Divine Mercy - Red streams representing Christ's Blood and Water coming from Eucharist (the TRUE Presence of His Body) in the Catholic Monstrance

The Movie Nefarious & Questioning to Whom Divine Mercy Applies

The short answer to anyone questioning to whom Divine Mercy applies is that it applies to everyone. Short answers aren’t always the best, but in this case, knowing Divine Mercy applies to everyone is shortest, truest, best, and simplest answer. Sometimes God is simple and it is we who complicate matters. That complication requires an …

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What a Difference a Day Makes!

I woke up Saturday morning thinking about what Mary must have felt as she woke up the day after the Friday we call “Good.” I wondered if she’d slept at all. I wondered if she was angry with God or crushed by defeat. I wondered if she sunk into despair or let cyclical thoughts of …

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Holy Saturday is About Waiting - Woman sitting on dusty roadside

Holy Saturday is About Waiting…

Waiting is sooooo hard! I remember waiting for the judge to determine child support, waiting for child support to come in, waiting for the lawyer to return my calls, waiting for the courts to do the right thing. I remember waiting for our home to be sold, waiting for someone to let me, a single, …

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Single mom looking to golden sky. The Power is in You 3/5/23

The Power is in You

We think power is in God’s hands, and it is. We serve the only true God. He is omniscient and omnipotent, all knowing and all powerful. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. But what about the middle? God brings you into being at conception. God gives you the eternity …

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Welcoming Flower Catholics Home this Christmas – Lily-Poinsettia Christians

Flower Catholics – As a child, I did not know the term but I remember well adults grumbling about them. Flower Catholics, or Flower Christians, are the lily-poinsettia church goers. They show up twice a year and take the pews of those who show up faithfully every week. They sit proudly on their hard wooden …

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