There is so much to write about. First, today is Ash Wednesday. Lent has begun. I’m hoping that it’s going to be the most fruitful up til now. I’ve made some resolutions that have entrusted to Our Lady. The past few days were a kind of pre-Lenten preparation… I have been reading a book about …
Category: Who am I?
He Sympathizes With Us
God knows what we all go through. He lived our life taking it up into himself. That means that he even suffered, wept and died–in order to ultimately take “the sting” out of it, to destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the Devil, and free those who through fear of …
Rest in Peace Fr. Neuhaus. Rest in Peace Sweeney twins.
Some exceedingly sad news today. Last night I found out that Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was gravely ill. This morning I found out that he passed away at 10 AM. I met him at a book signing. A very gracious person. He nearly died once and wrote reflections about it in First Things, the magazine …
Holy New Year 2009!
The Church really knows how to bring in a new calendar year–by celebrating the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on the first day! In becoming the Mother of God, she also became our mother because Jesus—the God-Man—is our brother! “You take it ’cause I don’t want to worry about it!” New Year’s Day i …
Here He comes… with Mary we behold him.
< the following was written just a few minutes ago to help me prepare for Christmas... it is shorter than it looks > Christmas is tomorrow. The long-awaited Messiah comes… for Catholic Christians it is an entering into the events of 2,000 years ago. “But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his …
Thanksgiving ’08
Life. I think that is what I’m most thankful to God for… and least I’d like to be. There was a quote that I recently read in the CatholicCity e-mail message that really struck me: “I’ll tell you what I’m grateful for: everything. Every breath, every bite, every thought, every pain, every friend, every act …
St. Monica and my mother
St. Monica reminds me a lot of my mom… St. Monica was a strong holy woman who persisted in prayer until her two sons and her bad-tempered husband converted. And they did. We honor her son St. Augustine tomorrow. She is a great example of a Christian mother, always looking out for her children’s well-being…especially …
Pope of Hope leaves US ablaze!
4/15-4/20 What an awesome week it’s been! Pope Benedict has effectively radiated Christ our Hope to the United States. I’d like to recount my experience of seeing him and share some of my thoughts. Last Thursday, my whole family was at the Papal Mass at Nationals Park. My dad sung in the choir, my sister …
Christ Our Hope update
What a blessing it was to be at the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium! <to be continued>
Felix dies natalis tibi!
That’s Happy Birthday to you in Latin. The Pope turned 81 today. At the Shrine this evening as Cardinal George listed the languages that the Catholic schoolchildren had sung Happy Birthday to the Pope in: German, English, Spanish, the Pope remarked “And Latin!” It was great to watch the Holy Father’s reception at the White …