Radicalized
Three months ago, if someone had told me I would get all fired up about liturgy in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, I would have had to give them a wry sm...
Category: things of God
whining and name-calling
I am struck by the irony that in the same week that Catholics fall over themselves to cheer Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s blog post to the New York Times, acc...
The Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation
Eagerness. That single word sums up this entire story for me, as well as the central challenge that it sparks in my soul every time I reflect upon this mys...
The First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation
Mary didn’t plan to be the Mother of God. We are given no hint in the Gospels at what she did plan. It may have been an ordinary life, full of ordinary dre...
Mysteries
My young life is full of leitmotifs, but none are as pervasive or prominent as a circlet of fifty-eight beads with a tiny crucifix attached. Carried in...