I spent New Year’s Day watching the extended edition Lord of the Rings DVDs. January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. For years now I’ve made it a personal tradition to reread Tolkien’s masterpiece during the first week of January—or at least to begin the journey: “In a hole...
Welcome, 2013!
Here at Franciscan Media, our goal is to serve the Church by spreading the Good News of Jesus with various print and digital products. But we’re also here to welcome each person who enters our doors with a warm “hello.”
Sr. Sue Ann does that each and every day, whether on the...
At Christmas, of course, we’re celebrating the birth of a baby 2,000 years ago. A little boy named Jesus came into the world to save us from sin and evil and to teach us about the ultimate forgiveness.
Thirteen years ago, a little baby boy named Chancellor Lee Adams came into the world. He could not...
At age 91, my grandfather sometimes has trouble hitting the right buttons on his remote control, which can lead to some interesting programming selections.
A few weeks ago, by way of shaky hands and faltering eyesight, he stumbled into EWTN.
This might qualify as a minor miracle.
Bill Scroggins grew up in...
I planned to write this blog post about the O Antiphons that we pray in the liturgy from December 17th through the 23rd. But as I’m writing this on Friday the 14th, I’m watching the coverage of the horrific school massacre in Connecticut. The situation is too horrible to imagine. How can this happen?...
As I write, it’s 80 degrees and sunny here in Florida. It will be my first Christmas ever without the cold and snow, which is really strange (nice, but strange!). It’s been hard to even realize that it is December, since every day just feels like summer.
But Christmas it is, and it’s...
