http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/kidnapped-filipino-priest-pleads-for-help-in-video-35386/ Please continue to pray for the hostages and all who are held captive or struggling under the fighting in Marawi City, Philippines. We pray for peace… Read more “Video of Kidnapped Philippines Priest”

Novena to the Holy Spirit Day 8 Self-Control Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the… Read more “Preparing for Pentecost: Novena to the Holy Spirit”

Novena to the Holy Spirit Day 7 Gentleness Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the… Read more “Preparing for Pentecost: Novena to the Holy Spirit”

LECTIO DIVINA: PRAYING WITH THE BIBLE           Lectio divina is a Latin phrase that means “sacred reading.” Benedictine monks, following the Rule of their founder, St. Benedict… Read more “Lectio Divina”

Novena to the Holy Spirit Day 6 Faithfulness Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the… Read more “Preparing for Pentecost: Novena to the Holy Spirit”

https://www.familymissionscompany.com/ My middle daughter, Genevieve, left today to go to Lafayette, LA for a “Come and See” with the Family Mission Company. She’ll be there for five… Read more “Family Mission Company”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUvFHboFjHt/ Kathy Griffin apologized for the disturbing image she and a photographer made of a mock up photo of her holding a bloodied, disembodied head of Donald… Read more “Kathy Griffin Apologizes”

I won’t link to the mock up photo of Kathy Griffin holding a bloodied, disembodied head of Donald Trump. It is too disturbing, too brutal, too bizarre… Read more “Political Porn”

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/17/confederate-gen-beauregard-statue-taken-down/101782666/ As a lover of history in general and American history in particular, I’ve long had a great interest in the Civil War and have read many… Read more “My Take on Confederate Monuments”

Novena to the Holy Spirit Day 5 Kindness Let us bow down in humility at the power and grandeur of the Holy Spirit. Let us worship the… Read more “Preparing for Pentecost: Novena to the Holy Spirit”