No Ordinary Smoke
“That seemed awfully quick.” It was the first comment I saw on social media when the white smoke started billowing from the Vatican chimney. As far as I was concerned,...
Easter Triduum, Lenten Season, Liturgical Calendar, Spiritual Warfare, Traditional Catholicism, Uncategorized
The Red Candle
Going to adoration as the Easter Triduum begins on Holy Thursday is an experience like no other in the Church. It’s the night when Jesus institutes the Holy Eucharist, the...
Acknowledging the Golden Calf
One of this week’s daily Mass readings was a familiar one found in Exodus 32. As the story unfolds, Moses is on the mountain chiseling out the 10 commandments, while...
On Picking Patron Saints
As we gathered for Mass on New Year’s Day, Fr. Shenoy Thomas spoke about the Blessed Virgin Mary and encouraged us to call on her more frequently as we walk...
The Manifestation of God
“From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense for the true God, and...
A Season of Waiting
Years ago, those few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas represented weeks of disordered pressure in my life. Many a day was spent agonizing over the perfect Christmas gifts for everyone...
Grace on Cross Mountain
I stared at the steep and rocky landscape before me as my husband Dan and I stood at the bottom of Cross Mountain in Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It didn’t take...
Sign of the Times
Have you ever wondered what the shortest books of the Bible are? That’s precisely where I found myself this morning as I flipped over to the Letter of Jude in...
Patrolling Earth
A recent daily Mass reading told the story of Job, who though an innocent, God-fearing man was pursued by evil. After losing everything and everyone except his wife in a...
The Crow of Many Roosters
It was a giant rooster, no doubt about it, standing in all its glory on the grounds of Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Not something one typically comes upon every...