By Larry Peterson I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It stretches out its tentacles and wraps them around those who may have lost a spouse, a child, a parent, a sibling, or even a dear friend. I have been widowed twice and know full well how loneliness can […]
He played football and learned the pain in his leg was not from football; it was bone cancer. He was eleven years old.
By Larry Peterson Angiolino Bonetta was born on September 18,1948, in Cigole, a town in northern Italy located in the Diocese of Brescia, a diocese established in the first century. His parents, Francesco Bonetta and Giulia Scarlatti were not poor and managed to make ends meet, but there were no […]
Does God send us “signs,” to let us know He has heard our prayers? You Decide.
By Larry Peterson Looking into her eyes, he said, “There is victory over death.” I recently attended a funeral Mass, and during the few minutes before the Mass started, something extraordinary happened. I believe God sent a messenger to share with all those in attendance an affirmation of what we […]
Francis Delalieu: this Good Samaritan saved a future Servant of God and her family from death — then he was gone.
There were no strings attached. He simply loved his neighbor One of the most famous Gospel readings is the one we all know as the Parable of the Good Samaritan. What follows is about someone who may be among the greatest Good Samaritans of all time, a man we know almost […]
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is embodied in the Mass: The two are inseparable and it is an ongoing Miracle that is always occurring
The United States has a population of close to 330 million people. Of those, there are more than 74 million people who claim to be Catholic. 70 million are registered (signed in with a parish as members). That means that Catholics comprise more than 22% of the entire population of […]
Many climate change proponents deny one absolute: the truth of life
By Larry Peterson You cannot embrace the child’s home and then kill the child. The drums of climate change are pounding harder and harder every day. School children are being indoctrinated about the cataclysm poised to destroy the Mother Planet. Purveyors of the “existential threat” about to waste us are […]
The Story of Our Lady of Bonaria and the Miracle of the Chest Lost at Sea
By Larry Peterson There are numerous miracles that have taken place within the 800-year-old Mercedarian Order including that of St. Peter Armengol, who gave himself over to the Muslims to save another. He was hanged from a tree, only to be found alive six days later. He told everyone that […]
Give me Silence or Give me Death—Defender of the Seal of Confession; Father Fernando Olmedo Reguera
On July 1, 2019, the Vatican issued the Note of the Apostolic Penitentiary (this is a tribunal in the Roman Curia that deals with mercy and forgiveness) about the inviolability of the Sacramental Seal aka the Seal of Confession. A Sacrament is of God—not man. The sacramental seal is inviolable; […]
When Jesus Rose from the Dead where was the Blessed Mother? Ask Pope St. John Paul II
When Easter morning arrived, someone was missing. That someone is the very linchpin of the salvation story. That someone is the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is nowhere to be seen or heard. Where was she? We will hear from the Gospel of John 20:1-9 how Mary of Magdala came to […]
When it Comes to Life and Death, the Paradox that is Humanity is Inexplicable
On January 22, 2019, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law the Reproductive Health Act. This was also the anniversary of Roe v.Wade. When the governor finished signing this bill, a suffocating wind exploded from the halls of the capitol, caused by the cheers and screams of those upstanding […]