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According to our Lord’s directions to St. Faustina Kowalska, Good Friday begins the Divine Mercy Novena.  In the 1930s, Jesus appeared repeatedly to Polish nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, Faustina Kowalska, dictating to her passage after passage on his Divine Mercy, which she obediently recorded in her diary. It was during these visits of Jesus to St. Faustina that he gave her the Divine Mercy Chaplet (to be said at 3pm each day) and the Divine Mercy Novena. It also was during these visits that our Lord called for the institution of the Feast of Divine Mercy, to take place the Sunday after Easter. It wasn’t until May 23, 2000 that a decree was issued by Blessed John Paul (more…)

Every Holy Thursday, I think of a friend of mine, an exceptionally humble and childlike mom (and grandma). When I grow up, I want to be just like her. Whenever Ann sees a priest, she immediately approaches him, folds her hands, bows her head, and asks for his blessing. Just that, (more…)

Heads up, friends. Tonight I’ll be speaking to members of Legatus at the North Hills Country Club in Menomonee Falls, WI. Legatus is a faith-filled group whose mission is  “to study, live and spread the Catholic faith in our business, professional and personal lives.” I’ll be speaking about Mary as Read more

Join Matt Swaim and I as we chat about five ways to rev up your Lent tomorrow, Thursday April 10 at 6am CST. It’ll put more steam in your engine. Promise! http://www.ewtn.com/radio/weekday/thesonrisemorningshow.asp

Today, the Holy Father begins his catechetical series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which will take place during his General Audiences each of seven consecutive Wednesdays.

In his first catechism, Pope Francis teaches about wisdom. You can read the full translated text here. For now, I’d like to point out a few lines that especially struck me:

And wisdom in fact is this: it is the grace to be able to see everything with the eyes of (more…)

This post makes me sad. Oh-so sad.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has announced that it will convert the Akron, OH home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer into a vegan restaurant. Dahmer, nicknamed the Milwaukee Cannibal, was a sex offender and killed 17 men and boys, afterwards he ate (yes, ate) body parts from (more…)

We’re a week and a half away from Easter Sunday. How’s your Lent going?

If you’re like most of us, it’s beginning to lose steam. Or, perhaps it started losing steam a while back. And, if you’re like most of us, you’re tempted to just let go of the things you so enthusiastically pledged to do or give up back on Ash Wednesday. “Lent’s almost over,” you say. “I might as well give up and try again next year.”

You could do that. Or, you could use this an an opportunity to get the steam engine (more…)