+ Praying for the intercession of all the Japanese martyrs to come to the aid of their people in these calamitous times. . For the livin...

+ Continued prayers for Japan.

Prayer in time of earthquake. + God our Father,You set the earth on its foundation.Keep us safe from the danger of earthquakes and let us a...

Begins March 10. . Remember, most pure spouse of Mary, ever Virgin, my loving protector, Saint Joseph, that no one ever had recourse to ...

The first theft. . Two million dollars stolen from a Spanish Cistercian Monastery.  The nuns kept the cash in a cupboard in plastic bags...

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You have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. . God doesn't always answer our prayers according to our expectations - jus...

. I know!   No one ever believes me when I tell them about this commercial. . (Father said, KNOCK IT OFF!) . What?

I often forget that temptations happen for a reason, to try us, test us, and prove us.  Temptations are also a form of chastisement or pen...

He claims to be able to bilocate, so he may be hard to find. . On Ash Wednesday many Catholics will be going to work with ashes on their...

After the sexual assault of a female journalist in Cairo a few weeks ago, and then the revelation of a priest arrested for sodomizing a ...

The model of modern gyrovague monasticism... . I appreciate some of Merton's earlier writings, although I find his later writings on...

The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. . If tomorrow wasn't Ash Wednesday, the first reading for Mass would most likely be from Wednesday...

I was just reading a piece claiming that 2.4 of the world's population has some form of Bipolar disorder:  "2.4 percent of the w...

I don't dare editorialize this one... . I know there may be some cultural differences, but...  . Well, like I said, I'm not go...

. Instead of the regular Sunday Supper thing.  Father is hosting Monday Supper - with his literary club!  What if he finds out what the h...

Michele Bachmann . The House Tea Party Caucus founder, Michele Bachmann said, "I don't take back my statement on gangster gover...

. While it is true praise might be deceitful - it is very important to encourage one another . 

This post may be deleted. . The Byzantine rite priest I mention a few days ago - accompanied by a video of him in a holding cell, drunk ...

Could all of this be the beginning of World War III? . Is all the unrest we are witnessing in Islamic countries the beginning of WWIII?...