Mar 7, 2025 | Substack
Litany of Our Lady of Sorrows℣: Lord, have mercy on us ℟: Christ, have mercy on us.℣: Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear us, ℟: Jesus, graciously hear us.℣: God the Father of heaven, ℟: have mercy on us.℣: God the Son,...
Mar 5, 2025 | Substack
Champion athletes are always asked, minutes after winning, “Can you do it again next year?” Vegas lays odds almost immediately on a repeat victory. But there are so many variables. So many things change between the end of one season and even the beginning...
Feb 28, 2025 | Substack
Lent is less than a week away, and Mike goes over some suggestions:Almsgiving: where to give, and where to avoidPrayer: lifetime devotions often start during LentFasting: St. Basil the Great returns to give us encouragement for the benefits of a good fastResourcesThe...
Feb 21, 2025 | Substack
With Lent only 2 weeks away, Mike brings in a tour guide from the 4th Century—St. Basil the Great, bishop and Doctor of the Church—to help us in our preparation for this penitential season. ResourcesDe Spiritu Sancto by St. Basil the Great (the excerpt in...
Feb 14, 2025 | Substack
This week Mike goes back to something written by a Catholic priest in the 1800’s to help us understand why our faith life can sometimes seem like Phil Conners in Groundhog Day. The bad news: piety is monotonous. The good news: there’s something to do about...
Feb 7, 2025 | Substack
In this wide-ranging episode, Mike discusses:The responsibility we have to spouses and childrenSpiritual warfareThe direction of society towards occultismBlessed Karl of Austria, Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora, and Blessed Bishop von GalenThe cult and the code of the...
