United States delivering this Thanksgiving...