"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-William Faulkner
Saints Marian & James - Sorrowful Mysteries
Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, Patron of the Order of Malta
Abortion Activists to Storm Catholic Churches During Mass on Mother's Day, at Catholic Vote
Candied Pansies Garnish for Marian May, by Emily Malloy by TOH Blog
Free the Teachers, by Johanna Webber at Catholic School Playbook
The Secret Chapel Inside Rome's Colosseum, by V.M. Traverso at Aleteia
Remodeling 101: A Plywood Primer, by Barbara Peck at Remodelista
Podcast: A Ministry of Offense -- The Ultimate Marriage Advice, by Tom Hoopes at Catholic Living
Mother's Day Etiquette, at Diane GottsmanÂ
A Map of Dante's Inferno in Three Touchstones, by James Matthew Wilson at Church Life Journal
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In the news: Even Broken Instruments Can Still Be Played, by Colleen Roy at B.C. CatholicÂ