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Angels & Dragons IX: 40 Days to Slay Your Dragon!

Published February 10, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

“Rise up; this matter is in your hands (Ezra 10:4)!” Your time has come Dragon Slayer! On your feet! You can no longer be “the brother of dragons,” (Job 30:29) for “Lent is the very badge of the Christian warfare!” (Pope Benedict XIV) How will you spend your 40 Days of Lent, in what may… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published February 10, 2018

Angels & Dragons VIII: St. Gemma Galgani Relic

Published January 31, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Faith

A fierce female dragon slayer! St. Gemma Galgani died at the young age of 25 on April 11, 1903 (Feast Day), but she lived an extraordinary life. She wanted to be a Passionist religious nun but was not accepted due to her health so she joined the lay Passionist association and took private vows as… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published January 31, 2018

Angels & Dragons VI: “Set the Oppressed Free!” (Luke 4:18)

Published January 4, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column

This article is about setting the demonically oppressed free and “ proclaiming liberty to the captives” (Luke 4:18) using deliverance prayers. It is not about the demonically ‘possessed’ but about the everyday spiritual battle which Christians face against “the dragon and his angels” (Rev. 12:7) in these ominous times! Immediately after my diaconal ordination, 11 years ago,… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published January 4, 2018

A Mexican Demon Named Charlie

Published June 1, 2015 • Written by Matthew Hartwick Filed Under: Social Media and Tech, Youth

The recent trending hashtag #charliecharliechallenge has been shown to a lot of teens and tweens recently through social media like Twitter and YouTube videos. In this game, you cross two pencils and put yes and no on a paper, then ask “Charlie” a question and wait to see if the pencil moves to yes or… [Read More]

Written by Matthew Hartwick • Published June 1, 2015

Angels & Dragons

Published February 12, 2015 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

“Proclaim a War! Let the weak man say, ‘I am a warrior!’” (Joel 4:9-10) In these dark times we must contemplate and understand the spiritual battle we are facing. We must take a step back and ask ourselves, “What is happening to the world and to us?” The answer is that mankind is at the… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published February 12, 2015

Spiritual Combat: Fight Like a Catholic

Published September 23, 2014 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Faith

I remember coming away from a conversation with a very holy person years ago, feeling thoughtful. I was much inspired to pray. At the same time I felt like cranking up the Led Zepplin in the car for some relief from too much holy. The friend I was with asked, “What did you think?” I… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published September 23, 2014

No, no, no

Published April 18, 2013 • Written by Chris Williston Filed Under: Blog, Faith, World and News

All week long I’ve been trying to write about Boston, attempting to write some words of sense that are born out of a senseless situation. When sidewalks are awash with blood, an eight year old boy, among others, is dead, and limbs are lying on the ground, there is no sense.  All I have are… [Read More]

Written by Chris Williston • Published April 18, 2013

The Sky is Not Falling

Published November 14, 2011 • Written by Chris Williston Filed Under: Blog, Faith

I am a news junkie.  It’s probably a diagnosable sickness. I get out of bed in the morning and immediately grab my phone off of the alarm clock cradle in which it rests.  The glow of the screen guides my steps to the bathroom.  I turn on the water for the shower and get my… [Read More]

Written by Chris Williston • Published November 14, 2011

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