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Running the Rosary

Posted on 28 October 2006

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…

Feeling Blue: Sam (and My Son)

Posted on 05 October 2006

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…

Sports and the Catholic Fan

Posted on 02 September 2006

“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…

The Cease-Fire of Prayer and Fasting

Posted on 26 August 2006

“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,…

Sports and the Catholic Faith

Posted on 25 July 2006

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…