June 2023 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -
Join 215 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- January 2017
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- February 2013
- January 2013
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- Abortion Apologetics Catholic Catholic Church Catholic Culture Catholic Identity Catholic Moral Teaching Christianity Church and the Public Square Clergy Cool Stuff Culture of Death Culture Wars Discipleship Four Last Things Freedom of Religion Holiness Homosexual agenda Humor Liturgical Year Marriage Media Politics Pope Benedict XVI Prayer Pro life Sacraments Saints The Catholic Church Uncategorized
Categories
- Abortion
- Angels
- Anti Christian
- Apologetics
- Atheisn
- Bishop Pates
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Blogging
- Body of Christ
- Catholic
- Catholic Church
- Catholic Church Scandals
- Catholic Culture
- Catholic Identity
- Catholic Moral Teaching
- Child sexual abuse
- Christianity
- Church and the Public Square
- Church Scandal
- Clergy
- Confirmation
- Converts
- Cool Stuff
- Covid
- Critical Theory
- Culture of Death
- Culture Wars
- Deaconate
- Difficult questions
- Discipleship
- Early Church
- Easter
- Easter Vigil
- Echarist
- Eucharist
- Evangelization
- Evil
- Family
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Forgiveness
- Four Last Things
- Freedom of Religion
- God
- Heresey and Dissent
- Holiness
- Homily
- Homosexual agenda
- Homosexuality
- Humor
- Islam
- Jesus Christ
- Lapsed Catholics
- Lent
- Liturgical Year
- Liturgy
- Marriage
- Mass
- Media
- Miracles
- Moral Theology
- More Catholic than the Pope
- Movies
- News of the Weird
- Other
- Personality
- Politics
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Prayer
- Pro life
- Protestant
- Racism
- RCIA
- Religion News
- Religion vs State
- Religious Orders
- Sacraments
- Saints
- Same sex Marriage Gay agenda
- Science
- Scripture
- Sin
- Social Justice
- Social Teachings
- Spirit Juice
- Suffering
- Sunday Reflections
- Television
- The Catholic Church
- Theology
- Theology of Staying
- Theology of the Body
- Truth
- Truthiness
- Uncategorized
- Virtue
- Vocations
- Women
Meta
- Follow A Deacon's Wife on WordPress.com
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Descent into Madness
I have been reading everything that I can get my hands on to help me understand the concepts and philosophies that are clearly sending our country down a very dark path. So I have been studying Critical Theory especially in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Since today is his Memorial, I thought I would share with you the 2nd reading from today’s Office of Readings: The cross exemplifies every virtue Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Friday Short Takes on President Biden
Well that didn’t last long. President Biden called for unity in his inauguration speech. Excerpt: To overcome these challenges – to restore the soul and to secure the future of America – requires more than words. It requires that most … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged President Biden, Unity, US Bishops Statement, War on Women
Leave a comment
Prayer for Inauguration Day
Prayer For Our Government by Bishop Carroll 1791 (Excerpt): “We pray O God of might, wisdom and justice, through whom authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment decreed, assist with your Holy Spirit of counsel and fortitude the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Love your enemies
I am late posting today. Its a combination of attending a funeral and MS fatigue striking. But I have been thinking a lot about Martin Luther King lately. While I have read many of his talks, sermons and speeches over … Continue reading
Discipleship in a Fractured America
There is no denying that the American experiment is in deep trouble. We are a deeply divided people. The chasm between us has widened caused by a trifecta of pandemic, BLM protests, and insurrection. President elect Biden says he is … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Politics, The Catholic Church, Uncategorized
Tagged America 2021, divided america, impeachment
1 Comment
The Best of Times Amidst the Worst
Yesterday I wrote about the pandemic and the summer protests being an unveiling that has for some been a blessing. What blessings? When Mass was suspended for a time, I saw families pull together and truly become a domestic church. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
2020: It Was the Best of times and the Worst of Times.
2020 was, to put it mildly, a horrible year. You could almost hear the planet sighing in relief as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve. It has also been a year of blessings for me, and in some … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments
The Age of Chaos
The one thing that the presidential election confirmed is that we Americans are a very divided people. Certainly, this is nothing new. There has never been a national consensus shared by all citizens. The problem is that each side of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Discipleship, Freedom of Religion, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Benedict Option, Chaos, Post Christian
Leave a comment
The Hollowing of Grief
Dad died suddenly just after 2 am on July 4th. Grief, I am learning, is an odd emotional state to be in. The moment that I saw Dad on the floor, I knew that he was gone. In that moment … Continue reading