Running the Rosary

Almost since its inception, the rosary has been an “in motion” devotion, for along with the accounts of recitation while tending sheep or in front of the Blessed Sacrament, stories abound of the rosary being said while riding or walking… Read More

Feeling Blue: Sam (and My Son)

Reminiscing recently at the grave site of a dear (if unique) friend, my mind kept wandering back to the present, and my troubled thoughts about Gary, my son, who was about to join the Navy. And suddenly I saw the… Read More

Sports and the Catholic Fan

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden…and persevere in running the race that lies before us” (Heb 12:1).
Do Fans’ Prayers Count?
For many a Catholic or Protestant… Read More

The Cease-Fire of Prayer and Fasting

“May He be prayed for continually; day by day shall they bless Him. May there be an abundance of grain upon the earth; On the tops of the mountains the crops shall rustle like Lebanon” (Ps 72:15-16).
Vicky Moussaed, 17,… Read More

Sports and the Catholic Faith

As the author of a book on Catholic sports biographies that sits on the shelves of The Vatican library, I am often asked about the relationship between sports and faith. And while St. Paul’s classic analogy “Run so as to… Read More

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