Category: Mystical

Recently, my two youngest stood on the church steps following Mass to pose for a picture. My daughter posed like a princess and my son contorted his features into a striking semblance of a howling warrior– squatting, fists raised, ready for battle. Our family has taken dozens of similar photos over the last twenty years… Continue reading Revival of Apostolic Men – SpiritualDirection.com

Carlo, Our Little Hero In each generation, heroes of the faith, whom the Church recognizes as saints, emerge. They have understood that holiness is not about imagining past holiness or dreaming about a better world; rather, it is living their present lives as disciples of Christ. Therefore, holiness takes place in the here and now.… Continue reading A Millennial in Paradise: Carlo Acutis

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Presence of God – O my Mother, most holy Virgin Mary, be always my model, my support, and my guide. MEDITATION “And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Judah.”These words are from today’s Gospel (Luke… Continue reading Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  What happens if I’m Catholic and my therapist suggests I try a medically approved form of Buddhist meditation? Buddhist mindfulness meditation can actually be very bad for me as a Catholic. We hope that our doctors have our best interests at heart; however, Catholic discernment might not be in their skillset. Jeff Thompson, a… Continue reading When Your Therapist Recommends Buddhist Meditation

Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God (Matt. 5:8) The cleaner of heart we are, the fewer dark corners do we cherish in our heart for depositing ideas of which we are extremely fond and on which no other ideas shall be allowed to intrude. These are the dark corners to… Continue reading Blessed Are You: The Clean of Heart

Corpus Christi Presence of God – “The eternal tide flows hid in living bread.That with its heavenly life too be fed …”(John of the Cross, Poems). MEDITATION We have gone, step by step, in the course of the liturgical year, from the consideration of the mysteries of the life of Jesus to the contemplation of… Continue reading Solemnity of Corpus Christi: The Body and Blood of Christ

Facing Lucifer The team and I spend a lot of time dealing with lower-ranking demons. Most people who are possessed have such lesser demons. Thank God. If we get their names during the exorcism, they are not commonly known. Occasionally we run into a higher-ranking demon, and then it gets rougher. These are the more… Continue reading Diary of an American Exorcist