Pray for the homeless
[note: pretty often people searching for prayers for the homeless land on this webpage. You may want to see also this post that includes a short prayer for the homeless. I also pray the Liturgy of the...
View ArticleOn the health care act, the bus nuns, and the wisdom of subsidiarity
Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act surprised me–and upset me a good deal. The bishops immediately called (again) for Congress to fix the problems with the law that...
View ArticleMedjugorje decision this November?
[Update in Nov 2012: I still get many people landing on this page via search engine so I thought I’d point out that the predictions about a new feast day did not turn out to be true and there is no...
View ArticleFalling off my horse: the conversion of Elizabeth D from Daily Kos...
For the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul. Up until shortly after I returned to the Catholic Church in 2006, I used to be a very involved political progressive. I was truly not important nor...
View ArticleI love Pope Benedict
A friend asked me today to comment on today’s remarkable news of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation at the end of this month. I have not had time to blog all that I’ve meant to blog in recent days but I...
View ArticleFaithful Catholics! Don’t abandon Catholic charity organizations!
A woman. Made in God’s own image. Capitol Square. February this year. It’s raining. I didn’t do anything but take a picture as I hurried by on my way to Mass, and prayed for her. The point is that the...
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