It’s a plain day in a plain week, Not much happening. I hear the birds, They talk. I must get the laundry done.* *this is a tribute to the generations of housewives who took loving care of their husbands and children without fanfare and drama. May the art of housewifery be returned to the honorable place it once held…
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus
~On Fridays, the Church bids us to reflect on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The following is a revised post on this topic. In a series of Church approved apparitions, the Sacred Heart of Jesus was revealed (by Jesus) to the Roman Catholic saint, Margaret Mary Alacoque. St. Margaret Mary was a French Visitation sister who was born in 1647,…
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Keeping Mary in Christmas
“Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our devotion to Our Lady springs from the fact that the Son of God was conceived by…
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Celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas
I wish you all a happy feast of St. Nicholas, aka, Santa Claus. This Catholic bishop and saint is loved throughout the world; and I would like to promote this admiration by repeating his story via the posting of writings from the Catholic writers, Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira and Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First, from Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira…
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The Stork Continues to Deliver
Yesterday, in a small town in Virginia, a new child entered the world. His picture came across my phone in the wee hours of the morning appearing fresh, wrapped and swaddled, warm and cozy. His face looked like an elf from Fairyland and I noticed I felt joy merely looking at him. Today, while driving, as Spotify brought me a…
