UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader America250 As the United States enters our two hundred fiftieth year as a nation, we can look back with much gratitude for the freedom, liberty, and opportunities given to us, while we also call to mind the sorrows of many who...
Four Key Commitments By Father Don Farnan on June 16, 2025 Motivational speaker and acclaimed writer, David Brooks, in his book The Second Mountain, articulated four “commitments” that make a person’s life meaningful and fulfilling. The four foundations have to do...
Go Placidly By Father Don Farnan on June 9, 2025 Ninety-eight years ago, Max Ehrmann wrote the prose poem Desiderata. It begins with the memorable and soothing line, “Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” This pensive...
Pentecost People By Father Don Farnan on June 3, 2025 A prayer that priests and other religious pray in the cycle of our daily Liturgy of the Hours (or Office/Breviary) reads: “Lord, you renew the face of the earth announcing unforetold wonders. Through a virgin, you...
UPON THIS ROCK Read on blog or Reader Catholic Immigration By Father Don Farnan on May 29, 2025 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which represents the church’s moral and political views, seems to be at an impasse with the Trump Administration...
