Daily Prayer routine
Thanks to an email conversation with a reader, I thought it might be useful to divulge what I do concerning my prayer life, especially as it is central to my recovery within the Faith. After I awaken...
View ArticleSaints Jacinta and Francisco Marto, pray for us!
We have two new saints! Francisco and Jacinta Marto, brother and sister seers of Fatima, were canonized today in Fatima, Portugal by Pope Francis. You can read more about them by clicking on the links...
View ArticleFifteenth Sober Anniversary: Went outside to get outside (of myself)
Today I celebrated my 15th Anniversary of getting sober. I celebrated it in good sober Catholic fashion: I went to Mass, prayed a lot this morning and as it was my day off and the weather was nice...
View ArticleCalifornia Mystic- future saint?
I learned of a new potential saint in the Church, Servant of God Cora Evans. Born into Mormonism in in Utah in 1904, she died a Catholic in California in 1957. Her Cause for Beatification and...
View ArticleNovena to St. Maximilian Kolbe begins (with updated links to the original)!
During Sober Catholic’s inaugural year in 2007, I decided to introduce readers to St. Maximilian Kolbe. He is a patron saint of addicts. Last year, on the 75th anniversary of his martyrdom I wrote this...
View ArticleThe Fatima Message is ongoing
The Centennial of Our Lady’s Apparitions at Fatima concluded this past Friday, October 13th. On that day in 1917, Our Lady appeared with a promised miracle, the “Miracle of the Sun” witnessed by over...
View ArticleEWTN Daily Mass Homily on Matt Talbot!
Last Friday I happened to watch the Daily Mass on EWTN. Fr. Joseph Mary had a nice homily on Matt Talbot! He even mentioned that there is a miracle attributed to Matt that is being considered for...
View ArticleDeath as a passage
What do you think of death? Is it something to be feared, avoided and denied? Like many people do you ignore it and hope it never bothers you? I have had a relationship with death stretching back to my...
View ArticleConsecration of Sober Catholic to Mary
This blog has a new patron. As today is February 11th, traditionally the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (and the World Day of the Sick), I have decided to consecrate Sober Catholic to the Blessed Virgin...
View ArticleIn the heart
In this excerpt from the First Reading from today’s Mass for Ash Wednesday we read: “…rend your hearts and not your garments.” (Joel 2:13) As I said a few days ago “I have been reading quite a lot of...
View ArticleI sought the Lord and he answered me
An excerpt from the Responsorial Psalm for the Mass for Tuesday of the First Week of Lent: (Psalm 34:5) I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations. Courtesy...
View ArticleDeeds, Words, Prayer
In “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” the spiritual diary of St. Faustina Kowalska (for info read this: St. Faustina and Divine Mercy) Jesus communicates to St. Faustina something important about mercy: “I am...
View ArticleLove your enemies
In this excerpt from the Gospel for the Mass of Saturday of the First Week of Lent (Matthew 5:44) Jesus exhorts us to: “Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who...
View ArticleForgiveness and the Adversary
The concept of “forgiveness” has been on my mind recently, especially after this post. Obviously it is something that I’ve struggled with. The following comprises a summation of my recent internal...
View ArticleDivine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday
Just giving all my readers a heads up that the Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday. Information on how to pray it is in the link in the first sentence. Know someone, perhaps yourself, who might...
View ArticlePray for us sinners
A thought had popped into my mind while praying the Rosary today… The line in the second verse, “…pray for us sinners…” struck me. It reads “pray for us sinners,” not “pray for me, a sinner.” The...
View ArticleIt’s Three O’Clock Somewhere
I just finished praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet as it’s the Hour of Mercy (3PM) in my timezone. This reminded me that I had an idea for a blogpost with the title of this post. And as it’s been a week...
View ArticleSacred Heart Novena
Just a heads up reminder that the Feast of the Sacred Heart is coming up on June 8th, which means that the Sacred Heart Novena has begun. (Either today or tomorrow. As I’ve said before, I can never...
View ArticleNovena to St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe
Today begins a novena to St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, one of my favorite saints for a myriad of reasons. One of them, and not the primary one, even, is his patronage of addicts. The following are links...
View ArticleFour Daily Rosaries for your needs
Last Friday, August 10, 2018, I chanced to watch the Daily Mass on EWTN. There was a very interesting homily given by a parish priest, the Rev. Msgr. Beaubrun Ardouin, from St. Leo’s Parish in...
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