![Advent Planning](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/11/manger-and-cross-470x140.jpg)
Advent has become one of my favorite Liturgical seasons. After months of Ordinary Time, we change directions and start looking ahead. Our focus becomes preparation,…
![Honeycomb](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/08/6248780733_0abf595a92-470x140.jpg)
Anxiety has bee plaguing me most of the summer. I know intellectually that God is calling me to a deeper trust in Him and rely…
![Again really Isaiah 49](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/06/Jesus-Christ-Wallpapers-1-470x140.jpg)
The beginnings one can only watch and see. Father Quinn as mentioned in prior posts has a work up in Door County. A couple…
![life is good](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/01/ring-around-the-beach-470x140.jpg)
{Blowing the dust off the blog…} The long-time mantra of the pro-choice movement is to make every child a wanted child. It’s hard to argue…
![consecration](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/10/4725806838_2b04393711-333x140.jpg)
I haven’t been fully forthcoming with you, dear Readers. This blog is a stretching exercise for me. I’m not very practiced with verbalizing and sharing…
![A Tale of Oppression and Redemption](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/shame-350x140.jpeg)
Once upon a time, there was a boy. He was a young boy, barely into the double digits. But he did a horrible thing and…
![The Secret Effect of Rote Prayer](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/fake-sleeping-beauty-470x140.jpg)
One of the deep treasures of the Catholic Church is the heritage of prayers that have been handed down from those who have gone before…
![Attack and Defense](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/07/demons.tremble-470x140.gif)
There is a very real war happening, and we have placed ourselves on the front lines. Something is happening; something is shifting in such a way as to draw out vicious, open attacks.
![Idolatry, Apostasy, or Farce](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/Consecration-335x140.jpg)
No blinders. No closing of the eyes. Let us look straight into reality and draw our conclusion. Church history is no prettier than the average…
![Veneration and Adoration](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/11/385224346_ac8c0861dc-470x140.jpg)
Veneration has to do with respect and honor, while adoration belongs to the God we worship in love. All of us show veneration to persons…