My Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar I was recently reminded of the idea that our lives are built upon story. Anyone who’s ever had a conversation knows that the sharing of one story often inspires the sharing of another. It’s how we relate to each other. When it comes to our faith, we’re encouraged […]
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The statue of Our Lady of the Smile at the National Shrine and Museum of St. Thérèse in Darien is a replica of the statue with the healing smile that Thérèse had a vision of on Pentecost Sunday, 1883. (Provided photo/Paul Moore)
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore My wife and I attended the monthly first Friday Mass at Snyder Village Retirement Community in Metamora on Oct. 1, the feast day of St. Thérèse, who promised to spend her Heaven letting fall a shower of roses. The Mass celebrant was Father Vien Van Do of […]
Continue readingIn a conversation recently, a friend said she “doesn’t like Mass because it is too traditional.” She is far from the first young adult to say this to me. I personally know dozens of people who have decided to not practice the faith because they felt Mass was boring and not enticing. There are many […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Moore She had prayed for the right way to approach people entering the Planned Parenthood clinic. She’d tried, “Can I share some resources with you?” However, she discovered that people entering or leaving abortion clinics weren’t too interested in receiving “resources.” Instead, trial, error and prayer taught her to […]
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"Cruella embraces an identity that denies the goodness within her and damages her relationships with others," writes Lindsey Weishar of the subject of the movie "Cruella," portrayed here by Emma Stone. (CNS photo/Laurie Sparham, Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
My Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar A facet of the 21st century I appreciate is film and literature’s interest in the boundary between good and evil. Though the culture also has huge blind spots when it comes to identifying good and evil, it does well in troubling the idea that a person is either […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore My singing teacher has been trying to coach me on dropping my jaw on the inbreath before a high note. I tend to either breathe and then drop the jaw, or the other way around. She recently introduced a way to manage this coordination without my having […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Moore “Too much to do for Mass today.” I’ve said that a few times in my life — not just about weekday Masses (with His help, I can’t remember ever saying it about Sunday Mass), but other forms of spiritual nourishment such as retreats, or eucharistic adoration (which, come […]
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The Little Sisters of the Lamb monastery in Kansas City, Kansas.
My Vocation is Love / By Lindsey Weishar For the past month, I’ve been living in a monastery. A rapid-fire move back to Kansas City left me temporarily in need of a place to stay, as I sought out an apartment. The monastery belongs to a French-based religious community — The Little Brothers and Sisters […]
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Ron Popeil with the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie.
“In My Father’s House” / By Paul Thomas Moore Gadget inventor and pitchman extraordinaire Ron Popeil passed away on July 28. He was 86. Not to make light of any soul’s passing, but many of Mr. Popeil’s creations have already been laid to rest in attics and yard sales from here to kingdom come. The […]
Continue readingIn My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore This issue of The Catholic Post lands just a week after the closing ceremonies of the 32nd Summer Olympics. On the morning of the opening ceremonies on July 23, my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting with Olympian Kim Linehan (1980 and 1984). She came […]
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