Vinny’s Blog
Have any Favorite Eucharistic Prayers?
Posted on October 16, 2009We will soon be publishing a Eucharistic Prayerbook, and we’d love to consider including your favorites. We are looking for prayers appropriate for times of Adoration, Preparation for Communion, and Thanksgiving after Communion. Please include source... Read More
St. Faustina’s Meditations on the Passion
Posted on October 16, 2009Many people have asked about the powerful meditations that are used on our CD “The Rosary & The Chaplet of Divine Mercy,” so I am posting them here. Opening Prayer O my Jesus, … I unite my desires to the desires that You had on the cross... Read More
The Price of Ignoring God
Posted on August 18, 2009Today’s Mass readings tell such a story! The tragic story of a people who strayed from God. “Abandoning the Lord, the God of their fathers, … they followed the other gods of the various nations around them. … They were quick... Read More
Remain in My Love
Posted on August 17, 2009What a blessing this morning, on the Feast of the Assumption, to read a 40-page pastoral letter on the Eucharist, “Remain in My Love,” written by Fr. Ted Dudzinski, a busy pastor in Kokomo, IN to be distributed to his parishoners! So great... Read More
Look to the Lord
Posted on July 17, 2009Look to the Lord in his strength;seek to serve him constantly. (Ps 105:4-5) Funny how words you’ve seen many times can suddenly jump off the page at you with new power and meaning. For some reason, the opening lines of the responsorial psalm at... Read More
The Yoke’s On You
Posted on July 8, 2009“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Mt... Read More
Pentecost: “As you wish!
Posted on June 8, 2009As a way of continuing the great feast of Pentecost which we have just celebrated, I’d like to pass on a simple, little prayer to the Holy Spirit. So simple that it would be easy to overlook if you happened to see it written somewhere without any... Read More
Did and Didn’t
Posted on May 8, 2009Imagine St. Peter greeting you at the “Pearly Gates.” He pulls a large volume from the shelf and flips through the pages until he comes to your name. His face lights up momentarily with an approving smile: “Well, I see you’ve done... Read More
Octave Day: Let us Rejoice!
Posted on April 8, 2009A couple of years ago I emailed a Mercy Sunday reflection to a few friends, and I’d like to share it with you now. Mercy Sunday! “This is the day the Lord has made.” Today is the day of days, the octave day of Easter, the last and greatest... Read More
A Christian Spelling Lesson
Posted on November 8, 2008Ever notice how sometimes the way a word is spelled doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense? A few years ago, listening to a talk by Babsie Bleasdell, I realized that the spelling of a particular word had actually kept me from understanding what it... Read More