See you in Heaven!
It’s official!
Blessed John Paul II will be added to the Church’s liturgical calendar for dioceses in the United States on October 22 🙂 !!! More…
JP II — Santo Subito! 2
Category Archives: New Evangelization
The Blood of Martyrs Is the Seed of Chrisitans 11
Looking for intercession?
Today is a great day to exercise our faith in the Communion of Saints and ask for their prayers, as the Pope just canonized 7 new saints this morning. That makes today a powerful day for intercession. Make sure and get your prayer in! More…
Saint Luke 12
Saint Luke, Evangelist (entered heaven in the first century)
From Uncle Eddy’s E-mails
Dear Lu,
Your note about the religious studies classes you are taking intrigued me. I have always been interested in great intellectuals who try to reduce man’s thirst for God to neat sociological formulas. Do keep sending me articles and updates; I’ll look forward to following along.
As for yourself, I issue a humble, avuncular warning. More…
All Is Forgiven 20
The Capital of the World, one of Ernest Hemingway’s lesser known short stories, tells the tragic tale of a Spanish bullfighter who never made it into the ring. Nothing strange about that. Futility and Pessimism are always dominant themes in Hemingway’s writing. After reading The Sun Also Rises, I just sat there for a while asking myself, “Does it? Where? Not in this book, it doesn’t.” At a young age I decided to put down the Hemingway and stick to Calvin and Hobbes instead.
What Is Christian Meditation? 10
In this short video, Fr John Bartunek skillfully answers this question.
3 Approaches to Jesus in the Year of Faith 17
By Fr Edward Hopkins
Fr Edward Hopkins
This week the Church begins the “Year of Faith” called by Pope Benedict. October 11 marks the 50th anniversary of the 2nd Vatican Council. Why a year of Faith?
The Pope reminds us that we need to rediscover our journey of faith, which includes rediscovering a taste for feeding ourselves on the word of God. In his words: More…
Will the Real St. Francis Please Stand Up? 26
Giotto — Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata
I am a worm, not a man. — Psalm 22:6
Everyone loves Saint Francis. Catholics, non-Catholics, non-Christians… It doesn’t matter. You don’t need to be a Franciscan to have a statue of the austere, rustic, peace-loving, animal-loving St. Francis in your lawn or garden, like this one. More…
If Devils Tempt Us, Then What Do Guardian Angels Do? 6
October 2, Memorial Feast of the Guardian Angels
No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your tent, for to His Angels God has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways. Upon their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Psalm 91: 10-12
Little Things Done with Great Love: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux 5
Six Mondays until the General Election…
And I decided not to write about that today, because today is the memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. So it seems more appropriate not to write about mundane things today.
Thérèse of Lisieux — 1873-1897
Fire and Ice 10
Just another Sunday Gospel Reflection…
Gehenna, a millstone, or a cup of cold water… More…
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