I recently had a chance to attend Sunday Mass at St. Mary’s in Greenville, SC. The parish is often mentioned in the context of the New Evangelization, and I thought I’d take a look and see what the noise was…
The Amazing Power of Beauty in Leading a Soul to the Truth
We all hunger in our hearts for some form of fulfillment. Not all hearts are able to identify the Source of that hunger, but every heart longs for something. We are all hungry. Each one of us yearns to be…
Pray for Fr. Kevin Kayda
I would like to use my article this week to prompt some reflection and prayer. A while back I urged readers to pray for priests. I come to you again with that request. On October 3, 2013, the Diocese of…
Living Beyond the “I”
As a retired person I have the opportunity to listen to a lot of talk radio. I have abandoned the public display of human misery that appears with regularity on daytime TV; it gives me a headache! There is one…
Newevangelisticexpialidocious
Are you newevangelisticexpialidocious? Unsure? Don’t worry. It’s a word I made up based on the term “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from Disney’s Mary Poppins. What’s the point of all of this? I wanted to discuss terms and definitions in the Catholic faith. While…
Make Time for a Psalm-Sized Prayer Snack
Readings for October 20, 2013: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time I’ve often heard people say that they don’t want to trouble God with their petty needs and concerns. After all, he has more important things to attend to, like running…
Missionary Friendship Changes Everything
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Marianna Bartholomew for a special guest post. Marianna is a wife and mom from the Chicago area who also homeschools, teaches, and writes. She’s award-winning journalist and contributor to the Catholic Vitamins podcast. She blogs at…
God Always Has Encouragement
I skimmed the October 6, 2013 readings before Mass as is my usual pre-Mass custom. In my infinite idiocy, I thought, Man, God is really playing with these people today. It seemed as first glance God was dangling the bait…
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
I hate traffic! The other night as I was wedged in like a sardine on Interstate 94, I noticed the license plate in front of me was my brother-in-law’s initials, CPW. So, I thought, “I should say a little prayer…
On Emperors and Beanie Babies
Almost everyone knows of the fabled emperor that paraded the streets in his undergarments, believing he was adorned in the finest of cloth that only the foolish could not see. Lest he admit being a fool, he feigned witnessing the…