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June 2013

June 08, 2013

Do We Have the Will To Remove The Infrastructure of Tyranny We Have Erected?

I'm not going to waste a lot of your time recapping what you are already...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 9, Easter Saturday)

This is the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday and we are back to where we...

April 05, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 8, Easter Friday)

For lifelong Catholics, the doctrine of Purgatory is probably no big deal. Then again, what...

April 04, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 7, Easter Thursday)

We are only three days away from Divine Mercy Sunday and our novena will conclude...

April 03, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 6, Easter Wednesday)

Pride. My old nemesis. One of the seven deadly sins. Marines and pride go together...

April 02, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 5, Easter Tuesday)

It is the fifth day that we are praying the Divine Mercy novena. And...

April 01, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 4, Easter Monday)

It's Monday morning and many of us head back to work or school following the...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 3, Easter Sunday)

A glorious Easter morning to you! The tomb is empty! Our Lord and Savior is...

March 30, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 2, Holy Saturday)

Admittedly, I jumped into this novena at the last minute. But do you see the...

March 29, 2013

For The Divine Mercy: A Novena (Day 1, Good Friday)

This is kind of last minute, but better late than never. Divine Mercy Sunday is...

January 2013

January 20, 2013

The Crescat on the Bishops’ Novena to End Abortion…

Katrina Fernandez shares a heartbreaking memory with her readers today. Here is the beginning, With...

January 18, 2013

Fr. Jenkins of Notre Dame to Lead 700 Faculty and Students to the March for Life

A week ago, I shared an op-ed piece written by Fr. John Jenkins, CSC. Fr....

February 2012

February 15, 2012

Praying the Novena with the Dominican Sisters of Nashville

Nothing tells your children that you believe in the power of prayer more than praying...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

Señor Santo Niño Comes To My Neck of the Woods

In the photograph above, you see the original Señor Santo Niño statue that Ferdinand Magellan...

August 2010

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....

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...

March 2010

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,...

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 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...