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The Immaculate Heart of Mary

  Today is the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. You can find the day’s readings here, including these words of pondering, “his mother kept all these things in her heart.” The heart of Mary is worth pondering and just taking it… she is the Mother of God, her most exalted title, (Theotokos), and…

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The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You can find the readings of the day here, including this one: Brothers and sisters: The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at…

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The F.U.N. Quotient… Our local accents, or how what we say shows where we’re from!

This is a fabulous study! As a New York native transplanted to the greater Boston area… I came with a wikkid accent and I’ve also acquired one too. Here’s a few pictorials about linguistics in this country… but by all means, read them all! Here’s two that represents a quirk or two about where I’ve…

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4 Magazines for Women: Verily, Regina, Catholic Digest, and Radiant

Tonight at 8pm Eastern, Verily Magazine is having a Twitter Party, according to their Facebook post celebrating their debut print edition. (Find it on Twitter: @verilymag, #VerilyParty) I’ve been watching the growth of Verily, from an online dream to an in-print magazine over the past year, and I’m very happy to see it’s growth, and its beautiful sense…

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This makes me think… and wonder what St Peter was thinking when he wrote this…

Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. -1 Peter 4:8-

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First Time in History… a world-wide holy hour with the Pope (It’s short notice for some, but maybe you can join in!)

A few days ago, Pope Francis announced he would lead a world-wide holy hour in honor of Corpus Christi Sunday. And while other Popes have offered holy hours regularly with large audiences on television, (such as at World Youth Day), a unified effort to invite all Catholics to a global holy hour is a first. It is…

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Thoughts on the Visitation: Who Brings Jesus to You?

The following is my column scheduled today at Patheos, so all the links bring you back there. I’m sharing it in entirety here because of its Marian subject matter for the last day of May. Totus Tuus! During my stay-at-home years with our young family, my husband’s job kept him out of the house and…

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Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious Radio…?

Or, maybe it’s me talking about themes from my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious, on Catholic Radio. Gosh, I love Catholic Radio… wherever it is, whomever it reaches. When I was working in radio back in the early 80s, Catholic Radio was a rare animal. It was more like an hour here or there where…

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This makes me think… about why I have the luxury of a day off today…

This is the US flag that waves over the Mall near the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC. Underneath is the flag that remembers POWs and MIAs. And this is one that flies just at the foot of the memorial, left by a passerby. Memorial Day remembers the deaths of those serving in the United…

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