Blog Posts from Capuchin Retreat

Warning Signs

Major events in history often are preceded a series of warnings. Signs that frequently go unheeded until it is too late.

Scapegoating

There is something of a cottage industry on social media these days: The posting to the internet of videos of people doing bad or stupid things… and then getting their just deserts. You might call it a variation of scapegoating.

“When I found your words, I devoured them.” – Jeremiah 15:16

The grace of a true relationship with God — the grace of true joy — usually comes wrapped in the mundane simplicity of daily life.

All the World’s a Chapel

What comes after “the Mass is ended, go in peace?”

The Conventional Wisdom

Viva Cristo Rey!

The life of Blessed Miguel Pro wasn’t long—he was only 36 years old when he died—but it was full. He ministered in his native Mexico during a time of rampant anticlericalism and persecution of the Church.

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

In the 18th century, more than 1400 years after the Lateran Basilica was first dedicated, Pope Clement XII had an inscription placed over the entrance. It was, of course, in Latin; and it proclaimed this massive cathedral the “mother and head of all churches of Rome and the world.”