1 year later… same prayer… well.. a little different. This past Holy Thursday I found myself in the same position as last year. Only this time when i knelt in front of the Blessed Sacrament during holy hours, I could not get up. For some reason I felt that if…
This past weekend marks the 4th Sunday of Advent (that last purple candle on the Advent wreath) and as Christmas approaches I have been reflecting on mostly the 3rd Sunday of Advent... aka Gaudete Sunday... aka the Pink Candle. Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent, when in the…
So I was in the middle of Target standing in front of a wall of women's underwear and I had no idea what I was doing. Abby said get the ones that will go above her tummy to cover her scar… so I grabbed a few. Each of the different…
Dear Abby, I am writing you this letter as I head back home from my summit of Mt. Whitney... the highest peak in all the lower 48 states... 14,508 ft in elevation. I started this journey in the hopes of pushing myself physically and mentally. And while that did…
Hi All its been a little while since I've posted and thats mainly cause I have so many things I would like to say... just can't finish anything. But I do have something that requires little to no effort on my part! Recently Dr. Hilgers, the creator of naprotechnology appeared…
In today's homily the priest here at Fallbrook talked about Doubting Thomas. But he said something that I hadn't really thought about. What if the "doubting" didn't refer to Thomas, but instead to the other disciples. Yes they saw Jesus in the flesh... but did they really believe…
Well the Easter Triduum has come and gone... I was hoping to get this post up before then, unfortunately it just wasn't meant to be. For those of you that don't know what the Easter Triduum is... its kind of like the Catholic Super Bowl (I stole that from Mark…
**Update: fixed some small typos and reworded a few things per my wife's suggestion ** Just got back from vacation and I wish I could go back to the Grand Canyon already. Being there was like sitting front row to witness one of God's Greatest Creations... it truly was a blessing…
Happy 3 Year Anniversary to my beautiful wife... hopefully this gift to you will be something our future kids will enjoy and perhaps help other couples.…
Who am I My name is Mark Anthony. I am 30 years old. I am a Sr. Software Engineer and Lead at a Major US Financial Institution. I am the Youth Minister at my Parish. I am a life long Laker Fan. I am a Nintendo fanboy. I am a…