Pat Gohn
Welcome to my chaos, Jesus
It’s been a difficult winter season here. No getting around that. And I’m not just talking about the cold and the snowfall. In some ways, that has added some beauty to the landscape, and frankly, the excuse to cocoon a bit. Just a bit, because I’ve been out straight as they say. To compensate I’ve…
Read MoreReprise: Woman, you are a gift! Respecting women respects life!!
Last year, on the anniversary of Roe vs Wade, and the March for Life, I penned this column as a summary of the beauty of womanhood, and her gift of maternity and it was featured in the online version of the Washington Post… Here it is in its entirety. Woman, you are a gift! From…
Read MoreSome of us are Marching in our hearts… #MarchForLife
For a million reasons, there are millions of us who are pro-life who cannot walk in the March for Life, but we will be marching in our hearts. We do this in our prayers, in our sacrifices, and in our fasts today. Watch EWTN for special programming around the March for Life.
Read MoreThis makes me think… “Lord… take me from all lukewarmness…”
O Lord, give me a mind that is humble, quiet, peaceable, patient and charitable, and a taste of your Holy Spirit in all my thoughts, words, and deeds. O Lord, give me a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of you. Take from me all lukewarmness in meditation and dullness in…
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Snowy trees and shrubs in winter… life off the Back Porch
“Meanwhile,’ said Mr Tumnus, ‘it is winter in Narnia, and has been for ever so long, and we shall both catch cold if we stand here talking in the snow. Daughter of Eve from the far land…
Read MoreI’m off my rocker… over at CatholicMom.com today
I have a now-and-again series at Catholic Mom I affectionately call “Tales from the Empty Nest”. This latest installment talks about the bittersweet heartache of losing my rocking chair… Here’s an excerpt: A long time back, almost 27 years ago, my husband bought me a rocking chair. We were expecting our first baby. I was looking…
Read MoreThis makes me think…. about praying more to the Sacred Heart
How good and sweet it is, Jesus, to dwell in your heart! All my thoughts and affections will I sink in the Heart of Jesus, my Lord. I have found the Heart of my king, my brother, my friend, the Heart of my beloved Jesus. And now that I have found your Heart, which is…
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