Never Give Up

Today we honor the great pioneering Jesuit missionary Saint Francis de Sales. He is remembered, of course, for his tremendous passion for th...

Here is a good way to begin December: by saying "goodbye" to November! Some of these photos and/or digital artworks have been post...

Forty years ago, on November 29, 1980, Dorothy Day came to the end of her very "unconventional" earthly pilgrimage. As we begin th...

There's not much to show from Thanksgiving, since the people I hang out with are just too cool to be photographed for the Old Man's ...

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona passed away from heart failure in his home in Greater Buenos Aires on November 25, less than a month ...

[Image from Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Phoenix, Arizona.] " Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for thei...

That headline is mostly my attempt at clickbait .😉 "Identity crisis" is an exaggeration. Overall, I'm okay. In the deepest an...

Jesus Christ is God-with-us , God who pours Himself out in love, who overcomes sin and death, who renews all things in His victory, who reve...

If you're a writer, you probably wonder sometimes why you bother doing it. Are you making any difference? How do you know whether you ar...

Digital graphic art with Biblical text:

Can you devote your life to serving the Lord and your neighbor, or more precisely, to a vocational path that focuses specifically on an ...

Here is my biggest, most laboriously crafted, and (perhaps?) most unusual work of digital art for the Fall season. I'm not entirely sati...

November 16 is the feast of Saint Gertrude "the Great," of the 13th century Benedictine monastery in Helfta (Germany).  She was on...

Selfie , Autumn 2020. Just me and the leaves. Most of the first half of November has been unseasonably warm and very pretty in the Valley. T...

Democratic opposition members have resigned in protest from Hong Kong’s Legislative Council over Beijing’s new ruling that authorizes the re...