Easter Triduum, Lenten Season, Liturgical Calendar, Spiritual Warfare, Traditional Catholicism, Uncategorized

The Red Candle

April 19, 2025

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...

Church History, Spiritual Warfare

Acknowledging the Golden Calf

April 4, 2025

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...

Saints, Traditional Catholicism

On Picking Patron Saints

January 10, 2025

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...

Church History, Liturgical Calendar, Traditional Catholicism

The Manifestation of God

January 6, 2025

“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...

Advent, Church History, Liturgical Calendar, Traditional Catholicism

A Season of Waiting

November 29, 2024

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...

Pilgrimages

Grace on Cross Mountain

November 15, 2024

  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...

Spiritual Warfare

Sign of the Times

October 28, 2024

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...

Spiritual Warfare

Patrolling Earth

October 10, 2024

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...

Uncategorized

The Crow of Many Roosters

October 1, 2024

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...

Uncategorized

Remembering Rescorla

September 11, 2024

  Author’s Note: As we mark the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I’d like to share the story of Rick Rescorla. Chances are you know who he is — several documentaries...