Fr Angelo

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thy faithful people may ever rejoice in honoring all Thy Saints, and may be defended by their unceasing prayers (post-communion prayer, Solemnity of All Saints). After…

I kid you not.  I would have thought it was satire, if I did not know better.  It is an old piece from Crisis Magazine, regurgitated, I guess, to capitalize on the  interest…

All these things, which I have securely in mind to the extent that in this life I have been able to understand them, are, compared with what I have said, extremely great.  Beside…

Religious Liberty Down Under in the side bar. Posted in Catholic Action, Catholicism, Pro-Life, Religion Tagged: Abortion, Religious Liberty, same-sex marriage Go to Source

Thank you, soldier, for not being a politically correct, sellout pinhead, like so many others, while our troops fight and die for their country, sometimes at the traitorous hands of their own comrades.…

The friars in Australia have told me about Brian Regan. Here is a segment on men and women: And  a little military humor: And just to see if you can breathe through it: Posted…

I am not sure why I never noticed how militant this hymn is, especially verses 7-10.  I guess it is because we never sing that many verses in America.  The words were written…

Made it on Headline Bistro, thanks to Dawn Eden. Posted in Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Action, Catholicism, Chivalry, Fatherhood, Heroes, Husbands, Manliness, Marian Chivalry, Marriage, Mary Victrix, Men, Religion, Spirituality, Wives, Women Tagged:…

Praying in the Desert. Posted in Manliness, Prayers, Religion, Spirituality, Standing Fast Tagged: Australia, Desert, Western Go to Source

Time has published an article on the phenomenon of “Helicopter Parents,” which describes the wide-spread practice of over-parenting.  In my opinion, this problem is particularly nefarious as it pertains to boys, as I…

She shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for Her heel (Gen 3:15b). This primordial prophecy of sacred scripture is a word picture that has served over the ages to…

While I was home with my mother in California I saw several old movies that carried the theme of manliness and fatherhood:  How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Magnificent Seven (1960).…

The iconography of heaven referenced in my post for the Immaculate Conception, particularly as it relates to the Miraculous Medal, finds an antecedent in the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that…