Feast of St. Augustine

From the Office of Readings (Augustine, Confessions):
Urged to reflect upon myself, I entered under your guidance the innermost places of my being; but only because you had become my helper was I able to do so. I entered, then, and with the vision of my spirit, such as it was, I saw the incommutable light [...]

A Monk Visits a Parish Church

And is shocked at what he finds. There is much in this post by Father Mark that deserves wide distribution and reflection. Because ultimately what it reveals is a loss of sense of why we go to Mass at all–and unfortunately the ones who “plan” liturgies are often the most clueless, giving such platitudes as [...]

Even Christ Experienced Darkness says Cardinal

Cardinal Herranz compares the darkness experienced by Mother Teresa (related in Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light) to what Christ experienced in his  agony in the  Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross. From Catholic Online:
Vatican officials said a new book detailing Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s long “crisis of faith” illustrates her spiritual strength in the [...]

My Illustrious Baseball Career

Now recorded online.