Holy Guardian Angels: You are never alone
Today is the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. There is a tremendous comfort in knowing that we are never truly alone, for as the Collect from today’s Mass in the Extraordinary Form says in regards to...
View ArticleThis is enough, O LORD! Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers
The First Reading for the Mass for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) is from 1st Book of Kings Chapter 19, verses 4-8; Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert,until he came to a broom tree...
View ArticleWalk onwards home
This morning’s Office of Readings for Saturday, 34th Week on Ordinary Time has a sermon by Saint Augustine which I take the following excerpt: “Let us sing Alleluia to God, who is good and frees us...
View ArticleOur Lady of Sorrows
September 15th is the the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. It honors the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which are: First Sorrow: The Prophecy of Simeon Our Lady and St. Joseph took the child...
View ArticleMother Angelica is as helpful and inspiring today as she was decades ago
I couldn’t this morning decide what to watch on TV during the time I set aside for that before ‘beginning my day.’ Old reruns of “Sliders?” How about “Farscape?” “Babylon 5?” Maybe pick up where I...
View ArticleI went on a retreat this weekend and didn’t even realize it
I went on a retreat this weekend and didn’t even realize it. I’ve been feeling a combination of being ‘sorry for myself’ and dealing with recurring stress and anxiety (who isn’t these days?) Much of my...
View ArticleSt. Jude Thaddeus, Apostle and patron saint of alcoholics and addicts
Today (Oct. 28) is the feast day of St. Jude Thaddeus (it’s also shared with St. Simon the Zealot, but St. Jude is the subject of this post.) St. Jude was one of the Apostles of Our Lord and is …...
View ArticleSt. Jude Thaddeus: Confused with the Traitor
This is a follow up post to Monday’s one of St. Jude Thaddeus, Apostle and patron saint of alcoholics and addicts. As I mentioned in that post, I became enamored with St. Jude when I read several...
View ArticleSt. Jude Thaddeus: the Forgotten
OK, so in my previous post I had written a prayer based on a traditional one that claimed St. Jude was confused with the traitor Judas due to the similarity in names. I didn’t have the prayer handy but...
View ArticleDivine Mercy Sunday 2025
(NOTE: This is combined from previous posts on Divine Mercy Sunday) This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. I do hope that you take advantage of the tremendous source of healing, forgiveness and grace that...
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