What we can learn from St. Francis
October 4, 2013
Today is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, a saint I have grown to love in recent days. My devotion to this saint began when I was at a used book store and noticed a small green volume tucked away in the religion section called, “The Little Flowers of St. Francis.” The title really […]
The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
September 30, 2013
The following post is part of a guest series by Jason Liske of Ascending Mount Carmel. Jason is also a freelance writer and social media contributor atMonkrock. You can read more about him here. The following post is used with permission. Wrath is a sin that not thought of as easily as some of the other sins. […]
Pray for the Holy Father
September 27, 2013
Do you pray for the Holy Father every day? As the Vicar of Christ, he bears a tremendous responsibility. Not only does he have to shepherd over a billion Catholics, many of them fallen away from or ignorant of the faith, but he also bears the weight of the world’s attention, as a frenzied media […]
3 Steps to Overcoming Discouragement
September 23, 2013
For a couple of days recently, I was down in the dumps, worried over some things happening in my life and in the world. While I wish I could say I handled this bout of discouragement with poise and high doses of hope, patience, and fortitude, quite frankly, the opposite was true—I handled it poorly. […]
A new addition!
September 21, 2013
Praised be Jesus Christ! My wife and I welcomed our second child—a beautiful, healthy baby boy—into the world this morning. His name is Maximilian Kolbe Guzman after one of our favorite saints. We are tired, but we couldn’t be happier! This little guy weighed in at 7lbs, 4oz. and he was born at home. My […]
