Tomorrow May 17th is the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Therese of Lisieux. She is a remarkable gift to the entire Church, and I thank her for her powerful intercession and loving presence in my life.

"Let's Sing with the Pope" part 2 dropped, on the Pater Noster: To reiterate what I wrote last week: the use of Latin in liturgy is an expression of unity in a diverse, universal Church. Love this initiative. youtube.com/watch?v=7nNbnU…

A lesser known aspect of the modern Papal Inauguration is the issuing of the Papal Ringtone. Although usually the Papal Ringtone doesn't get smashed after the pope dies, but the first time it goes off during Mass.

Gratitude and Generosity, by 𝕮𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 open.substack.com/pub/curtjester…

Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle, by 𝕮𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 open.substack.com/pub/curtjester…

What is your distance from Jesus on the Cross?, by 𝕮𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 open.substack.com/pub/curtjester…

Sometimes, when I think about the movie "Groundhog Day," I wonder what skills I would pursue if I had that much time to do so. Then I wonder if perhaps I would have a lot of time to develop them if I stopped doomscrolling. I guess I will never know. Oh, did you hear about ....

Today would be a good day to pray for St. Frassati to intercede for the conversion of young adults. That they may give in to Pier pressure.

"And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants." 1 Chron 20:6 Suspect the extra digits, scribal error in the city of Ai (הָעַי)

Rock meets Roll

Being today is a Memorial for Saint Hildegard, I think she should be the patron saint of worthwhile streaming series. The patron saint of Bingen.

The Spiritual Life, by 𝕮𝖚𝖗𝖙 𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 open.substack.com/pub/curtjester…

.The Pillar is pledging to “to pay 75% of all employee family adoption costs and of the costs for all fertility treatment undertaken in accord with the doctrine of the Church.” And is asking dioceses/Catholic businesses to do the same for their employees.

I went to Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame this evening. I only observed (at times, because you know, I'm supposed to be praying and I WAS) one Communion line, but I cannot tell you how many young people knelt to receive Communion. It was

From my short but fun Catholic World Report interview with the wonderful Dale Ahlquist about his new Ignatius Press book: CWR: Why did you feel another autobiography of Chesterton was necessary? Ahlquist: Maybe “worthwhile” is a better word than “necessary.” Nobody complains that

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Unlike the Apostles, those who cause schism become fissures of men.

Reading Tobit where Tobit had left a large sum of money to someone in the town of Rages in Media. I thought "Rages in Media" is a fine pundit site name. It would take some ability to pull off and there might not be ten talents who could do so. It would at least take some gall.

Be my Sts Cyril and Methodius

A beautiful #AshWednesday story from Msgr. James Shea: "A couple of years ago, I was on a flight on Ash Wednesday, and the stewardess came back to me and knelt down in the aisle where I was sitting, and she began to cry. She said, 'I wasn't able to go to mass today on Ash