Quotes Worth Contemplating for the Feast of St. John Bosco A Look at Saint John Bosco and the “Love Languages” “It is not enough to love the young,” St. John Bosco famously said; “they must know that they are loved.” … Continue reading
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The Fear of the Future and the Wound of Anxiety
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” Many people seem to think that the future itself is a monster worth fearing. I find this interesting because the future cannot hurt us, having no real existence outside our own … Continue reading
Only the Best
Don’t take the biggest cookie; just take the one that is closest to you on the plate. — Mom NOTWITHSTANDING this seemingly sage advice from my mother, it is my considered opinion that the cookie one ought to reach for … Continue reading
Inauguration Day and the United States
Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the nation, Hail to the Chief! We salute you, one and all. Hail to the Chief, as we pledge cooperation, In proud fulfillment of a great, noble call. Yours is the aim … Continue reading
The Fear of Having to Change
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The most famous missionary of all time after St. Paul, St. Francis Xavier, arrived in Japan as you would expect him to: poor, humble, meek, unassuming. And they ignored him. … Continue reading
January Thoughts
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; … Continue reading
President Donald Trump Announces He Will Nominate Brian Burch as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
On December 20th, President-Elect Donald J. Trump announced that he will nominate Brian Burch, the President and co-founder of CatholicVote.org, as the 13th United States Ambassador to the Holy See. The appointment must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A … Continue reading
The Old Year Dies
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year you must not die; You … Continue reading
Her Babe Ablaze
You were sitting on the hillside looking at the starry night sky when you realized how cold you were. Your fingers were numb and you couldn’t seem to warm them. But even more than the external cold, there was an … Continue reading
Self-Sufficiency as the Death of Love: A Meditation on Why God Allowed the Fall
Quotes Worth Contemplating for the Feast of Sts. Adam and Eve (Christmas Eve) According to Dom Mary Eugene Boylan, self-sufficiency is the death of love: [T]he waywardness of weakness and the faults of frailty can be forgiven by love precisely … Continue reading
Yuletide Self-Defence
Ye modern throng, whose tinsel joys reveal The strain’d and labour’d ecstasies you feel; Whose empty pastimes hold a spurious bliss, And feebly copy brighter days than this: Your clumsy games suspend, and pause to hear Of genuine mirth, and … Continue reading
The Fear of Difficulties
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” Fear sabotages happiness as few other things can. Happiness is a contentment that we experience in the contemplation of the good, the true, the beautiful. That is Aristotle’s definition that … Continue reading
Having a Real Thanksgiving
As the Halloween decorations in American stores make way for those of Christmas (although in many such places the two have already co-existed happily in different aisles), here and there yet remain retail locales — especially such as sell turkeys … Continue reading
The Sweet Fruits of Failure
Quotes Worth Contemplating for the Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duschesne No one in his right mind sets out to grow mealy apples. If you plant an apple tree and take the time to fertilize it, prune it, keep the … Continue reading
By No Means Incompatible
Excerpted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The expression “a thousand times happy” might not be immediately familiar to you out of context, so allow me to put it in context: “Happy, a thousand times happy, is … Continue reading
