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. He was about thirty-five years old, a Jesuit novice after eleven years of study. And he was never going to become a priest now. Instead, he, two of… Continue reading Mercy When It Counts Most
Category: Martyrs
Enduring to the End
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. Why, it was just yesterday we were all warm and fuzzy with the birth of the Christ child. And today, wham! Here we are, fast-forwarded thirty-plus years, to… Continue reading Enduring to the End
“I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel”
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. I recently happened upon the story of Blessed Mercedes Prat i Prat, who was killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War because she was a nun. You… Continue reading “I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel”
Evangelization and Popularity
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, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to… Continue reading Evangelization and Popularity