Pat Gohn

Catholic Photo Challenge #1: Seeing God in the Works of Creation

Last week I posted a rather lengthy reflection with several photographs I took in our yard. I tagged my pals Steve Nelson of Everything Estaban, and  Maria Johnson at Another Cup of Coffee about it on Facebook because they are both camera geeks. Since then, Steve has announced a link up using photography and Catholic themes: aka the Catholic Photo…

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A happy shout out to the Moms — these are the women I come from… (music video)

  A throwback to 1994, with a recent remake… “These Are The Women I Come From” lyrics: by Bonnie Keen and Tori Taff These are the faces in photographs Heads all held high Not afraid to look life in the eye They are women with backbone Keepers of the flame With a spirit even hard…

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The F.U.N. Quotient…. tap dance edition

H/T to Margaret Realy and Ann Margaret Lewis. I’m guessing the above was a take off of this… Let them praise his name with dancing… Psalm 149:3

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“Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (a journal entry plus photos)

“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” – Ps 90:12- That’s what I want. A heart of wisdom. I’ve desired that since giving my heart to Jesus Christ as a young teen. That was probably the first wise thing I’ve ever done. I’m a middle aged woman…

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A social media sermon in a poem (Warning: this should be habit forming)

The world of communications can help us either to expand our knowledge or to lose our bearings. The desire for digital connectivity can have the effect of isolating us from our neighbours, from those closest to us. … It is not enough to be passersby on the digital highways, simply “connected”; connections need to grow…

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Among Women 179: Momnipotent! With Danielle Bean

This episode is dedicated to mothers — the physical and spiritual mothers in all of us. We celebrate the coming of Mother’s Day by first exploring the idea of Mary as a mother to us all. Then, in our conversation segment, I welcome author and editor of Catholic Digest, Danielle Bean — one of my favorite people…

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Patheos is 5 years young! Thanks to @TheAnchoress for the growth of @PatheosCatholic!

I’m grateful for Elizabeth Scalia’s suggestion back in 2010 that I do a little writing on Patheos in a column called ” A Word in Season”. It’s not the only place I write, and despite my current hiatus as I deal with some family needs and my life/writing balance, I’m still very grateful for my…

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Women of Grace DVD series from EWTN with yours truly: Living the Gift of Catholic Womanhood

Remember that TV series I did with Johnette Benkovic on Women of Grace? I just found out that your can order the DVD version for $25 and get all 5 shows for home or parish use. Order it from EWTN’s religious catalogue.

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This makes me think… to live well, is to live the truth of the resurrection

St Augustine recalled incisively:  “Let us consider, dear friends, the Resurrection of Christ:  indeed, just as his Passion stood for our old life, his Resurrection is a sacrament of new life…. You have believed, you have been baptized; the old life is dead, killed on the Cross, buried in Baptism. The old life in which…

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