It’s a true blessing to have my best friend from high school, Fr. Joice, co-preside at our wedding Mass and deliver the homily.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from Christ's side, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from Thee From the malicious enemy

"Mary protected me even before I knew her!" - St. Josephine Bakhita

Probably my favorite meaningful detail in all of Michaelangelo's work.

A few other goodies from our newish pastor: Asking the men of the parish to gather to pray the Rosary in the chapel on Sat. mornings and encouraging them to practice St. Michael's Lent, with a Holy Hour and Compline on Weds. nights. Something just for men...how refreshing!

John Rich🇺🇸 Has anyone checked on Cracker Jack kid and his dog lately? Woke police are looking for him.

Put aside your feelings on the Ukraine War for a moment, whatever they are. This is a remarkable photo. Dogs are rightfully "man's best friend," but cats are a close #2. They deserve some credit. Beautiful image, just beautiful.

As Provincial Superior, I invite any young women, ages 18-30, who feel called to serve Christ as a religious Sister, to email me for more information or to come visit us. Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus USA Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 866

Spain's Catholic population - seeing their churches destroyed, clergy executed, religious raped - clearly took a different view of communist atrocities ... perhaps more conferences, blogs, 'appeals to norms', would have worked here? Whither, indeed?

If your kid can operate a iPhone iPad an Xbox the can manage a broom, a vacuum a mop and do the dishes. Give them chores teach them life.

And the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the Circumcision, Holy Week...am I missing anything?

The Catholic Church regulated, strictly, who could authoritatively translate the Bible into the vernacular - and anyone who has only so much as glanced at the textual abominations of American Bibles esp “The Message” Bible or “NIV for crayon eating morons” can see why.

Comedy level: Genius

The Church had the "Codex Vaticanus" or the Greek koine Bible as it was in 3-4th centuries AD ... hardly surprising the Church, possessing such old original manuscripts, was rather sensitive about those deciding to DIY their translations en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Vat…

In 2003 I was not Catholic, but found myself in Spain for Holy Week. I had never even heard of a religious procession. But on my way home one night I got cut off by one. It was like getting mugged by history, tradition, beauty, and Catholicism all at once. It was glorious.

Mother Angelica is at least 80% of why I am Catholic today. I never had a Catholic friend or family member invite me to Mass, but she did. She said “Just go. Go see Jesus, he’s waiting for you.” Paraphrasing from memory but I did and it changed everything.

The Narrow Gate In this Sunday’s Gospel (cf. Luke 13:22–30), Jesus talks about the “narrow gate.” He’s not saying God wants to make life harder for us; he’s reminding us that following Him takes real effort. The “easy road” is going along with the crowd, chasing popularity, or

Awaken the dead to a glorious resurrection: may we be united with them at the end of time. ~ Your kingdom come! #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #JesusChrist oil on linen by Michael Dudash

Beautiful day today at Martyrs Shrine. It was mama's first time there. Much gratitude.

If Marco Rubio can go to Mass, so can you.