… a cemetery in Warsaw, Poland. I haven’t been to adoration in awhile. I think I will remedy that this evening and take The Boy. I am going with the specific intention to pray for the dead. If you have anyone special you’d like me to remember and add to my own prayers I would gladly do so. Reply in the comments or shoot me an email at [email protected]. Read more
A nun prays after Communion as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass Nov. 3 in St. Peter’s Basilica in memory of cardinals and bishops who died in the past year. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Read more
… I hate when you are going about your day, minding your own business and being perfectly content, when suddenly you’re overwhelmed by some completely out-of-the-blue and irrational emotion. Tonight I am being visited by that nagging old bitty, Loneliness. If Loneliness actually had a corporeal body I imagine she’d be wearing a tattered and wrinkled wedding dress with whiskey stains and cigarette burns in the veil. She also would sound like Kathleen Turner. Oh my. No doubt, being single... Read more
… Pope Benedict XVI holds a reliquary given as a gift to him from a priest during his November 2nd general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Photo attribution: (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (Nov. 2, 2011) © 2011 Catholic News Service Read more
… I am endlessly smitten with Mumford & Sons. Their lyrics are drawn from literary influences like Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and the Bible. A common theme in their music is grace and redemption but they are not considered Christian Rock musicians though many associate them as such. Regardless, you won’t hear them played on any Christian Radio station… mostly because Christian Radio plainly sucks. No auto-tune hear, folks. Just intelligent song writing and real instrumental talent. So sit back and enjoy... Read more
… November is another one of my favorite months. It has everything; cooler weather, crisp air, colorful foliage and clear skies. Liturgically it’s also a very lively month. Coming off the sugar high of Halloween, November starts off with one of my favorite traditions, Dia de Los Muertos, which celebrates the holy days of All Saints and Souls Day Latino style. These feasts and celebrations form the perfect marriage of my two ethnicities. Followed by this, you have Christ the... Read more
… Diabetes ho! Read more
… or would it be Malta Monday? Read more
… Last night my son went trick-or-treating with a group of friends. At the end of the evening they all headed back to one friend’s home to count their hard sought spoils, when suddenly one parent suggested the kids dump all their candy in one large pile then equally distribute it among them. You should have seen the horror on their little faces at the idea. My son was having none of it and boldly declared, “My mom says redistribution... Read more
… A huge part of why I took to Catholicism like a fish to water was that Papists love to party. We have a feast almost daily, and if you’re bi-ritual or pre-Vatican II you’ll have multiple calendars to induce ecclesiastical schizophrenia. Catholics also have an amazing knack of taking regional traditions and making them their own; just ask those ungrateful pagans. I’ve lived in various parts of the Bible Belt and have encountered just about every reaction one can... Read more
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