"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary."

-Blaise Pascal

 

Saint Stephen of Hungary - Sorrowful Mysteries

Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life

Heaven Has Music — Hell Has Noise, by Matt D’Antuono at NCR

Inness: A Rustic, Design-Minded Retreat in Upstate New York, by Annie Quigley at Remodelista 

On Gossip, by Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture

How to Revive Hydrangeas and Prolong Their Beautiful Blooms, by Samantha Johnson at Martha Stewart 

This Catholic Charity Is Boosting Affordable Housing with a Prefab ‘Pocket Neighborhood’, by Daniel Payne at CNA

2 Science-Backed Tips for the Best Tomato Salad Ever, by Kiano Moju at Serious Eats

Diligence: Living Virtuously in a Work-Obsessed World, by Rachel Meixner at Radiant

Freedom Under God, by Fulton Sheen at The Imaginative Conservative

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In the news: Video:  Dr. Carrie Gress and the Origins of Feminism, by Jim Maughan at Lepanto Institute

Video: LA Catholic Morning, with Carrie Gress, by Tom Carroll, Jim Papandrea at Archangel Radio