The Beautiful Gate

If you'd like to adopt a cardinal to pray for as the College of Cardinals meets to elect a new pope in the coming weeks you can do so h...

I just finished reading a powerful post written by Fr. Gordon MacRae called Giving Up Resentment  for Lent: Calisthenics for your Soul and c...

We have the eyes to see and the heart to know that things have gone terribly wrong in our world today. Terribly, terribly, wrong.  I would b...

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons I ndeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even...

                                                 Head faith = believing in God                                                      ...

The early church fathers weren't afraid to tell it like it is. Unlike today, they had no problem with the term "devil (s)".  I...

Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down from the papal office. To say I was shocked is a bit of an understatement. Here is the full text of his d...

So, I woke up this morning to 2 feet of snow. Not having anything pressing to do (other than hours and hours of shoveling) I decided to visi...

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons One of the spiritual difficulties I've struggled with over the years and still battle against i...

We look around the world today and think how crazy the world seems. It can be overwhelming to  realize what we are up against these days: ...

Michaela and I LOVE Mishka! She is the most verbal husky I have ever run across and her loud "gabbing" always cracks us up!

In my last post I spoke about the "meeking" process that we all undergo at some point or another. It's important to note that ...

St. George : Wikimedia Commons An old English word used for training a horse is "meeking". I wasn't aware of the word...

My thanks to CSD elementary school for this helpful checklist. I didn't realize it would come in so handy navigating the internet too. ...

Those of you who follow Fr. Gordon MacRae's story on These Stone Walls might also be interested in reading about his cellmate, Pornchai...