“Perhaps God’s greatest miracle is not creation, but re-creation”: My talk at the Courage conference

August 26, 2013 By

I wrote to you earlier about the beautiful experience I had last month at the annual Courage Apostolate conference, and am now delighted to share with you a video of the talk I gave there. An audio podcast is also available, courtesy of AirMaria.com. The video is long. If you are pressed for time, I [Read More...]

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GUEST POST: Cancer patient hopes to be Blessed John Duns Scotus’s miracle. You can help!

March 11, 2013 By 1 Comment

The following is a guest point from RUSSELL J. GRIGAITIS, O.F.S., an e-mail pal and Third Order Franciscan who was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: I would like to ask you to join me today, March 11, in beginning to pray a novena to Blessed John Duns Scotus that I be healed from cancer [again, "I"=Russell [Read More...]

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A free podcast of the talk I gave today at Notre Dame on healing sexual wounds with the help of the saints …

February 9, 2013 By 1 Comment

… awaits you on my personal blog, The Dawn Patrol. [Read more...]

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WATCH NOW: My interview on EWTN’s “The Journey Home”

November 13, 2012 By 16 Comments

Here is the video of my interview on “The Journey Home” that premiered last night on EWTN, in which I share my conversion story with host Marcus Grodi and also talk about the message of my book of Catholic spirituality for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds [Read More...]

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“I was afraid of her purity”: Discovering Mary’s purifying love

October 16, 2012 By 5 Comments

    Today is traditionally the Feast of the Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (see liturgical prayers here and a reflection by Father Lovasik here). In my book My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints, I talk about how I used to be afraid of Mary’s purity. [Read More...]

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