The link for: Novena Day 3 Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith to change the culture for the better! Know someone, perhaps yourself, who might like Catholic devotionals for alcoholics? Please take a look at my books! “The Stations of the Cross for …
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The Gospel Reading from the Mass for Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time has an excellent teaching from Jesus on the power of Faith to heal: Matthew 17:14-20: “A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,‘Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;often he …
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The link for Novena Day 2 Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith to change the culture for the better! Know someone, perhaps yourself, who might like Catholic devotionals for alcoholics? Please take a look at my books! “The Stations of the Cross for …
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Dymphna, over at Dymphna’s Well, has started a Transfiguration Novena. It begins today, on the Feast of the Transfiguration. Dymphna’s Well: Novena to Our Lord of the Transfiguration Partake of it today through next Saturday. It’s a nice companion Novena to go along with the St. Maximilian Kolbe one posted here. Are you a creative …
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Today begins the novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe for alcoholics and addicts. I posted this a few years ago, so here is the link to Day 1: Novena Day 1 You can click on the “St. Maximilian Kolbe label or tag in the sidebar, or any of the links in his link roll, to learn …
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Tomorrow, August 6th, is the Feast of the Transfiguration. Luke 9: 28b-36: “Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray.While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke …
Just a reminder to all readers that tomorrow I’ll be posting a novena to St. Maximilian Kolbe for alcoholics and addicts. This is an annual event, and the only one I give advance notice about. The novena runs from August 6th through August 14th. Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new …
I chanced upon an interesting article on St. Dympha, traditionally the patron saint of the mentally ill: St. Dymphna: Out of the Shadows of Mental Illness (Via Patheos.) There are several parts to the article. The beginning details a man’s history with mental illness, his treatments and how he ultimately discovered the strength of the …
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John Blair, over at the Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center has written that the “Official” website of Matt Talbot may be online once again. You can read about it here: A New “Official” Matt Talbot Website Forthcoming Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith …