For the United States and its citizens, Independence Day is a very significant holiday. Families come together to have dinner, spend time together, watch firework shows, and enjoy each other's…
Friar Tom Smith wrote the following song based on a prayer day at Dripping Springs Recreation Area in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was very hot that day, and Psalm…
This Saint Anthony Rosary of Healing brings together two traditional Christian spiritual practices: the Catholic discipline of immersion in the Scriptures through lectio divina and the Orthodox use of chotki…
In the Malaysian coastal town of Malacca, there occasionally appears a type of crab with a distinct cross-shaped mark on its shell. I remember, when I lived in that country,…
During our novitiate in 2019, we were taught two of the three songs of the Corda Pia by our novice-master, Brother Joseph Wood, and the novice-brothers performed it twice, once…
Friar Solanus Mary continues taking us on a walk through Mary's Garden. Fauna In the world of fauna the name of Our Lady also turns up. Let’s look at a…