T hank you for popping back after my extended time away from the blog.  First I spent a few days with the dog and another brother priest an...

1 st:  Today is Sts. Cosmos and Damian Day!  The day on which I was baptized!  Woohoo! 2 nd:  Consider taking a peek at the GoFundMe pag...

GIRM paragraphs 98 & 99 B efore becoming a priest or permanent deacon, a man must become an installed acolyte and an installed lect...

I was reading a fictional book the other day and it concerned a notorious criminal who went about in disguise.  In one location, the book ...

“ L et’s go for walk.” “No,” she responds. He looks oddly nervous.  “Come on!  It will be nice.” But she stands her ground.  “I...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " H e who is swift to believe is swift to forget."  from Abraham Joshuaeschel's, ...

W hen I draw someone on Monday Diary, it may not look the person at all.  It has to do more with my impression of someone.  Fr. Pfeiffer wa...

S o this morning I come downstairs to see that the water reservoir in the coffee machine is almost empty.  I’m tempted to walk away and let...

M ay your underwear be infested by he flees of a thousand camels! There, now that that’s off my chest we can begin . . .  When some...

Y ears ago some seminaries used to teach seminarians how to smoke.  It was for a very good reason.  It slowed conversation down and gave th...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " G od doesn't ask you to be perfect, He asks you to go to Mass."  someone at paris...

O nce, when I was a kid, we were at some sort of Mass that was not in a church building (probably some polka Mass at some festival or somet...

D o you know how awesome you are? What are the odds that you would be reading this blog today? Nobody would ever stake a bet on it....

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND :  " T he sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin."  Pope Pius XII QUOTE II...

T he place may be new to you but you are not a guest. You may be rock star but for an hour it doesn’t matter. You may have just won an ...