Friday, February 27, 2026

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We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others. (Pope Saint John Paul II)

Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’t look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything. (Saint Catherine of Siena, +1380)

Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

Lies come in all types - Half-lies, white lies, truthful lies, lying truths, and the 'damned lies' of statistics.  Saint Thomas, following Augustine, defines a lie as a falsehood told with the intention of...

Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic,...

Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned (Saint Mark 15:15-16)

Three Reginas

Here is  a sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare a 8, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung again by the ensemble Voces8. This work was first published in 1576, at the...

Signs of Hope: Marriage, Prayer, Conversion

I think we'll make this a regular event, listing the various signs of hope - locally and globally - in our fragmenting and fractious world. After all, Saint Paul's words that where sin abounds,...

Woe to me if I should prove myself but a half-hearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain (Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, +1622)

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