Color Me Church Militant… With Ashes
A headline flashed recently that a young boy in Utah was made to wipe off his Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead. This prompted me to recall an event from a couple of years ago. After Ash Wednesday Mass, I overheard a woman lament the administering of ashes on children. “It’s terrible that we tell our youth that they’re ‘dust.’ I...
03 19 2019
The Rosary is the Weapon for These Times
By Matthew Bosnick “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.”—St. Padre Pio. I’m a 29-year old Catholic with a wife, an eleven month-old daughter, and a son on the way. If you are like me, you look at the world we live in and are genuinely concerned for the family you are responsible for raising. While we live in an age of incredible me...
11 23 2018