Category Archives: Catholic

13 Days

There is nothing to be dreaded in human ills except sin – not poverty, or disease, or insult, or ill treatment, or dishonor, or death, which people call the worst of evils. To those who love spiritual wisdom, these things … Continue reading

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Rome Burning

Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, … Continue reading

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Deliver Me

But you, O Lord my Lord,    act on my behalf for your name’s sake;    because your steadfast love is good, deliver me. Psalm 109:21 I have been pondering what Mary did in the 3 days Jesus was dead. She viewed everything from a vantage … Continue reading

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Lavish Grace

 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,  just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and … Continue reading

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In the Light of Divine Mercy

 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. Ezekiel 34:16 I write in my … Continue reading

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Lazarus Prayer

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a … Continue reading

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The Little Psalter of The Most Holy Face

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,full of grace and truth. John 1:14 Throughout this pandemic and time of increased stress, whenever I found … Continue reading

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Crushing Satan

I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 I am doing a bible study on the Gospel of John. … Continue reading

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An Answered Prayer

Lord, teach us to pray… Luke 11:1 I was awakened the other morning with the thought of how the Church was the answer to the Lord’s prayer. The Church is the answer because it is she who provides what we … Continue reading

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Disquiet

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future. The human mind may devise many plans but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established. Proverbs 19:20-21 On Friday I went to a Latin Mass, … Continue reading

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