Standing Firm

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Let’s be honest. Firm faith is a lot easier to have when everyone’s healthy, when you have enough food and money (and maybe even more than enough), and… Continue reading Standing Firm

Wednesday’s Women: The Martyrs of Orange

The Basics: Birth dates varied; died July 9-26, 1794, in France; beatified on May 10, 1925, by Pius XI; feast day, July 9. Women religious; martyrs. The Story: When the sixteen Ursuline nuns arrived in May 1794 at the Orange jail in southern France, they were greeted by thirteen other religious sisters, some of whom had already been… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: The Martyrs of Orange

Idol Whac-A-Mole

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Oh, the idols in our lives. It seems like every time we manage to tear one down, another pops up its little head. It’s like playing Whac-A-Mole, and… Continue reading Idol Whac-A-Mole

Saying No to Jesus

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.”  So he was… Continue reading Saying No to Jesus