I’m cleaning up my drool after watching the new trailer for The Hobbit, which will hit theaters in December 2012. If you haven’t read the book yet, the release date gives you a plenty of time to finish it before seeing the film. “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure….” – Gandalf “The …
Yesterday was one of the greatest Marian feast days in the Church calendar, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. What’s amazing about this icon, besides its mysterious origin, is the fact that this one image effectively converted almost all of Central America from barbaric paganism to Christianity. Listen to Fr. Robert Barron (who else?) …
The epic 10-part “Catholicism” DVD series, widely praised here and far, is normally $149. But for the holiday season Amazon has it for just $99! I agree with George Weigel who says that this is “the most important media project in the history of the Catholic Church in America.” It would be a remarkable Christmas gift …
How many people can say that they prayed with two saints at the same time? One who can is Fr. Ed Thompson, my spiritual director and parish priest. Fr. Ed shared some of his stories with me last year in a video. Most of the tales were about his encounters with Archbishop Fulton Sheen, whose unofficial feast day …
"Mother Teresa’s hand in my left, Fulton Sheen’s hand in my right…." Read More »
Me and my fellow parishioners stumbled through our first Mass this morning with the new translation of the liturgy. Even though I was familiar with the new language, which is much more faithful to the original Latin, I still found it enchanting. I was particularly struck when admitting that I had sinned, “through my fault, through my …
