… by Ilya Yatsenko. Read more

… I grew in the naval area of Norfolk Va. Every male member of my family has served in the military. It is not unheard of for some women in the military to intentionally get pregnant to avoid deployment. While I feel for this single mother’s struggles, being a single mother myself, I have no sympathy for women who join the military then act surprised when they are called to duty and make excuses to avoid fulfilling their obligations. If... Read more

… if you don’t eat before rounds and you have to change a wet to dry dressing and pack a particularly gnarly open wound in a stifling hot hospital room the temperature of hell while wearing head to toe PPE… you will pass out and bang the holy hell out of your head. Read more

photo by Fr Lawrence, OP …In the midst of royal splendor Margaret chastised her flesh by mortification and vigils and passed the greater part of the night in devout prayer. Her most remarkable virtue was love of neighbor, particularly love toward the poor. Her alms supported countless unfortunates; daily she provided food for three hundred and shared in the work of serving them personally, washing their feet and kissing their wounds. [source] Read more

I see a Christmas gift in some one’s future. Read more

… you use your credit card at 2am on a Friday night and the activity is so out of character the card company calls your cell that morning to have you verify the transaction… then the operator laughs at you. Read more

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… a view of Blue Lagoon in Comino with St. Mary’s tower in the foreground. Read more

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