Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

“Sadness is looking at yourself; happiness is looking at God. Conversion is nothing more than shifting your gaze from below to above.” – Saint Carlo Acutis

"I adore you, with all the angels and saints, and with those chosen souls that are already the blessed of Your Father and are all aglow with burning love of You"- EWTN Adoration Prayer

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Never Fear Sharing The Truth

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September 29, 2012

A Bishop who has the courage to speak the Truth - unwlecomed as it may be: Think and pray about your vote in upcoming election from Diocese of Springfield in IL on Vimeo .

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PRAYER TO BE PRESERVED FROM SUDDEN DEATH

MOST AMIABLE JESUS "I humbly implore Thee by Thy ignominious Scourging, The Crowning with Thorns, Thy Holy Cross, and by all Thy Goodness, not to permit me to pass out of this world without having received Thy most holy Sacraments." -Prayer of St. Vincent Ferrer

The Fatima Chaplet of Adoration and Reparation

Don't Hesitate To Appeal

“Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion.” - St. Faustina’s Diary, 1146

Remember

"Every 'flaw' I see in others is just a reflection of my own sinful soul. I must remember this Truth the next time I choose to be unkind or critical of someone else.”

God's Magnificent Creation

St. Catherine of Siena - Praying With Confidence: "Lord, I shall not move away from Your feet, Your Presence, as long as Your goodness has not conceded to me what I desire, as long as You do not agree to what I ask of You. I want You to promise me eternal life for all those whom I love. Lord put Your hand in mine! Give me proof You shall give me that which I beseech You.”

Eucharistic Reflection - It Is Not The Same

August 25, 2026

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - August 27, 2026

August 27, 2026

Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Matthew Kelly “Are we paying attention to what God is doing in our lives? Are we over here asking God to do this or that other thing, while God is beckoning us over here, trying to get us to focus on what matters most? Jesus is telling us: Pay attention. It is right before you. Pay attention to what God is doing in your life right now." (From Daily Gospel Reflection on Dynamic Catholic for July 22, 2025) Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. “In the Sacrament of Love, the Sacred Heart expresses to us Its thirst for our souls. Every day He offers Himself to us as food, to sanctify us more and more and to assimilate us to Himself…He asks us for our love as if he had need of us, whereas it we who can do nothing without Him.” (From Zeal for the Kingdom of God ) St. Thomas Aquinas “The Lord’s prayer ...

Monday Musings - So When Can We Expect to Hear Humanae Vitae Preached at Sunday Masses?

July 22, 2013

(Image from Biblebios.com) If God used Balaam’s donkey to get that prophet’s attention, I guess he can use me to get yours. May these periodic postings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (God willing) generate fruitful discussion and faithful change. I recently read a short but interesting article written by Father Michael Orsi. It is entitled How Same-Sex Marriage Won . You can read his article here at Catholic Exchange . As I am wont to do, I simply passed it along to several social media sites with the same question I posed in today's post. That's all I did. What a stir it created.

It's "Worth Revisiting" Wednesday - And A Little Child Will Lead Them

July 15, 2015

Thank you Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Riordan for inviting Catholic bloggers re-post their favorite articles on “It’s Worth Revisiting” Wednesdays. Do yourself a favor and go there now (and every Wednesday) and let these authors bless and challenge you in your Faith journey. During the rest of each week visit Allison at Reconciled To You and Elizabeth at Theology Is A Verb . You will enjoy your time there. I thought I would share the following post: And A Little Child Will Lead Them... I joined more than a hundred others individuals in Syracuse, New York [today] in the annual March For Life. It was cold - an insignificant inconvenience in comparison to the innocent ones in our community and throughout this nation and the world who have lost their lives at the hands of an abortionist. May our physical witness there today be a source of consolation to them and encouragement for more Catholics to become engaged in this ...

Monday Musings - How Few There Really Are

August 28, 2017

We often forget that Jesus told His disciples: “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me " (Mt. 16:24). The next time we try to run away from this command, let us recall the following reflection: "...There is no health of soul nor hope of eternal life but in the Cross. The more the flesh is brought down by affliction, the more is the spirit strengthened by interior grace. We are not exhorted to pray for the Cross, but we may and ought to pray for a love of the Cross. The price of great graces is humiliation - The Royal Way of the Cross. Humiliations are precious drops from the chalice of our Lord's Blood. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) When our Lord loves anyone, He presses him to His Heart as a tender friend would do; but round Jesus' Heart there is a crown of thorns, and the more He presses us to His Heart, the more these thorns enter into ours. How many - e...

Monday Musings - Do You See Him?

August 24, 2026

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