“We Didn’t Want to Take a Step Without it Being in God’s Will”
A US Marine and his bride to be captured the hearts of the nation when their wedding photographer shared an image of the two of them praying together just moments
Are We Willing to Pay the Price They Paid?
“Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich
PENTECOST NOVENA – DAY NINE
NINTH DAY (Saturday, Vigil of Pentecost) Thou, on those who evermore Thee confess and Thee Adore, in Thy sevenfold gift, Descend; Give Them Comfort when they die; Give them Life
An Old Soldier’s Prayer
AN OLD SOLDIER’S PRAYER I have fought when others feared to serve. I have gone where others failed to go. I’ve lost friends in war and strife, Who valued Duty
PENTECOST NOVENA – DAY EIGHT
EIGHTH DAY (Friday, 7th Week of Easter) Bend the stubborn heart and will, melt the frozen warm the chill. Guide the steps that go astray! The Gift of Wisdom Embodying
Why Are We So Divided Today?
“But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; they said to you, ‘In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own
PENTECOST NOVENA – DAY SEVEN
SEVENTH DAY (Thursday, 7th Week of Easter) Heal our wounds–our strength renews; On our dryness pour Thy dew, Wash the stains of guilt away. The Gift of Counsel The gift
Getting Men Back To Church: Be “The Proof,” Not “Aloof”
Larry D, over at Acts of the Apostasy, has an excellent article on Getting Men Back to Church. He uses a term that is – shall we say – not
PENTECOST NOVENA – DAY SIX
SIXTH DAY (Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter) If Thou take Thy grace away, nothing pure in man will stay, All his good is turn’d to ill. The Gift of Understanding
You Are the Apple of My Eye
The only time I ever had a vocation crisis was in the very first year of my priesthood. I cannot recall all of the factors that contributed to this, but
