Today is the feast of the 2 youngest canonized saints in the history of the church. I visited their hometown in September and took pictures. The most famous picture you can find of the 3 shepherd children is this one. It is in front of the house of Francisco and Jacinta. I can't describe what it was like to have my picture taken in the exact same spot. Truly humbling. Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta in front of the home of Francisco and Jacinta. Me at the same location The grave

Just wondering if you all caught this. You didn't? 250 Million gallons of raw sewage dumped into the Potomac out of DC. I will refrain from the too-easy sarcastic shots and ask how something of this magnitude is kept secret.

A rosary blessed at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Jesus said to his disciples: "Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be se

Stronger than Steel was the 3rd consecutive book I have read about Therese of Lisieux since November and the 4th overall. It took me longer to get through than I had hoped but I finished it today- February 16th- President's Day. Since the next one is a mere 62 pages, I would hope I get through it much quicker. The Great Peshtigo fire is about the worst fire in American history. It got its name by the fact that the fire originated around the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin. The

The rules are still the same. He leaves us alone; we will leave him alone. He doesn't, we won't. PERIOD. This is not negotiable. We refuse to have any association with this vile human being. Keep our names and our content off your filth. Every single member of T4P believes you are a disgusting pig.

We prayed the chaplet and I used a special Rosary given to me by my mother's prayer group.

Recently recognized with an award from Catholics for Catholics , her words bear repeating. The Catholic Church has never taught that the modern State of Israel fulfills biblical prophecy or that Catholics are religiously obligated to support any political nation as part of God’s plan of salvation. Vatican II is clear. Christ instituted the New Covenant in His Blood, calling together a people made up of Jew and Gentile, uniting them not according to the flesh, but in the Spir

Don't know her faith, her ideology, where she lives, anything about her. That makes it all the more unsettling because she sure as heck knows me.

I have immense respect for Jimmy Akin and I certainly think he gets it right most of the time. I believe he is wrong on Genesis 3:15 . You know what? So does the Mother of Jesus. More on that in a minute. In a recent article about the cause of the war in heaven , I made the case that Genesis 3:15 can only be properly translated the way that the Douai Rheems translates it- 15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman , and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush th