Here Comes the Judge

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “I’m right, right, right, and you’re wrong, wrong, wrong.” It was the litany of the Rigney household. My brilliant, narcissistic, schizophrenic father must have said it to Mom and the four… Continue reading Here Comes the Judge

Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo

The Basics: Born circa 1235 in Italy; died March 6, 1252, in Italy; canonized in 1457 by Pope Callistus III; feast day, September 4. Mystic. The Story: Rose must have been some powerful young orator. She was a teenager when she and her family were expelled from Viterbo because of her outspokenness against the German emperor who held… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo

Being Christ in Our Lives: Pam Spano

Pragmatic. Positive. Passionate. Those are the words that come to mind when I think of Pam Spano, who owns Being Catholic… Really. You’ll find her in a number of places online, including Facebook, and Twitter. When Pam, who converted to Catholicism more than thirty years ago, and her husband weren’t being fed at their parish, they… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Pam Spano

On the Nightstand: September

I’m going to be traveling quite a bit in the coming weeks, so I went looking for something I could read on my Kindle. I wanted something not too deep, but also not too “pop.”   The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown with its ten guideposts for personal introspection seemed to fit the bill.  While I’ve gotten… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September