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,…
Read MoreGet 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…
Read MoreYou 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreToday’s Morning Prayer canticle from Deuteronomy captures this phrase: “He encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Dt 32:10) Elsewhere in the Old Testament the Psalmist prays: “Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings.” (Ps 17:8) The bible makes use of that…
Read MoreThe saints are in Christ. He is our participation in the Trinity. In other words, our participation in the life of the Trinity is to become one of the persons of the Trinity. Specifically, we become “part” of the Incarnate Son, through the power of the Holy Spirit. When this happens, we don’t become equal to Christ. Rather, we…
Read MoreSo, it’s Friday, and instead of my usual trip to my church for adoration in the middle of the day, I’m presenting a talk overview of the themes of my book at a lovely church in Mashpee, MA, down “on the Cape.” Don’t ask me how early I had to get up in the morning…
Read MoreAmong Women 154 welcomes back Robyn Lee, the editor at CatholicMatch.com, a highly recommended on-line dating community. Robyn describes the single life as a blessing “in the now” and she offers suggestions for meeting others both in person and on-line. This podcast also describes the life of St. Bathildis from the 7th century, a woman…
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(Okay, so that’s really an 8-book list.) If you listen my podcast, Among Women, you know I have a passion for three things: first, to encourage women to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and their Catholic faith; second, to celebrate the beauty and genius of their womanhood; and third, to call women to…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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