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  • "The Kids Need a Bed Tonight"*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Three days a week, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m they come and they wait. Three days a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday they come just to get a drop of reprieve from the outreach center; a bus pass to the VA or to get to a job… Read more

  • The "Protector" Saint of the Mexican Border*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Sometime during the early summer of 1973, Jesus Gaytan and two friends began making their way north to the United States. They were planning to ‘”sneak” across the border and find work as farmhands. They did not care where, they just wanted to work. At the border their… Read more

  • Meet the "Madman" of the Sacred Heart*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson *An edited version of this article appeared in Aleteia on June 3, 2016 Every year, exactly 19 days after Pentecost, the Catholic Church  celebrates the Devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . It is a worldwide devotion and is always on a Friday. This year it will be celebrated on… Read more

  • Pope Francis–The Foremost Ambassador of Humility

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson                                        This is from the Gospel of Luke; Chapter 9: vs 46-50 An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus realized the intention of their… Read more

  • The Catholic Church—Saying “NO” to a World Screaming “YES”

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson How did the precepts of ethics and morality, based on the Ten Commandments and the “Golden Rule”, become a pariah to so many? How did these principles ever become inverted?  Why have they seemingly been tossed by many into the dumpster of the outdated and irrelevant? There is… Read more

  • Missing From the 2016 Presidential Campaign—any Mention of God & Religion

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson There is an old cliche which says, “One thing you should never argue or discuss is politics or religion.” One thing is for sure, when it comes to politics and politicians no one is mentioning anything about religion. They leave the ‘religion’ out and argue ‘politics’. They… Read more