Oh my Jesus, forgive me my sins and save me from the fires of hell. Bring all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of your mercy. Our Lady specifically asked at Fatima that we insert this prayer into each decade when we pray the Rosary. These are the other prayers we were taught at Fatima: Pardon Prayer My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love you. I beg pardon for those who do not believe,... Read more
Killing baby girls in the name of women’s rights is an obscenity. Stop Sex Selected Abortion. Read more
Can you imagine Jesus using a word like catechesis? Me neither. How many blank stares would He have gotten if He had announced, “The Father and I are consubstantial?” That might have ended His mission right there. No one would have been able to charge Him with heresy since they wouldn’t have had the first clue what He was talking about. Think about it: No Calvary, no redemption and no salvation for humankind, all because of the obscurity of... Read more
I’m having a Mama kind of time. My 88-year-old mother goes through phases. It took me a while to figure out that these were phases, rather than permanent situations. I don’t know what causes them, and I don’t know why they end. But I do know that while they are making their passage I have a hard time balancing with them. This latest phase is, “I don’t know what to do.” Here’s how it works. 11 pm Mama: I... Read more
Belated Halloween prank video. I’m not much of a practical joke fan, but since every person in this video had to sign off on being part of it, I decided that it is ok to publish. And of course, there’s the likelihood that every person in this video, including the customers, is an actor, and the prank is really on us. All I know is that the people in the coffee shops around here aren’t nearly this well-groomed, fit... Read more
We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses … Read more
Father Robert Barron on our universal call to sainthood. Read more
May you have a happy and holy All Saints Day. Read more
Pope Francis managed to make Forbes most powerful list, and he did it without a single Tomahawk missile. I would guess that this is a bow to the pope’s worldwide popularity. What is ironic is that despite the fact that the pope has none of the trappings of raw power that the other members of the Most Powerful list possess, he really does have a kind of power. The power to persuade through love and hope is and always... Read more
The new bishop at the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis was marked for death before he was born. If his mother had listened to her doctor, she would have aborted her baby. “You’re carrying a freak,” the doctor told Judy Cozzens during her fifth month, “you shouldn’t continue this pregnancy.” When Mrs Cozzens refused to have an abortion, the doctor told her she would have to get another physician. She did, and the baby was born reasonably healthy. He... Read more
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