Daily Archives: January 19, 2012

The Power of Actual Grace—God’s Nudge

You have to read this testimony to the power of God’s grace to transform and heal. But break out a box of tissue first. H/T Dr. Thomas Neal Excerpt: “At the top of the steps, he grabbed me and said, … Continue reading

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Baby Caught Tebowing on Ultrasound

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The Child Sex Scandal and Catholic Bashers

Rant Alert. Every Catholic blogger who writes a post about the Catholic moral teaching on human sexuality, is guaranteed to receive at least one comment referring to the priest sex scandal. Exhibit A: this oh so original comment on this … Continue reading

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Surfer Priest Jailed as Teenager Hit by Divine 2×4 At 20

Fr. Don Calloway has a great story of conversion and redemption. H/T Deacon Greg. Let us pray that he doesn’t fall into the devils trap: the cult of celebrity priests.

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My Pastor Climbed a Mountain…

And Deacon Greg beat me to the punch. Again. Sigh. This early bird needs to start looking for worms much earlier.  I–and our entire parish–am just very thankful that Monsignor Bognanno made it back in one piece. Our prayers were … Continue reading

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