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It’s Time! Let’s Raise An Army of Saints!!

We need to pray … YES!!  But, even more than that, we need SAINTS!! Venerable Fulton Sheen once said, “The world’s greatest need is great men, someone who will understand

If You Want to Change the World, Don’t Ever, Ever Ring the Bell

“And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something

WHY I BELIEVE THE ROSARY IS POWERFUL

I was thinking back again to my seminary days back in the 1980s. I was asking myself, once more, why the rosary was not encouraged and, worse yet, why there

Joint Operations – March For Life Meets Kneel For Life

MARCH FOR LIFE – BOOTS ON THE GROUND The U.S. Pro-Life Movement is sending hundreds of thousands of special operations troops into the nation’s capitol. These are among the nation’s finest

Lent 2016!! Basic Training in Holiness!!

We need to pray … YES!!  But, even more than that, we need SAINTS!! Our world needs saints right now. Evil people are being aggressively evil, while far too many are

Forward, Into the Breach! Calling All Catholic Men!

“And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land …” Ezekiel 22:30 MEN … these are

St. John Neumann and Gramma’s Prayers

Today is the feast day of St. John Neumann. I have a special relationship with this holy saint. Let me tell you why. I have been a priest for 27

New Year’s Resolutions. Do You Have the Resolve to Enter the Narrow Gate?

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate

Pumping Sewage Into Our Homes

Once again, this past Sunday, I mindlessly left the same TV channel on after the Packer game. Every time this happens, I end up exposed to “regular TV” … and

Victorious Spiritual Warriors of Divine Mercy! Prayer Works!

A Battle Brewing!! In the summer of 2004, I was assigned as pastor of two parishes, one of which was St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, a Catholic parish in a small