Perpetual Adoration » Rosary

A 30 Year Journey

Harry — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:13:12 +0000

Last week I flew to California with Georgette and my daughters to attend the wedding of someone who is very special to us. As you may already know, Georgette and I have 7 children – Harry, Anna, Maria, Laura, Mary Rose, Christine, and Teresa. The wedding was on Saturday, June 18. The groom was my son, Harry, and his bride was Kathryn Neill.

Harry was born 10 months after Georgette and I were married. Our wedding [...] Read More »

A Tipping Point

Harry — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:26:37 +0000

During the past few weeks there’s been an increase in the amount of calls to my law office from people who are in financial distress. There’s a certain segment of the population that’s up against the ropes financially – people who are looking for a simple solution to their complex problems.

About two months ago I told my employees that we needed to be prepared for an upswing in our bankruptcy business. With gasoline prices doubling [...] Read More »

A Revolution Against Fatherhood

Harry — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:39:48 +0000

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change … a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.”

There was a sudden, radical, and fundamental change that took place in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. That change involved the complete and total reversal of state laws that required a showing of good cause before a person could obtain a divorce. After the change [...] Read More »

Religion On A Sleeve

Harry — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:11:02 +0000

A Son and His Father

About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me and told me he didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

In a final attempt to try to convince him that he [...] Read More »

The Real Crisis That Is Destroying Our Church

Harry — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:13:35 +0000

In 1985, I interviewed my grandmother, Cecilia LaHood, for an article I wanted to write about her life. Her children were planning a big 75th birthday party for her (she was born in 1910), and I wanted to share her life story with everyone who attended the party.

While I was interviewing my grandmother, she told me that during the 1930’s when she started having children, most of her Catholic friends were using a new birth [...] Read More »

Broken Catholic Marriages

Harry — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:06:34 +0000

About six months ago I got a telephone call from a man I’ve known for over 15 years. He and his wife have been married over 20 years. They have a large family with children in college, high school, and grade school. The man told me he had recently moved out of his house and into an apartment and was going to file for divorce. He had consulted with a family law attorney and didn’t [...] Read More »

An Escape From Reality

Harry — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:40:18 +0000

When I was a boy, one of my favorite movies was The Great Escape, which included several great actors, such as Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, and Charles Bronson.

The movie is about a group of men who are being held as prisoners during World War II. The men are all sent to a new prison camp that has been constructed by the Nazi’s specifically for them. The prisoners have one thing in common – [...] Read More »