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… have you ever had to give a speech or presentation to a crowd of people, more than half of whom would rather not even be there? No matter how well you prepared it will always throw off. Now imagine you are a priest trying to perform your priestly duties and you look out into a sea of bored faces. Imagine you did this every week, multiple times a day even. Certainly, over the course of a year[s], this would... Read more

… It is best for you to be ignorant, my child, about many things, considering yourself as dead to this world, and one to whom all the world is crucified. Let many things you hear go in one ear and out the other, focusing your mind on those things which pertain to your peace. It is also more profitable for you to look the other way from such things as displease you, leaving to everyone to hold the opinion that... Read more

… How can you top this? I think this is what happens when Pentecostals take acid. source. Read more

… good thing I’ve given up being all controversial and junk. It’s malicious out there. I’ve also stopped being sarcastic too. Read more

… versus self defense. At what point do Christians allow themselves to be slaughtered and continually persecuted before they will rise up and say “no more”? I ask this rhetorically, of course, as I do not have the answers. But damn. 75% of religious violence is directed at Christians. In Christian minority countries they are murdered in their churches, beaten in the streets and their women molested while their governments and police will not provide protection. I understand in those... Read more

… an adaption of a post I wrote “on beauty…” was edited for publication in Patheos. I am not sure it was well received, as Patheos draws a more diverse readership. However, it did provide an opportunity to polish up my writing skills and work with Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress. She sought me out after reading the original post and worked with me on the editions. I owe her my many thanks. Read more

“Girls wearing the traditional mantilla take part in a procession prior to the start of Holy Week at Our Lady of the Rosary school in Seville, on March 26, 2010. AFP PHOTO / CRISTINA QUICLER/Getty Images Read more

… I decided not to return to school this spring. It was a difficult decision to make but one that needed to be made none the less. It’s always hard when you have to postpone your dreams, but that’s all this is. A postponement. It took me two years just to complete my pre-requisites for nursing school, than another year to complete my LPN certification but that was as far as I could go. Financially, physically, logistically. Then I got... Read more

I had the extreme honour and pleasure to be in attendance at the ordination of my dear friend. I’ve watched for four years as he and his wife worked together to reach this moment, offering my own meager help when I could. The Church has gained a very prayerful and charismatic Deacon who will be Her loyal servant, this I know. Congratulations Deacon Martin Ricart III. Pictured; Bisphop Jugis, of the Diocese of Charlotte, ordains Marty Ricart at St. Mark... Read more