In the 1989 film Major League, there is a scene where fans of the Cleveland Indians are reading the newspaper and talking about the team for the upcoming season. The overall consensus is […]
In The Rule of St. Benedict, it states, “All guests to the monastery should be welcomed as Christ because he will say, ‘I was a stranger, and you took me in’ (Matt. 25:35). Show […]
A few years back, a friend gave me the book, Drinking with the Saints – The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour written by Michael P. Foley. This friend knew that I enjoyed […]
When I hear Saint Peter Chrysologus’ nickname, “Golden-Worded”, my mind automatically transports me back to the 1995 James Bond film, GoldenEye, which starred Pierce Brosnan as the famous MI6 agent. The reason […]
Between the years of 1985 to 1991, during the General Audiences, Pope Saint John Paul II gave the world an amazing series focused on the catechesis of the Holy Trinity. These catechetical […]
In the Easter Season, which starts on Holy Saturday night and concludes with the seventh Sunday of Easter, Pentecost Sunday, the Regina Caeli is one of the four seasonal antiphons that can […]
Born on May 13, 1792, Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferrett, Blessed Pope Pius IX was elected to the Papacy on June 16, 1846, and served 32 years till his death on February 7, 1878. […]
December 7 marks the day when we commemorate one of the great early church fathers and Doctors of the Church, Saint Ambrose of Milan. A powerhouse in his own time, he combated […]
With so many children returning to school over the last few weeks (at least here in Arizona) and with so many more returning after Labor Day in other parts of the country, […]
The month of June marks the anniversary of the death of “the Apostle of Common Sense”, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, most notably known as G.K. Chesterton. In a time when a hyper-sensitive culture […]
As we approach the summer months, the temptation to dress casually for Sunday Mass increases exponentially. Why this is the case probably has to do with the culture in which we live […]
Throughout the universal Catholic Church, starting last week and continuing this week, the yearly liturgy known as the Chrism Mass has been taking place. In some dioceses, the Chrism Mass is always […]
Many of us probably remember Mother Angelica from her days on the Catholic channel, which she founded, known as the Eternal Word Television Network, and otherwise known simply as EWTN. If you […]
I find it very fitting, and one could argue that’s it’s providential, that the memorial of Saint Peter Damian is falling on the first day of the Vatican’s Sex Abuse Summit. Known […]
Unbeknownst to me this was published back on February 1, 2019 – If there was ever a time when we needed to invoke a Princess Leia distress message, as she did when […]
In the liturgical calendar of the Latin Church, December 18 has been known as the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although it is not currently in the liturgical calendar, I first came […]
Greetings Everyone! This is a quick post to explain that I am now a contributor to the Catholic website – EpicPew. When I write for EpicPew, I will also post here but […]
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