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  • Meet the Only Nun Sentenced to Death by a Nazi Court: Her Crime? "Hanging" Crucifixes*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO ME By Larry Peterson *An edited version of this article appeared in Aleteia on April 12, 2016. Just imagine being arrested on Ash Wednesday for the crime of “hanging Crucifixes”. I cannot imagine how I would handle it. Maybe I would have taken the Crucifixes down. Honestly, I do not know. Helena Kafka,… Read more

  • My Pal Jumbo Never Went To Mass Until—-Then He Never Missed Mass Again*

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson *This column also appeared in Aleteia on Easter Sunday, 2016 Jumbo Feeney and I grew up together in the Bronx and we have been best friends since “Hector was a pup”. We can go a year without talking to each other and when we get on the phone together it… Read more

  • This Year Holy Week Sends a Perfect Storm: Embrace Its Power

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson If you are Catholic and have not been to Mass or confession in thirty years or more you might think that forgiveness is beyond your  grasp and that there is “no hope” for you. You might even think that if you walked into a church you would turn into a… Read more

  • Meet a REAL Man; Joseph of Nazareth (Feast Day, March 19)

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson I call Joseph of Nazareth the “Shadow Saint” because so little is known about him. There is not even one spoken word he ever said that was recorded.  But his quiet life resonated like huge cymbals being smashed together over the ages and into our very 21st century… Read more

  • Zero Tolerance and God's Mercy equals Oil and Water; They Do Not Mix

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Last week I wrote a piece about Arthur Flegenheimer aka Dutch Schultz. The notorious bootlegger, gangster and murderer, along with his henchmen, prowled the streets of the Bronx during the 1930’s spreading murder and mayhem wherever he took his negative pride and enormous ego. But the old cliche,… Read more

  • During the Lenten Season Forgiveness Rules. Look at "Dutch" Schultz

    IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson We are now into the third week of Lent and the road to redemption has been halfway traveled. Throughout the world Catechumens have almost reached their goal of full inclusion into the Catholic Church which takes place during the Easter Vigil. It is a beautiful thing. In addition,… Read more