The only answer to the growing discord in the Church and the world today, which is like the confusion of Babel, is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, a modern-day Pentecost upon society and members of the Church. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/39022/we-need-the-holy-spirit.html

St. Simon Stock was a Carmelite friar who is credited with the reception of the brown scapular, which he was given by Our Lady in a vision. The brown scapular can be a source of great graces to those who wear it when accompanied by fervent efforts to live lives of deep faith and devotion. … Continue reading St. Simon Stock and the Brown Scapular →

St. Peter Julian Eymard is known as the "Apostle of the Eucharist" and in this month dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament, we can look to his example to help us grow in love for the Eucharist and ask his intercession for the world to grow in love and devotion to Christ in the Eucharist. — … Continue reading St. Peter Julian Eymard: Apostle of the Eucharist →

Jesus said that He knows His sheep, and they know Him. How do we know if we know Him? Per Jesus Himself, we know Him if we keep His commandments. Hearing His voice is also a quality of the sheep, meaning we silence our hearts in order to listen. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/38599/i-know-my-sheep-and-mine-know-me.html

On Monday, most of the US saw a partial solar eclipse, while some parts experienced totality. It was also on the Solemnity of the Annunciation in the Church. Having these events fall on the same day leads us to a reflection on how God uses things we can see to lead us to understand things … Continue reading The Eclipse and the Annunciation →

Today is a day of grief and mourning for Jesus Christ, and for our sins that have put him to death. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/38248/a-brief-holy-saturday-reflection.html

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus undoes the damage done by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by submitting to the will of His Father and humbling Himself. We should ask for the grace to follow His example and say "Not my will, but Yours be done." — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/38212/the-garden-of-gethsemane-undoes-the-garden-of-eden.html

The use of altar girls during the liturgy in modern times is not a matter of giving girls and boys equal opportunity, but is a theological error that undermines the proper worship of God, giving girls right that Jesus Himself did not give them and leading to a false expectation about a possible call to … Continue reading What’s Wrong with Altar Girls? →

This is an article that I wrote last year about Passiontide--Emily During Passiontide, the last two weeks of Lent, we cover the statues and crucifixes in churches and omit the Glory Be in the Mass to remind us of the approaching Death of Christ and to "hide God" in a sense so that we might … Continue reading Passiontide, The Covering of Statues, & The Omission of the Glory Be →

The movie Cabrini was well done in showing how Mother Cabrini built "her holy empire," but did seem to be a little too mainstream and did not have enough emphasis on the Faith and trusting in God. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/36962/cabrini-review-well-done-but-a-little-too-mainstream.html