Saturday, March 12th, 2011
On a Sunday afternoon in March of 1968, when I was 11 years old, one of my aunts packed her 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls) into her station wagon and took them over to my Grandparents’ house to visit. At that time, we lived in the country and my parents' home was next-door to my grandparents’ home. That particular Sunday happened to be during Lent. Like most…
Read More
Tags: Blessed Mother, Blessed Virgin Mary, Humility, Mortification, Prayer
Posted in Blessed Virgin Mary, Humility, Lent, Mortification, Prayer, Sacrifice, Salvation, Virtues | 2 Comments »
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
Have you ever heard of a “life coach”? Among other things, a life coach is someone who gets paid to provide private coaching to people who are trying to achieve balance in their lives. The areas of life in which balance is ordinarily sought include spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social and financial (not necessarily in that order). Before our economy was…
Read More
Tags: Balance, Corporal works of mercy, Food Prices, Life Coach, Spiritual works of mercy
Posted in Financial Problems, Happiness, Personal Growth, Prayer, Sacrifice, Saints, Works of Mercy | 1 Comment »
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The year was 1988. Georgette and I had four children – Harry, 7; Anna, 5; Maria, 4; and Laura, 1. During the last week in May, I told my three older children that if the weather cooperated, we were going to plant a garden on Saturday. When I told them, they all got excited and started looking forward to the adventure. Although the weather forecast was for rain, the sun was shining…
Read More
Tags: Behavior, Beliefs, Illicit Drugs, Peer Pressure, Personal Responsibility, Premarital Sex, Rejection
Posted in Beliefs, Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Parenting, Faith, Prayer, Pride, Teenagers | No Comments »
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
If you pay any attention to the news, you know about the attempted murder last Saturday of Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman from Arizona. Just in case you’re not up to speed on the details of the incident, I’ll give you a brief summary of what happened, and then a few of my own thoughts and observations that I haven’t seen expressed by anyone else. The shooting took place in Tucson,…
Read More
Tags: Atheism, Atheist, Behavior, Beliefs, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Prayer In The Schools
Posted in Beliefs, Faith, Politics, Prayer | No Comments »
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
According to
Webster’s Dictionary, the word “new” is defined as “having recently come into existence.” I have a question for you. Now that 2011 has come into existence, what’s really “new”? Let’s be honest here. There’s really not much that’s…
Read More
Tags: Happy New Year!, Perpetual Adoration, Prayer
Posted in Adoration, Happiness, Personal Growth, Prayer | 1 Comment »
On a Sunday afternoon in March of 1968, when I was 11 years old, one of my aunts packed her 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls) into her station wagon and took them over to my Grandparents’ house to visit. At that time, we lived in the country and my parents' home was next-door to my grandparents’ home. That particular Sunday happened to be during Lent. Like most… Read More
Have you ever heard of a “life coach”? Among other things, a life coach is someone who gets paid to provide private coaching to people who are trying to achieve balance in their lives. The areas of life in which balance is ordinarily sought include spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social and financial (not necessarily in that order). Before our economy was… Read More
The year was 1988. Georgette and I had four children – Harry, 7; Anna, 5; Maria, 4; and Laura, 1. During the last week in May, I told my three older children that if the weather cooperated, we were going to plant a garden on Saturday. When I told them, they all got excited and started looking forward to the adventure. Although the weather forecast was for rain, the sun was shining… Read More
If you pay any attention to the news, you know about the attempted murder last Saturday of Gabrielle Giffords, a congresswoman from Arizona. Just in case you’re not up to speed on the details of the incident, I’ll give you a brief summary of what happened, and then a few of my own thoughts and observations that I haven’t seen expressed by anyone else. The shooting took place in Tucson,… Read More
According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word “new” is defined as “having recently come into existence.” I have a question for you. Now that 2011 has come into existence, what’s really “new”? Let’s be honest here. There’s really not much that’s… Read More
