I had never heard of Saint Gianna Molla before September 2007. This was the month my friend Erika gave birth to her first daughter, Gianna Rose. Erika and her husband, Dan, decided […]
St. Gianna Berreta Molla
Always in Moderation
On April 13, 2012, Crisis Magazine posted an article by Sean P. Daily (which was actually from 2009) on The Lost Art of Catholic Drinking. You should read this first before reading […]
Habemus Papam – We have a Pope!
On April 19, 2005, my sister called me during the school day (she teaches as well) and told me that the media was reporting news of a new Pope. As the minutes […]
The Life and Times of Blessed John Paul II with the Catholic Bobcats of Texas State
On Monday night, I had the privilege to speak at the H.L. Grant Catholic Student Center and Saint Jude Chapel on the campus of the Texas State Bobcats in San Marcos, Texas. […]
How do I study the Holy Bible?
Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of studying the Scriptures and how the Road to Emmaus in Luke 24 gives us a glance of Jesus explaining the Scriptures to his disciples on […]
The Road to Emmaus and Scripture Study
The Gospel in the Wednesday within the Octave of Easter came from Luke 24:13-25 – The Road to Emmaus. This is by far one of my favorite scripture passages in all the […]
The Resurrection of the Lord!
“To behold the risen Christ was an experience that burst the bounds of the ordinary.” — Romano Guardini “Jesus’ Resurrection was about breaking out into an entirely new form of life, into […]
“The Great Week”, Part III
As Jesus lies in the tomb, we come to my favorite part of the Sacred Triduum – The Easter Vigil. The Easter Vigil is the Mass where the new Catholic converts are […]
The Crucifixion of Our Lord
Hymns Adapted from Great Friday Morning – Eastern Catholic and Antiochian Orthodox Christian. Source: Eastern Holy Card. When You were led to the Cross, O Lord, You asked, “For what act do […]
“The Great Week”, Part II
The Sacred Triduum begins with Holy Thursday (Thursday of the Lord’s Supper), the day Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Priesthood while he celebrated the Passover Meal with the Apostles […]
Reflections on Blessed John Paul II from the JP 2 Generation
I wrote this initially on October 22, 2011 on the first official feast day of Blessed John Paul II. It was on another blog that I was writing for at the time. […]
“The Great Week”, Part I
We are now officially into the week that I think is by far the best week in the entire liturgical cycle – Holy Week or “Great Week” as the Eastern Churches name […]
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