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“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

"It is the Mass that makes the priest possible; it is the confessional that makes him necessary.” – Father Bede Jarrett, OP

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Eucharistic Reflection - So Why Don't We?

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December 09, 2025

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A PERMANENT QUESTION

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

Spiritual Weapon Needed For Our Times - Chaplet of St. Michael The Archangel

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.”

LET US NEVER FORGET

"For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light." - Luke 8:17

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."

God's Magnificent Creation

Monday Musings - Stomach, Sex and Money

June 27, 2016

[What follows pretty well describes our current culture. This clear thinking and prophetic Bishop saw this coming more than 30 years ago. Yet, the majority of his brethren remained silent over the ensuing decades. Even now, some have still not found their voices.] “…contemporary paganism is characterized by the search for material well-being at any I cost, and by the corresponding disregard- or to put it more accurately, fear and genuine terror – of anything that could cause suffering. Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) With this outlook, words such as God, sin, Cross, mortification, eternal life…become incomprehensible to a great number of people, who are ignorant of their meaning and content. You have witnessed the incredible fact that many people began by putting God in parentheses, in some aspects of their professional lives. But then, as God demands, loves and asks, they end up throwing Him out - like an intruder - from their civil laws and from th...

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - July 16, 2026

July 16, 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. Father Anthony J. Paone, S.J. “My Child, if you desire to make progress along the way to Heaven, keep in your heart a holy fear of the Divine Justice. It is only reasonable that you should be afraid to hurt yourself. When you bring sin into your life, you are making yourself an object of My justice. I, the Eternal Truth, cannot accept you as good if you have become bad by sin. Therefore, keep your earthly desires under control and refuse to surrender yourself to unnecessary or dangerous pleasures. This holy fear of My justice will help you to stay free of the slavery of earthly attractions… If your love of Me is not yet strong enough to hold you back from doing wrong, then let your fear of hell keep you from sinning. A man who lacks this wise and holy fear will not go on doing good things for long. He will soon fall into Satan's snares a...

Eucharistic Reflection - Listen Well

July 21, 2026

"There are some people who go to Holy Communion to gain the esteem of the world. It avails them nothing. Others go out of habit. Poor Communions, they have not the right intention. Go to Communion to obey Jesus Christ, who has commanded you to do so, under pain of not having eternal life. Go to Communion to obtain the graces that you need, humility, patience, purity. Go to the Holy Table to unite yourself to Jesus Christ so that He will make of you other Christ’s, which happens to those who receive Him worthily. When you go to Holy Communion you should always have an intention, and say when about to receive the Body of Our Lord: 'O my good Father, who art in heaven, I offer you, at this moment, your dear Son, such as He was when He was taken down from the Cross, and laid in the arms of the Holy Virgin, and as she offered Him to You in sacrifice for us. I offer Him to You by the hands of Mary, to obtain such or such graces, faith, charity, humility.' My children, listen we...

Monday Musings - The Spiritual Journey

July 20, 2026

Will They Hear?

October 31, 2011

Sometimes, one priest must have the courage to challenge some of his brother priests by writing frankly and truthfully. This is the time. Thank you Father Mark for doing so. You Pass Me By Nothing so grieves my Heart as the coldness and indifference of priests and of consecrated souls to my living presence among them. Had they not the privilege of my abiding sacramental presence close at hand, they might be excused for the hardness of their hearts, but those who have me near, those who dwell close to my tabernacles have no excuse for the estrangement of their souls from the Sacrament of my Love. On the Day of Judgment I will hold them accountable for the neglect and indifference by which they alienated themselves from me, while I, the living God, the God who is love, the God who is all mercy and who sought their friendship and their company waited for them, and waited in vain. Even you, O my priests, my adorers, my chosen friends, consolers of ...

Monday Musings - Choose Differently

July 12, 2026

"I was listening to the radio yesterday when the host said something that stayed with me: God will not judge me for how others treat me, but for how I treat others. They were talking about how to respond when someone doesn’t treat you well. It is easy to slip into negativity when negativity surrounds us. It is easy to mirror what we receive instead of choosing what we want to give. His message was about choosing differently-choosing to stay positive, choosing to do the right thing, choosing to let God’s love be the pattern we follow rather than the negative behavior around us. Oh what a wonderful world it would be if we could all choose God’s love all the time. For me, the reflection becomes personal: How can I do my part? How can I make sure I am choosing to share God’s love, even when the circumstances make it feel difficult? How can I let His grace shape my response more than my frustration does? Lord, help me meet every person with the love You place in my heart, e...

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