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April 2011

April 28, 2011

To Train My Family to Pray, And Lead Them By Example

-Feast of St. Peter Chanel Joe Six-Pack, USMC here. Yesterday my family put into practice prayers...

April 21, 2011

Because Christ Waits Patiently

I saw this posted yesterday somewhere: "Forget Christmas or Easter. Independence Day is the...

April 05, 2011

Because Confession Puts Us Back Together

Does everyone remember "The Kid?" That's what I call Marc Barnes who blogs over at...

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...

January 2011

January 30, 2011

For Cults of Personality, Not! (Or My Brush with Fr. Thomas Euteneuer)

—Feast of St. Aleaunie Late yesterday evening, after I asked for your prayers for...

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...

December 2010

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...

December 06, 2010

For Help Reading Maps Correctly

I have a friend who can't understand why I enjoy being a Catholic. From discussions...

November 2010

November 05, 2010

Because Life is Like an Epic Poem (Not a Report Card)

—Feast of St. Zachary Report cards used to be a once every nine week event....

October 2010

October 22, 2010

To Do My Duty

—Feast of St. Philip of Heraclea Duty, Honor, Country is the motto of the United...

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 26, 2010

Because I Was a Stow-Away

Noah built an ark, and Christ built His Church. Hope floats. For a long time,...

September 20, 2010

Seal II (Music for Mondays)

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

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 21, 2010

Because On This Championship Ball Club, Everyone Can Play

Early on, before I officially started upon the path to becoming a Catholic, I read...

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...

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...

April 2010

April 22, 2010

Because Sorrow Enriches Us

More than once, I've had my heart shattered. In my late teens, my first love...

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 09, 2010

Because Catholics Can Take a Joke

Guest post by Allison Salerno Know any good, tasteful Catholic jokes? On Sunday, the fourth...

March 08, 2010

Because Breast is Best (in honor of International Women’s Day)

Guest post by Allison Quick: Who said this about breastfeeding? “Mothers need time, information and...

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...

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 16, 2010

For All the Saints: Macarius the Great

When I was going through the RCIA program as a candidate, the need to choose...

January 01, 2010

Because of the Pleasure of Finding Things Out

I am sitting in a friend’s house in Southern California surrounded by books one minute...

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...