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March 2011

March 30, 2011

For Must See TV Like This

-Feast of St. John Climacus Who needs the TV Guide when I have New Advent to...

March 29, 2011

Because Sometimes, We Sacrifice

Recently, my husband and I have felt saddened by the powerful sense we have monumentally...

March 28, 2011

Because He’s Going to Show Me Even More Than I Can See

The past 24 hours I have spent curled up under blankets, either in our family...

March 28, 2011

It’s Time For Winter To Go!(Music for Mondays)

Remember this picture? That's Dr. Van Helsing putting a stake through the heart of Dracula's...

March 28, 2011

Because of Jacob’s Well

One beautiful aspect of Catholicism is how the Gospel readings repeat themselves, year after year....

March 26, 2011

For Stuff My Abba Macarius Says

—Feast of St. Ludger I've mentioned in the past that my patron is St. Macarius the...

March 21, 2011

Déjà Vu (Music for Mondays)

-Feast of St. Enda Singing, dancing, joy. A break from the mundane, or the monstrous. That...

March 20, 2011

To Pray a Litany for Japan

I was moved this morning at my home parish when we all raised our voices...

March 19, 2011

To Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

This is another example of why I didn't give up Facebook for Lent. I'd miss...

March 16, 2011

Lent (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Lent, by Fr. Frederick William Faber, Oratory of St.Philip NeriYes! I have walked the world these two...

March 15, 2011

I’m the Worst Consumer of Catholic Media On the Planet (Forgive Me!)

I love Catholic Media! Especially that which is accessible via the Internet. Searching for kindred...

March 12, 2011

Because A Reader Asks A Question I Cannot Answer

Dear Readers: The post "God Takes Care of Little Ones with Guardian Angels" from last...

March 09, 2011

Because God Offers “Re-do’s”

"This is the best celebrity meltdown ever!" I overheard this remark recently while waiting in...

March 09, 2011

Dust in the Wind (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Ash Wednesday And so the Lenten Season begins. We recall our mortality and our need...

March 06, 2011

Because I Am Called To Answer

This weekend we discovered my husband no longer has the biggest feet in the house....

March 05, 2011

For Timeless Wisdom Like This

—Feast of St. Kieran Those who complain that the Church won't change with the times seem...

March 04, 2011

Thanks – Again – to Danielle Rose

Sometimes, it takes a while to figure out our vocation. I am thankful for the...

March 02, 2011

Ideals of Life (A Few Words for Wednesday)

In his book The Interior Carmel: The Threefold Way of Love, John C.H. Wu ends...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Because I Need to Face Reality

My friend Martina said something funny and true tonight during our School of Community: once...

February 27, 2011

To Give Thanks to the Life of Bernard Nathanson

I happened to be at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York today with my friends...

February 25, 2011

Because Life Doesn’t Come With Odometers

Our family van is in the shop this week and I've been driving our sedan...

February 25, 2011

For Thoughts Like These on Truth, the World, and Evangelization

All truth belongs of right to Christian thought, as the spoils of the Egyptians to...

February 24, 2011

For My Classmate in the Back Row

She sits in the back of the classroom where I spend one night a week...

February 24, 2011

For All the Sacramentals, The Vestments (Part II)

—Feast of St. John Teristus Prior to finding Fr. Sullivan's book The Visible Church, there is...

February 21, 2011

For All the Sacramentals, The Vestments (Part I)

—Feast of St. Peter Damien Today, the series on Sacramentals continues with the vestments worn...

February 21, 2011

Artist’s That Begin With an “S” & More (Music for Mondays)

—Feast of St. Peter Damian For some of us in the United States, it is a...

February 20, 2011

For Your Sunday Night at the Movies, “The Scarlet and the Black”

I have my pastor to thank for this post. That's because during his homily today,...

February 20, 2011

Because We Are His Folk: Reflections on Matthew 5:44

—Feast of Blessed Jacinta & Francisco Marto Last night, a wild wind deposited me and our...

February 20, 2011

For All the Sacramentals: Crosses and Crucifixes

—Septuagesima SundayToday I'm sharing more on sacramentals from Fr. John F. Sullivan's little text book...

February 19, 2011

For All the Sacramentals, Holy Water

—Feast of St. Alvarez of Corova Yesterday I shared the Sign of the Cross with you,...