Nuts and Bolts

This past Memorial Day weekend, I drove over the lengthy Walt Whitman Bridge, between Philadelphia and New Jersey over the Delaware River, to get to

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Pentecost, Holy Ghost, Catholic Action

The Upper Room

Imagine being in the Upper Room with the apostles at Pentecost. “And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,

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Memorial Day Musings

In the United States, the last Monday in May is Memorial Day.  It is a day for remembering. For some, Memorial Day means the Indy

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confess, repent, Confession, forgiveness

Forgiveness

As typically happens when I sit down to write, I began thinking about which experiences and events over the last few weeks would make for

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Memento Mori

“Remember, Oh man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” This phrase from the Ash Wednesday liturgy – the Consolatio – may

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Nicodemus

Pride, Pride, Pride

Pride. How many times have we seen or heard this word over the last 20 years? We have heard it used to support warped agendas

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Belief in the Divinity of Jesus, faith, Jesus, Sacred

Three Glorious Mysteries

Our Lady never used the Rosary herself  while she was on earth, neither did  the Apostles, later saints or any of the faithful for over

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From the Exorcist to Nefarious

Please stop right here if you are sensitive about movie “spoilers”! Saint Pope Paul VI chillingly warned a half-century ago that “through some fissure, the

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