.. Friday series, Vol 1, Issue 1 .. from my substack Water to Wine God, my Father, I offer all my desires, intentions and prayers in union with the desires and prayers of Jesus for this little work. Amen. +JMJ+ The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico, Sharon Mollerus/Flickr .. dearest, God bless you, it’s Friday! Liturgy What I…
How to Crush on God.
.. lighting a candle for Who we love. .. from my substack. 🙂 Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris - Oldest church in Parish by candelight, Ingo Schommer/flikr When I was getting ready for Mass, I couldn’t find my favorite silver drop earrings, the ones I always wear. They weren’t on my desk, they weren’t on the vanity in…
Christus regnat. It’s nice to be home..

There's nothing quite like going back to the place of your origins.. I've been away. The last time wrote on besaints was sometimes in August. I'd be posting on here on average 2-3 times a month. My intention was to write about holy things, but I'd end up - in some form or other -…
Hell that trods my world..
..a good idea to go ahead and post a few of my own trials? the holy things that come to me have been tried by fire, which happens to me still.. the glory to God is in overcoming them with His help. I'm parking trials here, on this post. It'll be a recording of my…
Days a' Tremble
The Angel appears to Cornelius the Centurion, Gioacchino Pagliei I have days I wish I could just relinquish my will over what I do, where I go, what I see, to God.. and let Him either tell me what to do or take command and control over my body and just let me rest from…
Mary Magdalene, Mary, and a Glimpse of Catholic Story
You have redeemed us, O Lord, with Your Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us for our God a kingdom. Alleluia, alleluia. - Apoc 5:9-10The favors of the Lord I will sing forever; through all generations my mouth shall proclaim Your faithfulness. - Ps 88:2INtroit, Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini…
On Vocation: Thinking about Writing for Reals Again – Feast of the Transfiguration
I passed my Church as I drove around town today and crossed myself as I usually do when I pass Jesus as He sits in His Tabernacle, a Prisoner of Love .. and it was at His Intersection, while staring at the blinking tail light of an SUV, that I found myself wondering if I…
Away and Back Again.
Well, I can't very well tell you what happened to this blog.. One of my last posts was figuring out how I was going to commit to keeping up with my writing. For weeks, I was feeling my way into committing to Catholic writing, what I could do to do my part. Then McCarrick happened. …