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This beautiful song by Danielle Rose brought tears to my eyes. I bet we can all relate to part of it. "You died so I could be, the saint that is just me..."

For those of you who were not part of the three million people at World Youth Day, here are some cool videos of various events: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2013/07/the-holy-father-does-rio/

News came out today that Pope Francis is "changing" the teachings of the Church. Well, that's what the mainstream media intimated. Not true. Check out the entirety of the Holy Father's comments and the context as well: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2013/07/in-his-own-words-what-the-pope-really-said/

Sorry for the long delay in updating the blog :( I tweet more than I write. The awesome and super-holy priest, Fr. Mark Toups, is now writing a blog- check it out here: http://frmarktoups.blogspot. com

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This is an excellent and mature article about sexuality and virginity. Religious life is not a call to asexual living but an invitation by Jesus to live out femininity and masculinity in its fullness with Him. Imagine if all of us in religious life lived this way as well...it would change the world. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2013/05/virginity-is-sexual.html

More powerful words from the Holy Father. Says that consecrated religious are "mothers, not spinsters"! http://www.news.va/en/news/careerists-and-climbers-doing-great-harm-to-the-ch

Another beautiful homily from Pope Francis today- here's a highlight : "Paul teaches us this journey of evangelization, because Jesus did, because he is well aware that evangelization is not proselytizing: it is because he is sure of Jesus Christ and does not need to justify himself [or] to seek reasons to justify himself.  When the Church loses this apostolic courage, she becomes a stalled Church, a tidy Church a nice, a Church that is nice to look at, but that is without fertility, because she has lost the courage to go to the outskirts, where there are many people who are victims of idolatry, worldliness of weak thought, [of] so many things. Let us today ask St Paul to give us this apostolic courage, this spiritual fervor, so that we might be confident.  ‘But Father,’ [you might say], ‘we might make mistakes…’ ... ‘[Well, what of it,’ I might respond], ‘Get on with you: if you make a mistake, you get up and go forward: that is the way. Those who do not wa...

This is awesome. Watching the whole video, even though it's only a few minutes long, is an exercise of our brains in this distracted world.. Good stuff!

People cannot continue to ignore this nor pretend it doesn't happen across our country. Here is the fourth video released today by Live Action. God help us all.

The homily from Pope Francis today made my day. This guy is amazing! http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-christian-endurance-and-christs-peace

This new article by our General Superior, Sr Anne Marie Walsh, is outstanding and so true on every level. My prayer is that, as you read it, the Holy Spirit will work in you through it. God bless you- Giving Up Secrets People seem to have a lot of secrets these days.   We could almost say we live in an age of secrets.    Governments have become skilled at keeping secrets; businesses are adept at the same thing.   Institutions, whether they be educational, medical or religious, all keep secrets for both good reasons and not so good reasons.    But this reflects people in general.   People tend to keep a lot of secrets. There is a pressing need to recognize that secrets make a difference.   They can determine the direction of our lives, and the manner in which we pass from this world into the next.   For whatever reason, people today seem to have more secrets than ever.   They have secret activities, secret wounds, s...

Holy cow, check out this blog post from another author about our deepest desires and where Satan attacks us the most. It's incredible. Read it and pass it on... http://www.entrecatholic.com/lies-satan-and-hell-a-story-of-casting-out-fear-by-tori-harris/

Below is a third video of undercover footage from pro-life group Live Action exposing America's late term abortion industry. It is sad to see women so thoroughly involved in the killing of other women's children. Why do we do this to ourselves as women? Why do we perpetuate and promote violence against our own gender? We tell ourselves we are "helping" other women attain freedom but we are only killing ourselves and our children. What will it take to awaken those who sleep?

I love this homily given by the Holy Father from this morning's Mass. How beautiful and how needed. There is no sin too big for God to forgive.

Lord, have mercy. Here is the second installment of undercover video taken at an abortion clinic that performs late term abortions. Notice how the doctor fully acknowledges that it is indeed a baby that he is killing. This is hard to watch but the message MUST get out. Send out the video and www.liveaction.org website link. Let us implore God, on this feast of St. Catherine of Siena, that we may courageously stand against this genocide of our children. Let us implore and beg for His mercy and graces of conversion for our country.

This is a beautiful homily to the young people who were confirmed today at St. Peter's Square. The Pope's words are full of hope and wisdom. It's awesome. Here is the text: (Vatican Radio) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Dear Confirmands,I would like to offer three short and simple thoughts for your reflection. 1. In the second reading, we listened to the beautiful vision of Saint John: new heavens and a new earth, and then the Holy City coming down from God. All is new, changed into good, beauty and truth; there are no more tears or mourning… This is the work of the Holy Spirit: he brings us the new things of God. He comes to us and makes all things new; he changes us. The Spirit changes us! And Saint John’s vision reminds us that all of us are journeying towards the heavenly Jerusalem, the ultimate newness which awaits us and all reality, the happy day when we will see the Lord’s face – that marvelous face, the most beautiful face of the Lord Jesus - and be with hi...

For those of you who are informed about abortionist Kermit Gosnell's trial, you probably know that the sorrowful revelation of all the children he has killed is only a tip of the iceberg. Below is brand new under-cover video from LiveAction --the pro-life group started by Lila Rose. Here is startling footage of what really happens during later term abortions. Listen as the assistants describe the process of how they kill children and then the web of lies they spin. Also, here is a link from LiveAction on President Obama's glowing speech to Planned Parenthood . This is a huge issue, folks. Abortion isn't just one of many issues- it is THE issue. We, as a nation, condone and promote the killing of innocent children. How we can pretend this has no consequences? The dignity and sanctity of life in all it's stages is THE foundational issue for the human race. What will become of us? May God have mercy on us all. Let us all join in prayers for mercy for the people who w...

If you have some time, check out this honest and powerful talk by non-denominational pastor, Francis Chan. This talk was given at the Passion 2013 Conference which sold out Falcon Stadium in Atlanta. Yup. Christian conference. Sells out an NFL arena. Mostly young adults in the crowd. People are hungry and they want to be fed. God bless all those who hunger and thirst.