You’re Gonna Have to Serve Somebody
Today, Pope Francis speaking on vocations gives us the example of the devout rich man. “His heart was restless, because the Holy Spirit was pushing him to get closer to Jesus and to follow him.
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An Extraordinary Woman
March 2nd is the anniversary of a saint who like our Mother Angelica, founded both Clarian and Franciscan monasteries, and an order of Franciscan brothers that evolved into the Order of the Knights of the
Where are today’s knights?
That’s a little like asking, show me proof of a miracle. I was once asked that question by students preparing for the sacrament of confirmation. Well, where does one begin? The word “miracle” is almost
What Would Sts. Francis and Clare Do?
Looking at the violence this past week in Nigeria and Ukraine, I had to ask myself what would Saints Francis and Clare do? They were no strangers to the blight of war as their city
Knowing Then Sowing a Eucharistic Encounter
Pope Francis asks us to go right to the bedrock in an exhortation yesterday which stressed that our Christian belief without works is lifeless. He points out that theoretical knowledge, knowing and not sowing the
A Reminder of Perfect Joy
A landscape of glistening snow bathed in sunlight tends to lift the spirits, even in Alabama. But in reality snow has a rather cold bite. Here Alex and Evan, postulant and aspirant respectively, call to
Racing for Imperishable Victory
Pierre de Coubertin convinced Pope Pius X that “organized sport can create moral and social strength” and it was the Pope’s support that helped launch the modern Olympics in 1908. Pope Pius X didn’t need
The Silence of God is Different
Max Picard warns in his book The World of Silence, (a philosophic-poetic reflection on the meaning of Silence), that modern man is becoming a “word-machine”, a “noise-machine.” He says that true speaking emerges only from
In D.C. for the 2014 March For Life!
Here we are with fellow pilgrims in faith and witness — our very own Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham in the Crypt Church of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Cardinal Sean O’Malley of
St. Agnes, pray for us!
“Every child that isn’t born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord…” — Pope Francis
A visit from the Black Madonna
This past Thursday January 9th, 2014 we received with great delight the holy image of Our Lady of Czestochowa known as the Black Madonna. Brought by HLI President Father Shenan Boquet and VP for Missions
Humility Defeats Despair
And in order to see my own faults I need one of the most crucial virtues of the gospels: humility. And who teaches us humility? Christ, who became a man, to share our weak human
A Stellar Move
There is something in our world that cultivate perpetual adolescence. And I’m not alone in noticing the grid-lock especially in young men that has them running on a hamster cage wheel. Beverly De Soto has
The Virgin Mother, Adorer of the Eucharistic Face of Christ
Calling our attention to the presence of the Mother of God in every celebration of the Holy Sacrifice, Pope John Paul II wrote: “Mary is present, with the Church and as the Mother of the
To Labor in Humility on the Sixth Day of Christmas
By receiving our humble Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we enter into the mystery of the Holy Family of Bethlehem. Like the Magi we come to adore and worship, two acts which perfect the
He Touched Me
May you be touched by Him with this poem. Thinking I had it all figured out. Living my life, yet still filled with doubt. Something felt empty, pointless and dull. I walked through each day,
