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My Lady: Queen of the Rosary
Due to a technical difficulty, this post comes two days late. It was written for Wednesday, May 13, 2020: the day we celebrate Our Lady...
May 15, 2020


Fishy Feelings
The news has had some terrifying news lately: COVID-19, killer hornets, and the latest…the possibility of snow in May. I find the last to...
May 8, 2020


Seabiscuit
Last night some of the residents of our Recovery Community watched the movie "Seabiscuit." If you haven't seen it, you should check it...
May 6, 2020


Mary, Wife of Joseph
Today we begin the month of May! It is certainly appropriate that this month that is dedicated to Our Lady begins with a Feast Day for...
May 1, 2020


Jean-Baptiste Muard
Today the Church celebrates Saint Catherine of Siena, however, there is another figure of heroic charity that is worth note on this...
Apr 29, 2020


The Road to Emmaus
Today’s Gospel provides the beautiful, and well known story of the Road to Emmaus. Two disciples are making their way from Jerusalem to...
Apr 26, 2020


Saint Mark & The Naked Guy
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist. Modern Scripture scholarship claims that Mark was the first Gospel to...
Apr 25, 2020


John 3:16
“God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal...
Apr 22, 2020


Eplēsthēsan: Filled & Fulfilled
What a powerful reading the Church has given us for today! Peter and John have returned to the people after their arrest last week, and...
Apr 20, 2020


Divine Mercy
Today the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday, stemming from the instructions given by the Lord to Saint Faustina Kowalska in 1934. Of...
Apr 19, 2020


What Have We Seen & Heard?
The readings the Church has given us during this Easter Octave are so beautiful, and thought provoking. In this morning’s Gospel we hear...
Apr 18, 2020


Who directs my prayer?
This entry is part five of a five part series:The Easter 2020 Spiritual Stimulus Package Joe Sikorra is a Catholic Marriage and Family...
Apr 17, 2020


Highs and Lows in Prayer
This entry is part four of a five part series:The Easter 2020 Spiritual Stimulus Package “Most of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday....
Apr 16, 2020


Do I work too hard in prayer?
This entry is part three of a five part series: The Easter 2020 Spiritual Stimulus Package Most likely these days you (like all of us)...
Apr 15, 2020


Am I honest in prayer?
This entry is part two of a five part series: The Easter 2020 Spiritual Stimulus Package Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so...
Apr 14, 2020


Do I prepare for prayer?
This entry is part one of a five part series: The Easter 2020 Spiritual Stimulus Package Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to...
Apr 13, 2020


Yes, the Eucharist is Essential
There has been an interesting discussion in the blogosphere this last week or two about a concept that never in my life would I have...
Mar 31, 2020


What is Spiritual Communion?
During these days of COVID-19 craziness, as we well know, Catholics across the globe are figuring out how to practice their Eucharistic...
Mar 26, 2020


COVID-19 & Theology of the Body
Today Donald Trump referred to the Coronavirus as “the invisible enemy.” Those words really struck me... So often in the Christian...
Mar 21, 2020


Signed By Ashes
Today is the First Sunday of Lent. There is something about Lent that in the minds of some Catholics rings with a negative connotation....
Mar 1, 2020
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