Defend Us in Battle

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.  And then, it was … done. Or was it? Pope Francis boarded Shepherd One Sunday night and headed back to the Vatican with thousands of miles under his… Continue reading Defend Us in Battle

Anniversaries, Stories, and #popeindc

So I’m going to the canonization Mass tomorrow. And I still am totally stunned… and totally grateful. The way I got the ticket was 100% God. It wasn’t because I write about things Catholic, including two books about women saints and ongoing contributions to a major devotional, Living Faith. It was because my parish of two thousand… Continue reading Anniversaries, Stories, and #popeindc