Feast of the Holy Family. "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in exile in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are, for all times an...

Good King Wenceslas The Feast of Stephen. I should write something - especially after the last post.  I don't know what to write however...

 

“Come, and I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”   I was going to write on the issues of the day and the past week, but decided...

 

Everything is screwed up. Yesterday, I ran into a woman I know at a local grocery store.  She's the mother-in-law of a guy I used to wor...

Hail you Star of ocean! Break the captive's fetters; Light on blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore.   Our Lady of...

  “From the pale but cloudless sky there came a shower of white petals,  resembling snowflakes, but melting before they touched the ground, ...

  Prince Friedrich Alfred of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Dom Marianus Marck, O. Cart. Fr. Marianus Marck. I first met Fr. Marinus when I st...

  For those unfamiliar with Roman Catholic tradition and devotion... A feast originally celebrated on the first Sunday after the Nativity of...

  Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You, O little Mary,  Maria Bambina , are the Cause of our Joy! Your appearance in the arms of your mo...

  In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hieropolis,  in a place called Cheretopos,  there was a church named for the Archangel Michael,  buil...

  Remembering Corrie. A friend of mine posted a story of how she was attracted back to the Church, in and through the example of Corrie ten ...

How We Are Known "The divine knowledge of a soul is always a merciful knowledge. We can never be in a true relationship with God until ...

Sanchez Cotan O Mary, by thy Holy and Immaculate Conception! Many, many thanks to Our Lady today for the most extraordinary favors, she has ...

Rothko Merging with the crowd feels much better than standing alone.* Since the death of my friend, for some reason I've ...

I have a 'secret' title. When I was professed in the III Order of St. Francis, I took the title 'of the Holy Wounds...