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  • A Mirror of Christmas— the Happily Married Couple

    By Larry Peterson   Honoring Traditional Marriage during the Christmas Season   Joseph and Mary set the standard for married couples.. This is about a couple who did their best to meet that standard. There are many more like them. No couple can compare to Joseph and Mary but many do try to follow their…

  • The “Piano Smile” A Christmas Season Moment

      By Larry Peterson What follows happened several years ago. The time or date does not matter but the moment is timeless. Occasionally a smile unexpectedly bursts forth from someone and transforms the day into pure sunshine. That person might be a spouse, your child, a relative, a friend, or even a stranger. This is…

  • The Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Hot Chocolate Miracle

    The Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Hot Chocolate Miracle By Larry Peterson During the early morning hours of November 24, 1906, a ship quietly slid against the ebb-tide waters of the Narrows and entered New York harbor. Onboard were almost 2000 people, mostly immigrating Europeans. Through the emerging light of the new dawn, the Statue…

  • One Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern—Fact or Fiction

    By Larry Peterson Long ago in Ireland, the land of shamrocks, leprechauns, soft winds and smiles, there lived a man named  Jack. Jack was quite lazy and did not like to work. But he had the gift of “blarney” and could talk the peat off the moss. He would tell wondrous tales about his adventures as…

  • All Saint’s Day—- The Road to Sainthood is a Fascinating Journey into Human Holiness

    By Larry Peterson November 1, we celebrate the Feast of All Saint’s Day. Interestingly, more than 10,000 saints are venerated in the Catholic Church. How did over 10,000 people manage to be canonized? For starters, it is probably safe to say that since the church has been around for 2000 years that only works out…

  • Pope St. Pius V saved Christianity—he is known as the Pope of the Holy Rosary

    By Larry Peterson October is the month of the Holy Rosary. During the month we might also acknowledge the person known as the Pope of the Rosary, Pope St. Pius V. In 1517, Martin Luther, a Catholic priest, posted his 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. Within the Catholic world, a great theological revolt ensued. This…

  • You cannot love the child’s home and then kill the child.

    By Larry Peterson A Person’s A Person No Matter How Small  (Dr. Seuss) The drums of Climate Change are pounding harder and harder every day. School children are being indoctrinated about the cataclysm posed to destroy the Mother Planet. Purveyors of the “existential threat” about to waste us are in our face 24/7. We hear…

  • William “Billy” Peterson; I was honored to be his Dad

    Posted by Larry Peterson July 11, 2022 William “Billy” Peterson December 12, 1971~July 06, 2022 This is about a guy who lived in Pinellas Park whose name was William “Billy” Peterson. Billy was a man filled with great empathy, intuition, faith, and love for family, friends, and humanity. He was a father figure to his…

  • My Father Died Long Ago—but His Example Lives On

    By Larry Peterson Sometimes things happen that you never forget I remember that Friday night long ago very well. The screaming started about midnight. It was September, and the windows were still open because it was hot, and the screaming seemed exceptionally chilling. Dad got up, and my brother, Danny, whispered from his bed, “I…

  • Corpus Christi—Taking Jesus public all around the World

    By Larry Peterson This Day is for putting Jesus on Display The Bishops of the United States have proclaimed that 2022 is the year for a National Eucharistic Revival. This revival will launch on June 19, 2022, on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). It…