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

"The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him". ~ Blaise Pascal

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Monday Musings - Let Us Quench His Thirst!

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September 07, 2026

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PRAYER OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

"Eternal Father, all things are possible for You. Although You created us without our assistance, You will not save us unless we help. Therefore, I pray You re-create their wills so that they wish for what they do not wish for: I ask this of Your infinite mercy. You have created us out of nothing. Now that we exist have mercy on us. Re-make the vessel which You created in Your own image and likeness. Bring them back to Your grace through the grace and blood of You Son, the beloved Jesus Christ."

A PERMANENT QUESTION

"When we spend time with Jesus we become like Him. Why are we not encouraged to do so?"

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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

Pray The Litany For America

Let us pray for our nation. With gratitude to my Dominican brother, Louis Pizzuti, for composing this Litany For America

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 - The Blessed Sacrament Is the Continuation of Christmas

December 25, 2018

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) "Christ's body on earth at Bethlehem was the same body which is now on earth in our tabernacles all over the world. The only difference is that now He is veiled beneath the species of bread and wine. The Blessed Sacrament is the continuation of Christmas; we cannot think of Christ's first personal visit two thousand years ago without instinctively thinking of His constant visit at every present moment. We owe the Blessed Sacrament to Bethlehem. Each recurring Christmas Day should refresh in your mind the magnificent import of the bodily presence of God among us. As you receive Holy Communion on each occasion, the story of Bethlehem is being renewed and continued in your heart, for the cave was the first tabernacle and the manger was the first ciborium. You have the opportunity of 'wrapping the Child in swaddling clothes and laying Him in the manger' of your own heart every day if you wish. In the Blessed Sacramen...

Eucharistic Reflection - What Is This? – Be Transformed!

September 08, 2026

[The following is just one of 175 reflections on the Eucharist that are bound to touch your heart and stir your soul. You will find all of them in Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharisitc Adoration .] "The first time I witnessed people adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, was because I showed up for a novena where there just so happened to be Exposition - Jesus, in the Eucharist on the Altar, in the Monstrance. I did not know what to do or what it was. I found myself asking the question, “What is this?” I was amazed and I knew in my heart it was extraordinary, but I did not know what the monstrance was etc. I asked God to help me to pray and to understand. Later, I realized the real question to ask is “Who is this?” That was a long time ago. I now attend at least one hour of Eucharistic Adoration weekly and sometimes I ask questions but more often I hear the questions being asked by Jesus left alone on the Altar: “Who do you say that I ...

Monday Musings - Let Us Quench His Thirst!

September 07, 2026

Virtual Book Tour - Charlotte's Honor by Ellen Gable

November 02, 2018

My friend and author, Ellen Gable, hits the ball out of the park once again! At the conclusion of her last novel, Julia’s Gift , she promised a sequel that would reunite us with Julia’s close friend, Charlotte. The wait for this book seemed interminable. Thankfully, with the publication of Charlotte’s Honor , we need not wait any longer! We rejoin Charlotte amidst the horrors of war and follow her journey and unlikely relationship with Dr. Paul Kilgallen. Death and the threat of death are their constant companions. Both also face the heavy personal burden of having lost a loved one. As if all these challenges were not enough, Charlotte and Dr. Kilgallen are forced to defend a vile and vicious attack upon their personal and professional reputations. Neither abandons their work to save lives, console the dying, or hope for a better future. Charlotte volunteers to work in the death ward, intent on having no soldier die alone. She reads to them, sings to them, plays ...

Sunday Snippets - December 22, 2013

December 21, 2013

(Source: WikiMedia Commons ) It's Sunday (almost) and time to join an interesting group of Catholic bloggers at RAnn's place - T his That and The Other Thing . Take a look. You will be pleased that you did. But before you go there, let me wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas! Christmas would not be complete without my wife baking cookies and storing them in our cars (which serve as her outdoor refrigerators in chilly Central New York) until she can find the time to deliver and/or mail them out to family and friends. She and I enjoy preparing the Christmas dinner for our children and grandchildren. With our children now scattered across the country, this is a tradition that may be difficult to keep in future years. The following three posts are from my blog this week: Eucharistic Reflection - We Owe The Blessed Sacrament to Bethlehem Pondering Tidbits of Truth - December 19, 2013 Learning From Zechariah - Enter Into His Presence

Worth Revisiting - The Shameful Silence of Our Spiritual Shepherds

November 07, 2017

Thank you Allison Gingras at Reconciled To You and Elizabeth Riordan at Theology Is A Verb for hosting Catholic bloggers at Worth Revisiting . It is a privilege for us to share our work with you and your readers . Stop by for a visit now . My post for this week: Monday Musings - The Shameful Silence of Our Spiritual Shepherds (This was originally posted on July 10, 2017. Sadly, the shameful silence continues.) Watch out! The sheep are stirring - looking for their silent Shepherds to speak! (Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) Every day human lives are violently destroyed within the wombs of their mothers and harvested for their body parts. This is EVIL always and under all circumstances. For the most part, the Catholic Bishops in this country remain unwilling as a group to publicly call out this evil by name with one unified voice and to demand the end of all public...

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