… physical illnesses are such a nasty thing. You can be angry you are sick but really, who can you be mad at? It’s not like it’s a wrong that has been inflicted on you by some one else. Illness just happens. No one is to blame. A lot of times, with diseases, you are also left completely dependent on other people. This can be especially difficult if you are used to being completely self sufficient. I think this is... Read more

… What?!?! This is fine art. Might fine indeed. Read more

… I need your help for a project I am working on. Get your thinking caps on. Read more

… most of us aren’t Carthusians or Trappists. The normal lay Catholic hasn’t reach such levels of spiritual discipline. So tell me why, why, why do so many liturgists and church decorators think we need to have such an austere worship environment? I get accused all the time of Catholic Snobbery. I idolize the ritual of liturgy. The pretty is more important to me than the prayers of the mass. I think it’s been clearly established, and well documented, I... Read more

… I just couldn’t take it anymore. My son has been singing in the Children’s Choir at a local parish for close to year. If you never been to a Children’s Mass at your parish then God bless your fortunate soul. If you have, then you know. At these masses the children are called to the front of the church and sit crossed legged on the floor while they get their very own special sermon. It’s ludicrous. Kids are already... Read more

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Sacred Relics Of The Saints: Treasures Of The Church St. Ann Parish presents a teaching and exposition of Sacred Relics on Saturday July 16 at 5:30pm (following the 4:30 pm Mass). Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with his very special ministry to teach about these holy objects. He will bring with him over 150 relics, some as old as 2000 years. Among the treasures will be relics of St. Ann, St. Maria Goretti,... Read more

… adoration frustrates me. So does the rosary. It’s all that stillness and focusing. Quick supplications said through out the day suit me better, like the text or twitter version of prayer. Not that I am so busy I can’t carve out time for adoration or the rosary, on the contrary. I just can’t make my mind focus for any length of time. It would seem I just can’t inwardly shut up. Once during adoration I was asking God for... Read more

… I’ve completed some new art. Hop on over to Artistic Bombshells and check it out. And yes, I do commissions at your request. Read more

… I am going to type a seemingly innocuous sentence and see how long it takes before someone, though a logical sequence of replies, can successful turn the thread into a novus ordo v. mass in extraordinary form debate. A Catholic version of Godwin’s Law, if you will. “My unfortunate Lutheran friend once thought “Our Lady, Star of The Sea” was a brand of tuna fish.” Read more