Recognizing Baby Steps – Part 2
In a previous article of mine, Recognizing Baby Steps a news article was reviewed where it was reported that a pregnant woman in the...
Second Sunday of Lent: The Transfiguration
âThis is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!â (Mk. 9:7)
On the second Sunday in Lent we always read the Gospel of the Transfiguration...
Rock of Ages…But Some Loose Stones
âThou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. I will...
Peter Damian’s Book of Gomorrah
St. Peter Damian (1007-1073) was a Benedictine monk and Cardinal Bishop whose principle legacy relevant to our time is his slim volume titled The...
The Message of Pope Benedict for Lent from 2010
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
BENEDICT XVI
FOR LENT 2010
âThe justice of God has been manifested
through faith in Jesus Christâ (cf. Rm 3, 21-22)
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Each year,...
Pope Francis and Lent
(I realize many of us have some difficulty with Pope Francis - and the Church seems to be in a perpetual penitential mode of...
Tammy
(The following is a true story, recently sent to me, which I thought would help others. The author graciously agreed to have this published,...
First Sunday of Lent: Purified and Perfected by Penance
After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan (Mk. 1:12).
On...
Saint John Baptist of the Conception â The Reformer of the Trinitarians
Most of us are familiar with the names John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. They defined the Spanish Golden Age of mysticism...
The Holy Season of Lent
âWorship the Lord your God, and serve only Himâ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...
