… puts you in direct video conference with His Holiness. Not even Fr. Z has this kind of technology. You are sure to have the #1 blog now. Read more

… I was recently reminded of some advice I once received; focus less on finding the right person and instead strive to be the right person. You can see where I get hung up on the latter, never mind the former. Read more

… or, more novenas I start and never finish. This time it’s the novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Despite the old saying, I still pray I can make it into heaven on my good intentions. Read more

… nothing like a healthy dose of humility. Two such instances from this weekend come to mind; like bragging to someone that your free of sin as you come out of the confessional only to be reminded by them of the sin of pride, and setting off the smoke detector when blowing out the candles on your birthday cake. Yay! I’m old and prideful. Sigh. Read more

… read a list of prayer petitions and realize your problems are insignificant compared to others. Then pray for those people and ask God to forgive your self centerdness. Read more

… how much time, do you suppose, the more devoted bloggers spend posting, commenting and reading blogs; their own and others? Not to mention following Twitter and reading news feeds, participating in online spats and childish back and forths? How many hours are spent regurgitating that negativeness? I can’t help but wonder, when do these people pray? Read more

… read any book on the life of any saint. If our goal on earth is to be more Christ-like and yet I find imitating the life of a saint a tall order, I got some serious work ahead of me. Does any one else ever feel like the only thing you have in common with a saint is their past? Read more

… lie about your age. Instead of admitting to turning 35 in a few days, I tell people I’ll be 45. Then I sit back and bask in the glow of their compliments; “Wow, you look fabulous for forty five!” Yeah, I know. I should be ashamed of my vanity but I’m not. Read more

… my dad has a blog. Sigh. Read more

… “There is also the danger of attempting so to redraw and humanize the face of Christ that it may fit into the features of that “home.” Many such humanizations and sentimental falsifications are to be found in so-called popular piety, and are expressed even in certain hymns. We must have the readiness to relinquish such all-too-human substitutes, however comfortable we may feel them. We must be filled with the desire to look into the unfalsified countenance of Christ as... Read more