Pat Gohn

Take three minutes and pray with me today, for life. Day #5 of the USCCB’s Nine Days of Prayer novena to build a culture of life (Prayers & links here)

Pray with Americans from all over the country  in support of life! Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For scientists and pharmaceutical employees who help create and manufacture contraceptive and abortifacient drugs: that the Lord will open their eyes to the moral danger and health risks these drugs…

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The bodacious message of a woman’s dignity and gifts — my interview on Relevant Radio today. Links to listen!

Okay, being a former radio deejay myself, I really appreciate a smooth delivery and articulation of a clear message…. would that I might have been describing me! But today I held my own and relaxed because I was in the hands of a real pro — an Emmy Award-winner, a great writer, and media host,…

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Woman, YOU are a gift! Encouragement for women in the Washington Post: an article by yours truly…

Here’s  a snippet: Woman, you are a gift!   From the first presentation of woman to man in the Garden of Eden, the gift of who you are is nothing less than “wow!” Your dignity comes from the gift of your being, and the gift of your being created feminine.   Man saw your profound…

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Take three minutes and pray with me today, for life. Day #4 of the USCCB’s Nine Days of Prayer novena to build a culture of life (Prayers & links here)

Don’t feel bad if you are late to this novena. Just start it today… All prayers count! And remember God can work outside of time limitations! Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here.  This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For the doctors, nurses and counselors who now know they were wrong in cooperating with abortion:…

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This makes me think: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s words to women are worth pondering for tomorrow’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

God has created each one of us, every human being, for greater things– to love and to be loved. But why did God make some of us men and others women? Because a woman’s love is one image of the love of God, and a man’s love is another image of God’s love. Both are…

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Take three minutes and pray with me today, for life. Day #3 of the USCCB’s Nine Days of Prayer novena to build a culture of life (Prayers & links here)

Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For the parents who influenced their child’s choice to abort their grandchild: that they may have the humility and wisdom to see the wrong they’ve done and to seek forgiveness from God and from their child.   Our Father, 3 Hail Marys,…

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Take three minutes and pray with me today, for life. Day #2 of the USCCB’s Nine Days of Prayer novena to build a culture of life (Prayers & links here)

Get caught up on the Nine Days initiative here. This is from the USCCB website… Intercession: For the father whose child died with his cooperation and consent: that the Lord grant him the grace to repent and be reconciled with God. Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be   Reflection: Today’s memorial of St. Sebastian, the famous…

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Take three minutes and pray with me today, for life. Day #1 of the USCCB’s Nine Days of Prayer novena to build a culture of life (Prayers & links here)

You remember what a novena is, right? We’re praying this simple prayer for nine days, just like the Blessed Mother and the Apostles prayed for nine days in the Upper Room as they awaited the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Here’s our petition, as we join with other Catholics around the US and…

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Your heart matters to God, so how has your prayer life been lately? Some gems from the Catechism in my latest column at Patheos

The Year of Faith is a great time to reboot one’s prayer life. Here’s what my column at Patheos offers this week… Prayer is something all Christians should be “practicing” — both corporately as a Church, and individually — and for a very good reason: the fruit of prayer can be a new heart and…

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The F.U.N. Quotient… dog lovers edition

For years, the family dog in our home was a golden retriever named Sandy. She listened to a lot of guitar music in our home. The is the dog we have now… buried in a recent laundry pile still warm from the dryer. Brady, the Boston Terrier, whose musical tastes are unknown to us.

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