I am starting a new series on RosaryMeds titled “The 15 Promises of the Rosary.” Each article will focus on one of Mary’s rosary promises. Wait, what? Never heard of the 15 promises of the rosary? Don’t be surprised. Unfortunately, these promises seldom come up when people explain the rosary. Everyone explains the mechanics of […]
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Given the frustrating news stories lately, I thought I would lighten things up a bit and give you a break from debt ceilings, shutdowns, healthcare, or some stupid statement a politician just made. In many of my previous posts I compare rosary prayer to exercise. In this post, I thought I would draw some relationships
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Monday, October 7, is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. I would be amiss and greatly derelict in my duties as a rosary blog writer if I didn’t write something about it. The Catholic San Francisco, asked its readers, “Why do you pray the rosary?” I provided some of my thoughts (this should
I know I’m a little late to the party, but I want to comment on Pope Francis’ latest interview in American Magazine that raised a stir. It has more progressively minded Catholics giving the pope a big thumbs up while traditional Catholics are squirming in their seats. Some people think that Pope Francis is undoing
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Update: This article is not about the pope’s recent statements in America magazine and commented on in the Huffington Post and New York Times. It is about something he wrote in an Italian newspaper a few weeks ago. But don’t worry, I’ll discuss the America magazine article in an upcoming post. A few days ago,
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Lately I have contemplated prayers, intentions, and how God answers our requests for help. On the Catholic Answers forums, I see so many people angry or saddened because they feel so distant from God and they wonder if He isn’t hearing their prayers. I understand how easy it is to feel discouraged when the news
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I was going to take a little time off from writing RosaryMeds articles and focus on some other projects. However, after listening to this past Sunday’s readings, an Immaculate Heart radio broadcast, and reflecting on my earlier article, the same theme kept leaping out at me — Catholics are called to be annoying. Actually, that
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The mainstream media made a lot of hay over a non-event recently. As many of you have heard or read, Pope Francis gave a very candid 80 minute interview when he was flying back from World Youth Day in Brazil. The media ran with the pope’s statement about homosexuality. He said: When I meet a
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I could not come up with a decent rosary meditation at the end of my earlier article on comprehensive immigration reform and the Catholic Church. That’s been tearing me up a little because it’s the challenging issues like this one that need the most prayer and meditation. It is much easier to pray for the
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I have been racked with anxiety deciding whether or not to write an article about the current comprehensive immigration bill that passed the senate. The reason why I’ve been so hesitant is that I find myself at odds with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. They enthusiastically support the bill with almost the same
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