Just a short note to inform anyone wondering that posting will resume either next week or mid-November, depending on how well I can pack for the move. If I can wedge a small, old, beat-up typewriting table in my car then I can probably resume blogging next week, assuming of course the phone company remembers …
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Dear Readers, Just a short note to say that due to a sudden change in my personal and professional life, the Rosary meditations that I have been writing are being put on hold. Blogging over the next month may be far more sporadic than usual as I have accepted a job offer in another city, …
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of my consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a member of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s apostolate, the “Militia of the Immaculata”. An apostolate is a Catholic organization, or the work of one Catholic, to spread the Gospel of Jesus. In the sidebar, if you scroll way down you’ll see a …
The Rosary is an ancient devotion used by Catholics. It has been around for about 800 years. I have added links in the sidebar (See “Rosary”) that go into its history and development in more detail than what I shall do here. The Rosary isn’t about the Blessed Virgin Mary, it’s about Jesus. In Catholic …
October 7th is celebrated in the Church as the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. It stems from a major naval battle that Catholic Christian forces won against a superior invading Moslem fleet. It was fought on October 7, 1571. You can read about it here. To celebrate the decisive victory, which if lost …
A troubling admission for an alcoholic is one in which you admit to having returned to drinking (No, don’t worry, I haven’t.) The reasons for a relapse are as varied as the alcoholic. Relapses occur after one has had a period of sustained sobriety. Something happened which made you return. Life and it’s troubles and …