Below are pictures of my Catholic Corner Office at Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church. Once we are in the new building, I will have my own office and will post those pictures […]
My Catholic Corner Office
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Prayer of St. Peter Damian
This past Friday we celebrated the feast day of one of the great 35 Doctors of the Church, Saint Peter Damian. Besides being a simple Benedictine monk and a monitor to a […]
Four Saints That Will Change Your Life
Today, I had the opportunity to speak to my parish, Saint Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church, on Four Saints That Will Change Your Life. This was a last minute change to our […]
Saint Peter Damian – Monitor of the Popes
Saint Peter Damian was born in Ravenna, Italy. At a very young age, he lost both his parents. One of his older brothers took him under his care, but in the long […]
The Place Within: The Poetry of Pope St. John Paul II
On my 32nd birthday in 2006, my friends Michael and Laura (Parks) Garibaldi gave me the book titled, The Place Within – The Poetry of Pope John Paul II. Only days before […]
“Mondays with Mary” – My Favorite Marian Title
Anyone that reads these weekly posts should know that I have a pretty intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. My relationship completely changed with her after a class in graduate school […]
10 Quotes from Pope Benedict XVI on Christian Love
In light of the martyrdom of St. Valentine, who was beaten with clubs, beheaded, buried under the cover of darkness, and was disinterred by his followers; I feel it necessary to write […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Three Marian Prayers That Need to be Prayed More
The title of the blog post says it all… Memorare Remember O, gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought […]
The Sermon on the Mount: Jesus, the New Law, and the Kingdom of God
Over the next four Sundays, as we approach the Season of Lent, the Gospel Readings in the Western Rite of the Catholic Church will be read from the Gospel of St. Matthew, […]
Do You Feel Happy, Punk?
That’s an interesting way to start a blog post about happiness, but it’s a good question. Yes, it’s in the Dirty Harry motif, and yes, it got your attention to read this […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Saint Francis de Sales on the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Yesterday, in the Western Church, we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, or otherwise known historically as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is from the Gospel […]
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